The Christian Carnival CCCXI is out now at Fish and Cans.
There is a good range in this edition so check it out – it is a good way to discover new blogs.
Matt’s post, Inerrancy and Biblical Authority, was featured.
We here at MandM are hosting the next Christian Carnival, which will be out on Wed 27 January. If you wish to submit a recent blog post to it please take note of the guidelines here and submit your post using the Christian Carnival Submission Form by Tuesday 26 January.
A common objection to belief in the God of the Bible is that a good, kind, and loving deity would never command the wholesale slaughter of nations. In the tradition of his popular Is God a Moral Monster?, Paul Copan teams up with Matthew Flannagan to tackle some of the most confusing and uncomfortable passages of Scripture. Together they help the Christian and nonbeliever alike understand the biblical, theological, philosophical, and ethical implications of Old Testament warfare passages.
Today's New Atheists proclaim themselves our culture's party of reason. It is a claim they cannot sustain. Reason is the New Atheists' weakness, not their strength and in fact, the Christian faith is a far better place to look for True Reason. Making their case accessible to the first-time inquirer as well as the serious student, this top-flight team of writers presents a sound defense and a strong introduction to the true reason uniquely found in Christianity.
The book begins by examining foundational philosophical approaches to the Bible as well as the methodological challenges those philosophies create for interpreting the Bible. It then addresses textual and historical challenges and how to deal with them. Finally it looks at ethical, scientific, and theological challenges demonstrating the Bible's moral integrity in relationship to contemporary moral emphases.
Many philosophers have considered the strengths and weaknesses of a virtue-centered approach to moral theory. Much less attention has been given to how such an approach bears on issues in applied ethics. The essays in this volume apply a virtue-centered perspective to a variety of contemporary moral issues.
The challenge of a seemingly genocidal God who commands ruthless warfare has bewildered Bible readers for generations. A range of expert contributors engage in a multidisciplinary approach that considers this issue from a variety of perspectives: biblical, ethical, philosophical and theological.
The nineteen essays here raise classical philosophical questions in fresh ways, address contemporary challenges for the church, and will deepen the thinking of the next generation of apologists. Packed with dynamic topical discussions and informed by the latest scholarship.
While New Atheists like Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and others proclaim loudly their rationality, clear thinking, and incontrovertible scientific arguments, others are beginning to wonder how genuinely rational they are. Have they proved anything? Have they argued convincingly? Have they pinpointed any real challenges to the credibility of Christian faith?
Would the article have to be posted between Wed 20 and Tues 26? Or Wed 13 and Tues 19? Or do you not really care?
How steadfastedly the rule is applied is up to the host. I don’t really care, as long as it is not too far off we’ll accept it – future hosts might not.
I know it’s off topic, but are you aware that it’s the evangelical CHURCHES that will usher in Satan’s New World Order? “Evangelical churches will be the chief instrument to bring the New World Order to birth.”
Check out the evidence at http://www.johnmacarthurexposed.com
Bob… LOL
John MacArthur… and the guy also try’s to implicate Al Mohler… as an agent of the UN… That is Champagne comedy… Well, it would be, if the guy wasn’t serious… that’s like accusing Bishop Spong of being a conservative evangelical… and working for The Gospel Coalition or 9Marks!
Check these out for a response to his claims…
http://hipandthigh.blogspot.com/2009/03/fbt-updates.html
http://hipandthigh.blogspot.com/2009/03/profile-not-available.html
http://hipandthigh.blogspot.com/2006/05/my-interview-with-crackpot.html