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I want to apply some Holy-Spirit-guided hermeneutics to the questions of divorce and abortion.
Divorce
First, what does the Bible say about divorce? Nothing. Unless you wear a veil that blocks out the Holy Ellipses. In that case, you will see a fair bit. For example, in the Old Testament, there are a lot of laws that [...]
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I’m considering starting another series on hermeneutics. As I plan the series, I realize that there is a common thread underlying hermeneutical technique: the Holy Spirit. In this post, I am going to explain the role of the Holy Spirit in hermeneutics.
The Holy Ellipses
Turn in your Bibles, if you will, to 2 Corinthians 3.15–18.
15 Even [...]
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Today, I’m continuing my series on Merely Reconciler’s question and answer with the college faculty.
In my previous post I talked about the question Dr. Reconciler took the most seriously: how to stop our University’s slide toward being intellectual and tolerant. Today, I’ll tell you about part of his answer to the first question he got.
A [...]
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In the coming days, I’m going to post some more details from Merely Reconciler’s question and answer session with the college faculty.
The first questions began from the left. Questions about academic freedom and even a question about taking care of the environment! I’ll say a bit about some of these questions and his responses in [...]
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I haven’t officially announced this yet:
We have a new provost at our University! Merely Reconciler! He has more power than past provosts in that he is over the college, the seminary, and the graduate school!
He was previously a professor at our seminary and he has been a pastor for the past few years.
Here at the [...]
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Our University is big on reconciliation and diversity. We have a “reconciliation studies” program and some of the big names in the field are faculty here. Our new president and provost push the issue hard. But not too hard. They are wise enough to know where the limits of such a program need to be: [...]
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How it started
Ched Meyers spoke at our college Chapel on March 30. The title of his talk was “Sabbath Economics.”
I had never heard of this guy before but apparently he’s written some books about the economic implications of the teachings of Jesus and the Old Testament. I didn’t go to Chapel that day because I [...]
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I’ve posted about my fear that Papa Bear’s promotion might prompt him to stop posting to the college faculty email list and how disastrous that would be. My fears have not been confirmed. This is good because it allows me to keep fearing that it will happen in the future and fear is a very [...]
