by Barney | Dec 6, 2014 | Scripture
I want to make an observation about many (not all) of the contemporary controversies surrounding biblical interpretation. I don’t mean historical debates (such as when Paul wrote Galatians or whether John the Baptist was Essene), I mean the application end: what to...
by Barney | Oct 4, 2014 | Culture, Philosophy, Theology
“You will have power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you” – Acts 1:8 In a short space of time, the early Christians went from being a relational, organic, life-filled community to a powerful and corrupt institutional structure which would do anything to achieve its...
by Barney | Sep 1, 2014 | Scripture, Theology
Evangelical identity, which has always relied on the doctrine of the clarity of Scripture, is being threatened by the growing rift in opinions about same-sex marriage. This may force evangelicals to discover something about hermeneutics which their brothers and...
by Barney | Jul 31, 2014 | Philosophy, Scripture, Theology
Dieser Artikel auf Deutch This article in Japanese “The greatest problem with the early church was that it was influenced by Greek ways of thinking which have nothing to do with the Bible.” The above quote expresses a view known as the “Hellenization thesis,” made...
by Barney | Jun 30, 2014 | Scripture, Theology
One of the longest standing problems in Christian history is the question of how to understand/use the Old Testament. Is it nothing more than an interesting, but irrelevant, account of how God used to relate to his people? Or is it so inspired that the New Testament...
