Blessings to you today, my friends.
(Yesterday on the blog: I Want Him Back (But Not The Old Me Back))
Mitch Chase helpfully reminds us that the Bible is not like any other book. “The Bible is not like any other book, so it must not be interpreted just like any other book. There are Christian convictions—or assumptions—about Scripture which uphold not only the task of biblical theology but also the importance of studying Scripture at all.”
Our Dads Are All Dying. So What Are We Learning From It?
Stephen realizes he has reached the stage of life in which everyone’s dads are dying. He wonders what they are learning from it all.
A Dust-up among the Historians
Kevin DeYoung: “To many outsiders, the field of history probably looks like a straightforward endeavor. Historians teach us about the people, the events, and the ideas of the past. Sounds simple, but once you start studying the past, you realize there is no one agreed upon way to do history. In the last several years, this perennial difficulty has become especially pronounced within the guild of evangelical historians, ‘evangelicals’ broadly understood.”
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