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ET on Norway's day of fire and the challenge of Christian formation: That he was characterized as a fundementalist christian was wrong (something a police officer said... (Sun, 24/07/2011 - 17:50)
Jim on The state of theology and the role of freelance theologians: Andrew Thanks for the post! Maybe you can comment on some of the things I'm wrestling with.  I... (Sat, 23/07/2011 - 22:40)
Phil on The state of theology and the role of freelance theologians: We're in agreement on this one.  In the years since I left college I have often fretted about the... (Fri, 22/07/2011 - 18:13)
JT (John Tancock) on A New Translation: The Earliest Christian Documents: AD 49-100: I simply love this idea and I have often appealed for ppl not to view the Nt as the NT....I'm sure... (Thu, 21/07/2011 - 16:32)
Andrew replied to Justin on Putting the past and the future back into hermeneutics: That’s a bit disturbing! I’m in the throes of moving house in London at the moment. Removers arrive... (Thu, 21/07/2011 - 11:41)
Justin on Putting the past and the future back into hermeneutics: Where are you Andrew?  I'm getting Perriman's Syndrome (symptomatic of acute Andrew Perriman blog... (Thu, 21/07/2011 - 11:36)
Josh Nielsen replied to Andrew on Salvation: What are your thoughts on Titus 2:11-14 where Paul speaks of “salvation for all men”, with... (Mon, 18/07/2011 - 04:21)
Josh Nielsen replied to Andrew on How the light of the modern gospel distorts scripture: Hi Andrew, You said: "Jim, I am enough of an evangelical to believe that people are in need of... (Mon, 18/07/2011 - 02:57)
Tim Gombis replied to Andrew on Tim Gombis on the New Perspective (and why it doesn't go far enough): Ready to respond, Andrew, after driving all over creation the last few days.  We're in the midst of... (Fri, 15/07/2011 - 08:06)
Andrew replied to Joseph Jones on Tim Gombis on the New Perspective (and why it doesn't go far enough): Joseph, this seems to me to be nonsensical and probably anti-semitic. When the term “Jew” appeared... (Wed, 13/07/2011 - 21:00)
Joseph Jones on Tim Gombis on the New Perspective (and why it doesn't go far enough): Per the Oxford Dictionary of the English language the word "jew" first appeared in print in 1775 AD... (Wed, 13/07/2011 - 19:56)
Jim replied to Rob on Tim Gombis on the New Perspective (and why it doesn't go far enough): I get you, and no doubt Driscoll will probably remain unaffected and dogmatic in his viewpoints.... (Wed, 13/07/2011 - 05:07)
Rob replied to Rob on Tim Gombis on the New Perspective (and why it doesn't go far enough): Thought I'd better mention as misunderstandings are unfortunately common in the bloggersphere, by '... (Wed, 13/07/2011 - 03:04)
Rob replied to Jim on Tim Gombis on the New Perspective (and why it doesn't go far enough): Honestly I think the reaction to Driscoll is more than a little over the top. Yes, his views are ... (Wed, 13/07/2011 - 02:59)
Joseph Jones replied to Isaac on The Great Convergence: the emerging church and the New Perspective: "...Very simply I think the key to making what you are calling Christendom (and which I would like... (Tue, 12/07/2011 - 19:28)
Jim on Tim Gombis on the New Perspective (and why it doesn't go far enough): Andrew, I cannot tell you how timely this post was. I was in the process of writing a response to... (Tue, 12/07/2011 - 18:35)
Andrew replied to Tim Gombis on Tim Gombis on the New Perspective (and why it doesn't go far enough): Tim, thank you for taking the trouble to respond. 1. Fair enough. But my impression is that the New... (Tue, 12/07/2011 - 16:18)
Tim Gombis on Tim Gombis on the New Perspective (and why it doesn't go far enough): Thanks, Andrew, for giving attention to my post.  Just a few points by way of response: First, I... (Tue, 12/07/2011 - 14:54)
Andrew replied to Michael on The Great Convergence: the emerging church and the New Perspective: Michael, a few quick thoughts… It’s easy for us from our post-Christendom perspective to say that... (Tue, 12/07/2011 - 14:33)
Michael replied to Andrew on The Great Convergence: the emerging church and the New Perspective: Interesting view of about the Constantinian experiment. I know many Orthodox scholars who all... (Tue, 12/07/2011 - 06:08)
Andrew replied to Michael on The Great Convergence: the emerging church and the New Perspective: Michael, I greatly appreciate the comments. Thank you for raising these issues. It would be... (Tue, 12/07/2011 - 01:16)
Michael replied to Andrew on The Great Convergence: the emerging church and the New Perspective: Andrew, I wouldn't limit the Patristic tradition to merely European Christianity. Yes, if you mean... (Mon, 11/07/2011 - 23:56)
Andrew replied to Michael on The Great Convergence: the emerging church and the New Perspective: Michael, I entirely agree that the diagram is too narrow and an oversimplification. It was meant... (Mon, 11/07/2011 - 23:35)
Michael on The Great Convergence: the emerging church and the New Perspective: Andrew, this diagram seems to be so narrow. It appears that we are just playing with how to... (Mon, 11/07/2011 - 22:56)
Andrew replied to jacob z on Atonement, without the theoretical nonsense: Could you explain more how Israel being judged for sin makes the whole oikoumene accountable to... (Mon, 11/07/2011 - 20:33)
jacob z on Atonement, without the theoretical nonsense: Hey Andrew, been reading your blog for a few months now and really profiting from it. Thanks for... (Sat, 09/07/2011 - 19:07)
Jose on History and theologies: schematization number 6: Personally I find much of the emerging church enterprise too close (albeit in a more confusing way... (Tue, 05/07/2011 - 16:45)
Jim on History and theologies: schematization number 6: It is awesome to connect with "early adopters" as an intentional change strategy. Those who are not... (Fri, 01/07/2011 - 20:06)
John replied to Andrew on History and theologies: schematization number 6: One further clarification: I was referring to the need to keep the people and aspects of current... (Fri, 01/07/2011 - 00:08)
John replied to Andrew on History and theologies: schematization number 6: Indeed. I spoke recently with a small group about this reality of holding in tension two realities... (Fri, 01/07/2011 - 00:04)

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Scot McKnight on the historical Jesus and the Jesus of the church Scot McKnight argues that historical Jesus studies must start from the premise that the “church either got Jesus wrong or said too much”, that the “real” Jesus of the historians and the theologized Jesus of the church cannot be reconciled...
Matthew Montonini's review of The Future of the People of God I hope it’s not too immodest to draw attention to a review of my book The Future of the People of God by Matthew Montonini that begins: Many books one reads, especially in the area of biblical studies, are solid and sane, but very few...
Is the promise of the narrative-historical approach real or illusory? I’m participating in a small forum on, among other things, critical realism somewhere in the damp, green depths of the English countryside at the moment. Critical realism can be addressed from different angles, but one major area of...