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Read all articles and sources about Progressive Christianity scoured from throughout the internet by Clarke Morledge. Veracity is a website devoted to searching and uncovering rational meanings behind the scriptures. It also covers recent cultural and global religious events.
Veracity » Progressive Christianity
8M ago
As we end off the summer of 2023, I wanted to first write something more personal. It was a great summer. The highlight for me was a trip to Colorado, where my longtime friend, Mike Scott, and I hiked South Arapaho Peak, a near 13,400 foot mountain about an hour west of Boulder ..read more
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10M ago
“Well done, good and faithful slave.” How would you like that to read on your tombstone? Most Bible translations of this verse, Matthew 25:21, read “good and faithful servant,” or something less provocative. The Legacy Standard Bible is one of the few translations today that reads “good and faithful slave.” “Slave??? Jesus said that?” Skeptics ..read more
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1y ago
My friend and one of my pastors, Hunter Ruch, sat me down after lunch not too long ago to record two sessions for the Williamsburg Community Chapel Institute. The Chapel Institute is a ministry of the Williamsburg Community Chapel, in my hometown, Williamsburg, Virginia. During this interview, Hunter and I talk about some very important ..read more
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1y ago
Towards the end of the year, I try to post a blog entry looking back over the past year in blogging, mainly to comment on some of the favorite books that I have read, looking back over some important issues in our world with respect to the Christian faith, and perhaps taking a glance into ..read more
Veracity » Progressive Christianity
1y ago
This summer was amazingly hectic for me with my job at the College of William and Mary. One phrase summarizes my summer: Supply chain delays. But now that students are back on campus, things are starting to settle down. What follows is my attempt to recap some things that have made me think a lot ..read more
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1y ago
Shocking truth claims: Did you know that the four Gospels were not based on eye-witness testimony, and that perhaps the Gospel of John was written as late as the second century, and not by the Apostle John? Or that the Apostle Paul had no knowledge of the doctrine of the Trinity? Or that a good ..read more
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1y ago
In our next blog post in this series on “historical criticism,” we give another example of how historical critics can sometimes distort the Bible, based on certain methodological assumptions brought to the text. This fairly brief case study concerns how the unfolding of historical events as told in Paul’s letters differs from the story told ..read more
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1y ago
Baruch Spinoza is often thought of as the father of the modern world. But in the 17th century, he was not alone in bringing in ideas that would take advantage of the confusion in post-Reformation Europe, and challenging traditional Christian ideas about the Bible. As we explore how the rise of “historical criticism” developed, we ..read more
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1y ago
In the previous blog post in this series, we considered a useful definition of “historical criticism” of the Bible. Put succinctly, historical criticism seeks to understand the origins of ancient texts in order to better get at the world “behind the text.” As the most read book ever written, the Bible qualifies as one of the ..read more
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1y ago
Today we begin a first in a series of occasional posts, looking at the “historical criticism” of the Bible, the good and the bad of modern thinking habits about Scripture….. A decade or so ago, some popular news magazines would publish eye-catching cover articles around Christmas and Easter, featuring scholars who would challenge traditional Christian ..read more