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  • Spectrums of Scripture: Historical-Critical Criteria (Part II)

    This post is part of an ongoing series formulating a methodology for tracking and understanding the variety of ways in which early Christians received and utilized Scripture. Genre: Consideration of genre similarly affects a historical-critical methodology, especially when the texts analyzed belong to two different genres of literature or the pericope in question comes in…

  • Recommended Readings: March 25

    If you read one article this week, look at How a Small, Country Congregation Became a Megachurch Overnight by Chad Bird. For those of you with additional reading time this weekend, check out the following selections, gathered from the blogging world these past two weeks. Think I missed sharing something important? Let me know in…

  • Spectrums of Scripture: Historical-Critical Criteria (Part I)

    This post is part of an ongoing series formulating a methodology for tracking and understanding the variety of ways in which early Christians received and utilized Scripture. These foundational methodological tenets in place, this paper now considers several overarching historical-critical methodological points. Writ large, these criterion stem from the importance of understanding an ancient work…

  • Ep24: Reason or Revival

    In this episode of the Church Debates series, we look at the roles of Reason and Revival in the Christian faith, particularly the movements that coalesce around these emphases between 1600 and 1800.

  • Spectrums of Scripture: Foregrounding Method

    This post is part of an ongoing series formulating a methodology for tracking and understanding the variety of ways in which early Christians received and utilized Scripture. The method of reception practice should begin with the recognition of the need to clarify assumptions, the subjectivity of scholarship, and the transformative reception of ancient texts. Amid…

  • Spectrums of Scripture: The Intersection of Reception and Intertextuality

    This post is part of an ongoing series formulating a methodology for tracking and understanding the variety of ways in which early Christians received and utilized Scripture. This study’s location at the intersection of the ongoing conversations regarding reception history and intertextuality means that several aspects of these discussions are formative in the creation of…

  • Spectrums of Scripture: Intertexuality

    This post is part of an ongoing series formulating a methodology for tracking and understanding the variety of ways in which early Christians received and utilized Scripture. The phenomenon of intertextuality involves the imbedding of portions of one earlier text within a later text.[1] Intertextuality is more than exploring how writers cite other sources, but…

  • Ep23: Who Runs the Church?

    This episode of the Church Debates series looks at the question “Who runs the Church?” and discusses the varying ways that post-Reformation Christians organize and lead their congregations.

  • Spectrums of Scripture: Reception History

    This post is part of an ongoing series formulating a methodology for tracking and understanding the variety of ways in which early Christians received and utilized Scripture. Simply stated, reception history involves critical engagement with the history of meanings associated with a particular event or text.[1] As Jonathan Morgan summarizes, reception history moves beyond traditional…

  • Spectrums of Scripture: Introduction

    “For this reason, righteousness and peace are far removed, since each has abandoned the reverential awe of God and become dim-sighted in faith, failing to proceed in the ordinances of his commandments and not living according to what is appropriate in Christ. Instead, each one walks according to the desires of his evil heart, which…