July 6, 2004

I felt it would be helpful to many to comment on the inclusion of very minority readings in the new SBLGNT that was released recently. Specifically, I addressed Bart Ehrman’s two favorite texts, Mark 1:41 and the “angry Jesus,” and Hebrews 2:9, “apart from God.” The SBLGNT includes both barely supported variants in the main text, going against pretty much

Started with 12 minutes of review of two packages I had just gotten in the mail, and if you don’t have a sense of humor, skip past that. 🙂 Spent the rest of the hour reviewing the next portion of Norman Geisler’s “Why I’m Not a Five Point Calvinist” sermon. Twice I stopped to comment on why A&O will always

Started off finishing up my response to Abdullah Kunde’s article (since he’s sort of “off line” for Ramadan, I kept it brief). Then I reviewed some comments on Jesus and homosexuality, and then interacted with Barnabas Piper’s article on why going to Chick-fil-A on Wednesday was, in his view, a “bold mistake.” I boldly disagreed. Then we moved into a

Reviewed the claims of Dr. Stauffer in his work, One Book Stands Alone regarding Titus 2:13 and the proper translation of the text. Pretty amazing stuff. Here’s the program.

Started the program off with the wonderful quartet music linked below. As was noted by someone, the Mormons would love that song, too. Anyway, we then read a wonderfully kind e-mail from one of our zealous defenders of Roman Catholicism, and then looked again at some of the official statements Rome has produced in reference to Islam. Then the calls