MSH | October 5, 2012
While I won’t repeat what I said in Part 1, the comments to that post have left me thinking that some readers still don’t understand what I’m saying and not saying – and so are missing the point of the question. So, by way of review … What I’m Not Saying and Not Asking I’m [...]
MSH | September 26, 2012
Most readers are familiar with the idea of “total depravity” as taught by many Christian theologians over the centuries — the idea that (in overly broad strokes) humans are unable to turn themselves to God and are inherently sinful. Those who have read with some depth in theology know that theologians disagree as to how [...]
MSH | June 20, 2012
I’ve been thinking (still) about the historical Adam issue. It surprises me that I haven’t seen anyone (yet — perhaps one of you knows an exception) address the grammatical-syntactical issue as it relates to “Adam” in Genesis 1-5. I speak specifically of the fact that Hebrew grammar does not tolerate a definite article with a [...]
MSH | June 2, 2012
A few weeks ago I had offered some thoughts on a review of Peter Enns’ recent book, The Evolution of Adam. Readers recall that the purpose there was to object to some poor thinking maligning Enns’ theological thinking. In the course of that short critique, I also put forth some thoughts of my own about [...]
MSH | May 4, 2012
This review of Peter Enns’ short but important book, The Evolution of Adam: What the Bible Does and Doesn’t Say about Human Origins, is getting some discussion on the web. I just finished Enns’ book, so I want to share some impressions of this review and what Enns is saying. I’ll eventually post something of [...]
