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Confederacy Discussion (3): Seder, Slavery, and the Bible

By mitchell b powell | Published: 0004, 20th April, 2011
It was John Hobbins’ posts that first made me aware of the idea of functional canonicity. That is, regardless of what a group says is their canon, more practically important is what they use as canonical. In this sense, we could say that the Apostles’ Creed is canonical for most Christians. We could say that [...]
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let’s do away with verse citations

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1232, 8th March, 2011
Twice already in my life I have suggested to religious leaders that they read a difficult Pauline passage without chapter or verse divisions. In both cases, these individuals have taken my advice and printed off a copy of the Pauline letter au natural, and read it. In both cases they were surprised how much more [...]
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More on Egypt, etc.

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1143, 1st February, 2011
Things in the Middle East are heating up. The protest movement has spread to Jordan, where the king has thrown out the entire cabinet and is replacing them all in response to public pressure. As technology has made the world more and more closely interconnected, it appears the Muslim world is finally at a tipping [...]
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seeing vs. meeting with god

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1746, 3rd March, 2010
Read the delightful article by Daniel McClellan here, where he explains for us what grammatical and text-critical analysis of Hebrew and Greek phrases in Exodus can tell us about the way the revisers and translators viewed the relationship between lowly man and Almighty God. Related Posts:N. T. Wright: “Romans and the Theology of Paul”What is [...]
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population growth, exodus, and numbers

By mitchell b powell | Published: 0416, 7th December, 2009
Often, people attempt to use what they call science to disprove the history in the Bible. One of the accusations concerns the rapid population growth recorded in the Bible during the Israelite sojourn in Exodus. This is the accusation: that to start with 70 Israelite men going into Egypt and end with over 2,000,000 people [...]
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