tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post3206272013953214865..comments2023-11-03T11:37:04.473+00:00Comments on nothing new under the sun: The most urgent theological task for this generationbyron smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-44175779209038525942012-08-14T22:04:31.583+01:002012-08-14T22:04:31.583+01:00Peter Enns responds to a review of his book (The E...Peter Enns responds to a review of his book (<i>The Evolution of Adam</i>) and lays out some of the important methodological questions of the relation of hermeneutical and doctrinal reasoning on these matters.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-68845629401015511792012-08-14T11:45:47.394+01:002012-08-14T11:45:47.394+01:00Haven't we always been [YE] creationists? A po...<a href="http://www.thecrazyaustralian.com/havent-we-always-been-creationists/" rel="nofollow">Haven't we always been [YE] creationists?</a> A post gathering together quotes from the Fathers illustrating the existence of non-literal readings of the creation narratives going back to the early centuries.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-53937499148100325282012-04-25T17:10:53.839+01:002012-04-25T17:10:53.839+01:00Scot McKnight: What is at stake pastorally in the ...Scot McKnight: <a href="http://biologos.org/blog/thinking-aloud-together-part-1" rel="nofollow">What is at stake pastorally in the rejection of evolutionary biology and a cosmology informed by science</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-82394479597810578022011-06-06T20:45:41.231+01:002011-06-06T20:45:41.231+01:00Ring species are really a good example of what Wit...Ring species are really a good example of what Wittgenstein calls family resemblances, and really provide an example of the kind of problem encountered by overly rigorous realist ontologies. Reality is often fuzzier and messier than our language and categories.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-87303157156376658162011-06-06T20:44:17.240+01:002011-06-06T20:44:17.240+01:00Ring species - a problem for a simplistic understa...<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb6Z6NVmLt8" rel="nofollow">Ring species</a> - a problem for a simplistic understanding of "kinds" in Genesis 1.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-4365468230616288252010-09-23T09:33:52.415+01:002010-09-23T09:33:52.415+01:00I'm having flash-backs to conversations when I...I'm having flash-backs to conversations when I was at theological college between those who believed there are many (dare I say contextual) 'saving needs', and those that affirmed one ultimate 'saving need' for all.<br /><br />I'm of the opinion that it is a 'yes and' and not an 'either or'. In this I think I agree with Byron in that the broad theological Highanddryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00536030299423398163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-84815709096638285112010-09-22T23:28:29.545+01:002010-09-22T23:28:29.545+01:00Have you read much Williams? He's not quite as...Have you read much <a href="http://nothing-new-under-the-sun.blogspot.com/search/label/Rowan%20Williams" rel="nofollow">Williams</a>? He's not quite as scary as you might think...<br /><br />Sam - I haven't, but the Google Preview looks very good. Thanks for the tip. I'm ordering a copy.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-60495398243470211302010-09-22T22:40:17.444+01:002010-09-22T22:40:17.444+01:00Yikes. Glad to see I got the Answer According to B...Yikes. Glad to see I got the Answer According to Byron right; frightened by how close I got to Rowan Williams! I must have had a bad day ;-)Anthony Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277745466192451883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-59265053159982385412010-09-22T17:05:53.174+01:002010-09-22T17:05:53.174+01:00Big yes - especially to your penultimate sentence....Big yes - especially to your penultimate sentence. Have you read this book(essay) yet: http://www.wide-margin.co.uk/christians-and-catastrophe ?Sam Charles Nortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04088870675715850624noreply@blogger.com