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Loren Rosson, a biblioblogger, has a three part series + prologue on Mark 12.13-17. Prologue Part One: Options Part Two: Answers Part Three: Socio-Rhetorical Analysis If you aren't interested in what people's views are (part one), skip to part three for the SR analysis.

On the front it says, "Conditions on reverse." On the back it says, "Valid until further notice." I just maybe possibly could have figured that out if I tried hard enough. Just maybe possibly.

I might have been dreaming or something, but I woke up to hear that Harper told his party to avoid talking to the media. Any statements they release must go through the PM's office. Did this actually happen?

Hey OBOBers. I've been wanting to ask for thoughts, but never thought it important enough. Until today, where this issue has come up in with an interesting force. I won't say what it is publically. Could I talk to someone privately? Preferrably male, as the usual counselling wisdom goes...

Just got an email that SEE-J has been updated with a new article. http://www.see-j.net/Default.aspx?tabid=77 This is an e-journal with free registration. :) Check out his introduction: I have yet to read the rest of it, but that is a pretty all-out way to open an article. I've seen...

I was going over some of the intentionally offensive (as opposed to defensive, but not offensive in the sense of an insult) topics I made, one of them being a conversation between a Calvinist and Armenian. I came across something else that I thought I'd ask for your feedback on. :) From here...

What does it mean to live a life of worship?

You are Baptists. I am not a Baptist. You follow Jesus. I follow Jesus. Therefore, you are family. :hug:

This is a break-off from this topic. Some interesting stuff there. :thumbsup: So... I am going to discuss the argument from John 19:26-7, which is an attempt to show that Mary only had one child. Here are the verses: When Jesus then saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing...

and... because I have no experience church-hopping I don't know the standard discussion. So I'll just say... The church was the same one Gold Dragon goes to. A Chinese Baptist church. It was a modest place, simple and straightforward. Part of a warehouse, which I found a little humorous...

http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~dgowler/chapter.htm Discussing the development of socio-rhetorical interpretation.

Is also the kind of skeptic that demands respect. I don't mean "demand" in terms of actually asking for it, I mean "demand" in the sense that his or her intellect is worthy of praise. Presuppers hold off commenting on that please. His understanding of the socio-cultural context is...

Hi :) Over the last two years I've seen a number of topics discussing this. I find that Catholics tend to stress the inherent goodness in man, and Calvinists, the inherent evil in man. But I think both agree on Total Depravity. My reasoning goes like this: Catholics say that the imago...

http://tar.weatherson.net/archives/004495.html Some hilarious stories. Let me ruin one: I'm going to do that. Seriously.

From here. And if you are going to comment, please do not do so with contention, because I don't want to be blacklisted or something for having people follow the link and harassing the guy. Thanks.

I'm just wondering what his Truth and Method is about. I'm sorry if this is a big question, if you have a site or just want to endorse it please do.

Does a lack of agreement with inerrancy (I use it to mean that the original manuscripts of Scripture are without error and factually accurate) mean that one is a liberal? Conservative? Moderate? Just a yes/no will do. :) If you wish to comment, I only ask that it not be questioning why...

A priest was being honored at his retirement dinner after 25 years in the parish. A leading local politician and member of the congregation was chosen to make the presentation and give a little speech at the dinner. He was delayed so the priest decided to say his own few words while they...

If we were to look at a collection of ancient documents, we would be staring back thousands of years into the past--which presents a big problem for proper interpretation. John Pilch and Bruce Malina explain: 'Every culture colors the way its members preceive and interpret reality. . . What...

Hi :) I am quite fascinated by what's called the socio-historical context of Scripture. (There are other names for this too.) It may help to give a few propositions to capture my philosophy of hermeneutics: 1. Every word, thought, or deed has its own context. 2. Its context involves...