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Ed Dingess replied to Andrew on The narrative premise of a post-Christendom theology: Response to Phil. 2:5-11:I do not agree that Christ “emptied” Himself of His divinity. Nevertheless... (Sun, 19/05/2013 - 23:40)
Andrew replied to Ed Dingess on The narrative premise of a post-Christendom theology: Thank you, Ed. You do assert that John’s influence comes from non-canonical sources.Of course I do... (Sun, 19/05/2013 - 22:59)
Ed Dingess replied to Andrew on The narrative premise of a post-Christendom theology: I said that your interpretation of John’s prologue is primarily the influence of Philo. Perhaps I... (Sun, 19/05/2013 - 03:58)
Andrew replied to Ed Dingess on The narrative premise of a post-Christendom theology: I am reviewing your seven rules for interpretation on my blog: http://reformedreasons.blogspot.com/... (Sat, 18/05/2013 - 22:57)
Andrew replied to Ed Dingess on The narrative premise of a post-Christendom theology: Acts 17:31 does speak to judgment, but not the papan empire your have in mind. The judgment of God... (Sat, 18/05/2013 - 22:56)
Ed Dingess replied to Andrew on The narrative premise of a post-Christendom theology: Andrew,I have repeatedly said that your disjunction between history and theology is false one.... (Sat, 18/05/2013 - 20:10)
Andrew replied to peter wilkinson on Is the Shema really so important for understanding “one God… one Lord” in 1 Corinthians 8:6?: The distinction you want to make, which sees Kyrios as anti-idolatry/emperor, is tempered by the... (Sat, 18/05/2013 - 19:48)
Andrew replied to Ed Dingess on The narrative premise of a post-Christendom theology: Not only does Christianity hinge on certain doctrines, Paul makes clear that any meaningful... (Sat, 18/05/2013 - 18:58)
peter wilkinson replied to Andrew on Is the Shema really so important for understanding “one God… one Lord” in 1 Corinthians 8:6?: I notice you skirt round the point about Psalm 110:1, which is arguably the most important Old... (Sat, 18/05/2013 - 16:59)
Ed Dingess replied to Richard Worden Wilson on Tweaking Richard Bauckham on Jesus and the God of Israel: Your unstated premise is that you can theologize apart from theological perspectives. You cannot... (Sat, 18/05/2013 - 15:18)
Ed Dingess replied to Richard Worden Wilson on Tweaking Richard Bauckham on Jesus and the God of Israel: We could use a little logic in these argument.Jesus is the Word.The Word is God.Therefore, Jesus is... (Sat, 18/05/2013 - 15:06)
Ed Dingess on The narrative premise of a post-Christendom theology: What makes for misleading comments are comments that contradict, about as clearly as a... (Sat, 18/05/2013 - 14:50)
Richard Worden Wilson replied to Ed Dingess on Tweaking Richard Bauckham on Jesus and the God of Israel: Hey Ed,Since it can easily be shown that people were stoned to death for proclaiming Jesus as the... (Sat, 18/05/2013 - 13:23)
Richard Worden Wilson replied to Ed Dingess on Tweaking Richard Bauckham on Jesus and the God of Israel: selah (Sat, 18/05/2013 - 09:11)
Andrew replied to peter wilkinson on Is the Shema really so important for understanding “one God… one Lord” in 1 Corinthians 8:6?: I notice you skirt round the point about Psalm 110:1, which is arguably the most important Old... (Sat, 18/05/2013 - 02:10)
Ed Dingess replied to Richard Worden Wilson on Tweaking Richard Bauckham on Jesus and the God of Israel: Richard, I realize this is what you want people to believe. But it is frankly imipossible to... (Sat, 18/05/2013 - 00:57)
Ed Dingess replied to Richard Worden Wilson on Tweaking Richard Bauckham on Jesus and the God of Israel: Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the... (Fri, 17/05/2013 - 23:41)
