What follows is part 10 in a series by Dr. Ronn Johnson. – MSH I have been away from this blog for some time, though it has been constantly on my mind. Since my last post, I have written and presented a course at our church on the big story of the Bible. It was...
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What is the Bible’s Big Story? Part 9
This is Part 9 of a guest series by Dr. Ronn Johnson. My last post concluded with the recommendation that the primary effect of Jesus’ death when viewed in priestly terms (that is, when we speak of Jesus dying as a sacrifice) found him making an already-righteous...
What is the Bible’s Big Story? Part 6
What is the Bible’s Big Story? Part 6 This is part 6 of Dr. Ronn Johnson’s blog series. Please see my own posted thoughts of a few days ago. It’s good to think about what words we use to describe what the cross (and subsequent resurrection) accomplished. It’s...
Some Random Thoughts About Substitutionary Atonement
I just want to post some short thoughts on Dr. Johnson’s series. He’s doing what he does best – making us think about things we take for granted. I’ve jotted down some notes and sharing them is overdue. Here are some thoughts… I believe in the concept of...
What is the Bible’s Big Story? Part 5
This is Part 5 of a guest series by Dr. Ronn Johnson. I’m planning on posting some thoughts of my own on his series (thus far) in the near future. I think Ronn’s presentation of the way the notion of substitution is put forth in evangelicalism is on...
What is the Bible’s Big Story? Part 4
This post is a continuation of Parts 1, 2, and 3 by Dr. Ronn Johnson. Dr. Johnson recommends listening to some of the Leviticus podcasts at one point, and that’s good advice (see the episodes on Lev 4 and 5). For those who might remember the series on Leviticus,...
What is the Bible’s Big Story? Part 3
Part 3 of a series by Dr. Ronn Johnson My thanks to many of you who have emailed me about Parts 1 and 2. Some have expressed concern about going down the road of challenging historic Christianity on this issue of the Big Story of the Bible. I agree that this should...
The Big Story of the Bible: Part 2
This is Part 2 of a guest series by Dr. Ronn Johnson. What is the Bible’s Big Story? Part 2 Dr. Ronn Johnson In my opening post I recommended that locating the Big Story of the Bible can be difficult, and that simply being more fluent in the Bible does not solve the...
What is the Bible’s Big Story? Part 1
A guest post by Dr. Ronn Johnson I recently heard that we see more images or pictures in one day (whether on our phone, on the TV, on a billboard, etc.) than a pre-Renaissance person would have seen over the course of their entire lifetime. Apparently our brains have...
There’s PaleoBabble in the Evangelical World, Too
What’s fair is fair. Sanctified paleobabble is still paleobabble. The excellent Evangelical Textual Criticism blog posted this back in February: “Debunking Silly Statements about the Bible.” Most of the items are examples of claims that over-extend...