If you’ve ever looked at the “We Believe” statements on church websites, you’ll often come across a line like this: “The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired.” If you look at some websites for lists of biblical authors, you’ll find that many lists include only
Anthony Parrott
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We're asking the wrong question when we try to figure out who takes the Bible "literally enough." EVERYone who sees the Bible in any way helpful takes different parts "literally"; the question is just which parts. "A man should not lie with another
Look, if you're going to post a video that is filled with misinformation, lies, and conspiracy theories about a "cure" for Covid, I'm going to mark it as fake news and ask Facebook to remove it. It's not a violation of your
That they have one set of roles and men have another. So God created humankind in his image in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue
Question Exodus 20:4-6 seems pretty clear that God is intentionally punishing generations for their parents’ or grandparents' sins. However, in the story of Joseph, it makes it sound like God doesn't choose bad things to happen, but God is actually choosing to redeem them. It'
Have you heard of the "No True Scotsman" fallacy? It's a way of making your viewpoint invincible by moving the goalposts of your position. "No Scotsman puts sugar in their coffee." "But Angus puts sugar in his coffee." "Yeah, but no
Here's how I think about Divine Providence: Anything good in my life is because of the loving influence of God on the world. Anything evil in my life is because I or someone else refused to cooperate with God’s loving influence. I recognize that my knowledge of
A bit of public journaling. Today, after 3 days of battling with DC’s gawd-awful website, I booked an appointment for a covid vaccine. I should have felt elated. But instead, I began to feel this annoyance, angst, and anger welling up within me. As I began stomping around the