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Yearly Archives: 2007

New NT Wright Interview

You can read a new interview with N.T. Wright here: Heavy Theological Dude Mistakenly Talks to Us 12/17/2007 The Wittenburg Door Interview: N.T. “Tom” Wright
DOOR: So, how do we balance the experience of the church with the authority of scripture?
WRIGHT: Um, this is starting to sound like an oral exam.
DOOR: Sorry, but you [...]

New Poll: Name Your Top 3 Bible Translations

Based on the excellent feedback from our first Bible translation poll, I wanted to offer everyone some more choices. Many mentioned that they own dozens of different Bible translations – some over 100!If I’ve left out your one your top three, leave a comment and I can add it.
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More about Bible translations

SBTS Alumni Steve [...]

Missouri Baptist Convention rejection of Acts 29 Roundup EXTRA!

No, it’s not Friday. In case you hadn’t heard, the Executive Board of the Missouri Baptist Convention has taken the controversial decision to withdraw already promised and budgeted funding to church plants affiliated with Acts 29.
At issue? As far as this redactor can tell, it is the secondary issue of Total Abstinence from [...]

ESV Only For SAS Readers?

I just saw the final outcome of the Bible translation poll. 54% of Said at Southern readers indicated the ESV was their #1 choice as a Bible translation. Good for Crossway. The Piper endorsement was big news around campus a few years back and it seems to have made ESV the trendy translation in these [...]

Seminary Bloggers Without Homework: 12/14 Roundup

While engaging in Blog Higher Criticism, there are some times when I come across bits o’ blogging that do not fit neatly into my preconceived themes. If I were a Liberal, I could follow their scholarly lead and simply ignore those texts that do not fit into my preconceived ideas. Instead, my conservative [...]

End Game: Can Brister Take Back #1

At this point I’m more interested in the horse race than the sermons. Go vote for Brister’s question. The thing ends tomorrow.
Maybe then we can do a podcast with Dr. Nettles and ask him the question, if we want a wise answer.

Bible Reading Challenge

You can read the original post for more details, but here is the basic idea. Read the whole Bible before January 31, 2008.
This post is an forum for anyone participating to share their progress.
To get started, I built this Bible Reading Chart. It’s nothing fancy, but I wanted a way to keep track of my [...]