Blogs Posts on "Criticism"
Why a Synchronic Jesus should be a Topic of Historical Criticism by The Church of Jesus Christ on Nov 12, 2009Anthony Le Donne has written an article which you might find interesting, The first interpreters of Jesus were not the evangelists, but his very first perceivers: his family, his adversaries, his followers, and his uncommitted audiences. These first...
Dem Congressman Equates Tough Interview Questions with Political Favoritism by Chicago Fabulous Blog on Nov 8, 2009Very often criticism of journalists is actually criticism of journalism. Effective investigative reporting entails asking the tough questions and demanding answers. Powerful Democrats, including White House officials, have derided Fox News for th...
Books Mentioned and Used, But Not Found, In The Bible by The Church of Jesus Christ on Nov 3, 2009One of the things we must deal with concerning Textual Criticism is that God has inspired books currently not found in the canon, and essentially no longer exists. We know of several works from the Apostle Paul which he wrote but have been lost, whic...
Historical Critical Interpretation Reveals Christian Distortion of the Old Testament? by The Church of Jesus Christ on Nov 2, 2009Oh, this is just too rich - Gerd Lüdemann has an op-ed at The Bible and Interpretation website pointing out one of the obvious benefits of the historical critical method. That is, the historical critical method exposed a quite prevalent claim of New...
Scriptural Testimony to Preservation and the Need to have a Critical Text by The Church of Jesus Christ on Nov 2, 2009Textual Criticism is a necessary enterprise for the Church. Since the very beginning, men (women are off the hook here as for the longest, women simply weren’t allowed even power to pull stunts like these) have tried to change the Scriptures, w...
Accentuate The…Negative? (Part 2) by When I Grow Up on Oct 23, 2009Sing Out loud Every Day – print by pleasebestill Yesterday I ended Part 1 of this post by asking: So how do you embrace you? How do you allow yourself to be vulnerable, and not only hear the positive comments but embrace them, letting them guid...
Accentuate The…Negative? (Part 1) by When I Grow Up on Oct 22, 2009
Is Anything from Morton Smith Credible? by The Church of Jesus Christ on Oct 22, 2009Okay, I’ve overcome my fear of Bultmann – don’t like his conclusions always – but no longer fear him. But as I was reading a book, yes, a book, I came across a mention and a quote from Smith used to support the author’s...
The Origin of Karl Barth by The Church of Jesus Christ on Oct 21, 2009Many factors lead to Barth’s radical break with liberal theology. Two, however, stand out as especially noteworthy. First, Barth found that liberal theology was useless in his weekly task of preaching the gospel to the people of Safenwil. As a resu...
Losing Faith in The Bible – A Reporter Tells You Why by The Church of Jesus Christ on Oct 20, 2009So many have seen this as the quintessential doctrine of the Christian faith – the complete infallibility and preservation of the Scriptures. Some have taken this to the extreme and created doctrines, such as the KJVO. Others go the other way a...
