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The Bible and Culture
1d ago
Q. The phrase building for the kingdom comes up quite a lot in this short book. Explain what that means to you, and how it would differ from what the phrase building the kingdom itself would mean. The dominion of God seems to have both a present and a future sense to it— now referring ..read more
The Bible and Culture
4d ago
Q. How was the book parceled out? Were there chapters that you mainly wrote, with Tom adding a bit, or where Tom mainly wrote and you added a bit? The book is very much a joint project. Tom wrote the largest chapter of the book about the “powers” of this age. I also helped ..read more
The Bible and Culture
5d ago
Q. What prompted you and Tom to write this particular book at this juncture in history? A. I remember listening to a news podcast about the latest info on the Russian invasion of Ukraine on TV, then later watching a documentary on YouTube about China and Taiwan, soon after I saw my Twitter feed ..read more
The Bible and Culture
6d ago
One of the major problems with a Reformed approach to the sovereignty of God is that it sometimes ignores the progressive nature of revelation in the Bible, and at times this means ignoring that the further one goes in the Bible, the more recognition is given to the fact that God has allowed there to ..read more
The Bible and Culture
1w ago
Hot off the presses (released in late March 2024) comes this book by Tom Wright and Mike Bird, boldly going where previous Evangelicals have been loathe to go— namely into politics. The book is not difficult to read, and is under 200 pages (178 to be more precise), and does a good job of teasing ..read more
The Bible and Culture
1w ago
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/31/us/jesus-christ-skin-color-easter-blake-cec/index.html We should not be judging people by the color of their skin, but rather by the content of their character– a paraphrase of what MLK said. ..read more
The Bible and Culture
2w ago
https://www.cnn.com/videos/entertainment/2024/03/28/front-loader-chase-moos-cprog-orig-bdk.cnn ..read more
The Bible and Culture
2w ago
Funny story. I once had to follow Jeff Foxworthy as a speaker at the North Georgia Annual Conference of the UMC. That was totally unfair ..read more