Richard Worden Wilson replied to Ed Dingess on Tweaking Richard Bauckham on Jesus and the God of Israel: With all due respect, Ed, I think it is your imagination. Not too many people are making dogmatic... (Fri, 17/05/2013 - 22:46)
Ed Dingess replied to Richard Worden Wilson on Tweaking Richard Bauckham on Jesus and the God of Israel: Is it my imagination or does everyone ignore context when interpreting these days? This is quite... (Fri, 17/05/2013 - 22:38)
Richard Worden Wilson replied to Ed Dingess on Tweaking Richard Bauckham on Jesus and the God of Israel: Ed,You ask: “What is the problem with the conclusion?”The answer is the premise; you say: “I cannot... (Fri, 17/05/2013 - 20:43)
peter wilkinson on Is the Shema really so important for understanding “one God… one Lord” in 1 Corinthians 8:6?: I take your point, but to over-emphasize it would be to miss the striking effect of what Paul does... (Fri, 17/05/2013 - 17:57)
Jaco replied to peter wilkinson on Tweaking Richard Bauckham on Jesus and the God of Israel: Hi PeterIf you look at the first verse we see that the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah, verse two... (Fri, 17/05/2013 - 17:09)
Ed Dingess replied to Jaco on Tweaking Richard Bauckham on Jesus and the God of Israel: If texts were instrumental in shaping theological worldviews, then they can be regard as... (Fri, 17/05/2013 - 17:05)
peter wilkinson replied to Jaco on Tweaking Richard Bauckham on Jesus and the God of Israel: I’m not sure you’ve proved your assertion by the texts you have quoted (Zecharaiah 1:2/). There’s a... (Fri, 17/05/2013 - 16:14)
Jaco replied to peter wilkinson on Tweaking Richard Bauckham on Jesus and the God of Israel: Hi PeterI think in our engagements I have made reference to various of these sources along with... (Fri, 17/05/2013 - 13:02)
peter wilkinson replied to Andrew on Tweaking Richard Bauckham on Jesus and the God of Israel: In the review of ‘Jesus and the God of Israel’ etc/Bauckham, McGrath mentions figures such as... (Fri, 17/05/2013 - 11:14)
Ed Dingess replied to Andrew on Tweaking Richard Bauckham on Jesus and the God of Israel: What remains to be shown, Andrew, is how the claim to be “The” Son of the Living God rose to the... (Fri, 17/05/2013 - 02:57)
BradK replied to Andrew on Tweaking Richard Bauckham on Jesus and the God of Israel: Andrew, a few weeks ago I ran across this old blog post by Daniel Kirk that I think is quite... (Thu, 16/05/2013 - 22:05)
Andrew replied to Ed Dingess on Tweaking Richard Bauckham on Jesus and the God of Israel: You have still not answered my question regarding the murder of Jesus. Did the first century Jews... (Thu, 16/05/2013 - 21:27)
Jaco replied to Andrew on Tweaking Richard Bauckham on Jesus and the God of Israel: What some scholars had to say on the Philippian hymn…just for you, Andrew: http://elijahreturns.... (Thu, 16/05/2013 - 16:39)

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It is finished There has been some discussion of Jesus’ statement ‘It is finished’ (John 19:30) in a couple of threads on Open Source Theology (‘Tetelestai (devolved)’ and ‘Tetelestai’). It has raised some important questions, and I want to set out a bit...
The coming of the Son of Man: theology or history? Here’s another example of how we can let theology or dogma get in the way of good biblical interpretation. Bill Mounce, whose mostly excellent exegetical notes I read from time to time, discusses the translation of Mark 13:29, which in the...
Tim Gombis on the New Perspective (and why it doesn't go far enough) The limitations of the New Perspective on Paul in its standard form can be illustrated from a piece by Tim Gombis. Tim strongly affirms the New Perspective and nicely expresses his bemusement over the “fear-mongering and hysteria” that the...