January 31, 2006

Bored everyone to tears the first part of the program by discussing two books I read yesterday, one by James D.G. Dunn, the other by McGrath, both on pretty much the same area of study.  Tried to speak about the necessity of demythologizing scholarship.  Included a brief clip of what those books “sound” like while riding.  Then we took two

Sorry about the delay in getting the files up and getting this blogged. London looms! We finally finished up the Madrid debate from 1993! Just barely though! I also reported on my time away last weekend. So, for a wrap-up on sola scriptura, take a listen! Here’s the program.

Today I started off discussing the launch of “Evangelicals for Marriage Equality,” and given that the phrase “marriage equality” is a lie-phrase, well—that becomes part of the discussion.  Wandered about a bit for the first half hour on that topic, then someone on Twitter completely derailed everything.  I was about to discuss my Twitter convo with Brian Zahnd (see below)

Last evening on the Dividing Line we had a three-part program; first a call on what Jehovah’s Witnesses believe about salvation; then I read the majority of a two-part talk given by Joseph Fielding McConkie, LDS scholar and son of Mormon Apostle Bruce R. McConkie (noted below); and then a real quick call and a question on why Romans 8:1