Tag Archive: Bible

The Voice New Testament

Modern Bible translations seem to appear on shelves with increasing frequency. Some projects find as their distinction the particular method employed when handling the translation of original languages. The Voice grows out of an appreciation for the Scriptures and ...

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Love Trumps Submission … McKnight at BTS

My brother Trent is a Cubs fan. He and Scot McKnight would enjoy conversations over the "Cubbies." No doubt they both held out hope there would be no October meltdown. But, like the stock market decline, the Cubs crashed and burned. It was ...

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The Bible is the Book for the Church

This past Friday I enjoyed the "Missional Christianity ... Church Beyond Boundaries" at Biblical Theological Seminary. Shapevine will offer a DVD of the conference soon. Scot McKnight, Darrell Guder, Tim Keel and Brian McLaren offer thoughts on the subject. The DVD will be ...

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Torture and Christ Following – Evangelicals Suffering

We always enjoyed a good game of football on our block. There were not many of us but Mike was older and he made a great "all time" quarterback for the games we younger fellows played. Occasionally Mike would think it cool to "torture" us. Sure, we may have annoyed him immensely. He would pin ...

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Rock, Paper, Scissors – Thoughts on Sectarian Theology

Now let's see, paper covers rock, scissors cut paper and rock smashes scissors. We recently watched the Big Brother's version of "Rock, Paper, Scissors." I know, I know. Reality TV is not really real. Watching the interpersonal relationships is quite intriguing - especially ...

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