I am quite interested in the work of those who investigate the details of the Genesis creation stories along scientific lines. I wholly support any honest study of the possibilities of things like a global flood,[1] genetic analysis to see if man really does trace its origins back...
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June 30, 2022 Andrew Sargent
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Homicide at Rough Point is a sort of investigative piece into the 1966 Newport death of Hollywood up-and-comer Eduardo Tirella under an automobile driven by the wealthy heiress, Doris Duke. It is an expansion on his 2020 Vanity Fair article “Did Billionaire Tobacco Heiress Doris Duke Get Away...
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June 22, 2022 Andrew Sargent
Politics
No matter what you think I’m saying at any given point in this article. Please read to the very end. Wisdom dialogue takes time and makes turns in the hope of being thorough and fair. Lewis & Tash C. S. Lewis’s final Chronicles of Narnia book, The Last...
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May 16, 2022 Andrew Sargent
Contexualization, Question Posts, Theology, Worship
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December 21, 2021 Andrew Sargent
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December 18, 2021 Andrew Sargent
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December 15, 2021 Andrew Sargent
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December 12, 2021 Andrew Sargent
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December 9, 2021 Andrew Sargent
101 Most Misunderstood Verses, Biblical Studies, Contexualization, Old Testament Studies
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December 6, 2021 Andrew Sargent
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If you ever find yourself confused by Jesus’ parables, don’t feel too bad. Jesus’ parables befuddled His own disciples. When they ask for clarification, Jesus reveals that an important part of understanding His parables is understanding why He’s using them in the first place. So, why does Jesus...
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November 19, 2021 Andrew Sargent
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I have just returned from my first SPS annual meeting. As a newbie, I was less than impressed. Rats! There goes the tension spring in another understatement meter; I should buy those by the dozen. The diatribe comes below, but first, let me briefly explain “Reception History,” which...
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November 11, 2021 Andrew Sargent
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The struggle for power is as natural to human nature as love and hate. On a sociological scale it is as fundamental to the patterns of history and culture as the struggle for survival. If world history has taught me anything, it is that there is, and always...
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October 27, 2021 Andrew Sargent
Society
One of the many things that I do that annoys the easily-annoyed is that I complicate supposedly simple things. When people denounce the Bible as “anti-science,” I annoy them with questions about the definition and limits of science. Then I challenge their perception of Scripture as merely a...
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October 2, 2021 Andrew Sargent
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Genesis 3 has some interesting challenges for the average modern reader. We have a special garden in the midst of an uninhabited world, two seemingly magical trees… one a source of life the other a source of death. We have two fully developed baby-adults, a talking serpent, and...
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October 1, 2021 Andrew Sargent
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John 8:7 is especially popular with non-Christians who resent any suggestion within Christianity that they are sinners in need of salvation. It is usually paraphrased, “He who is without sin, cast the first stone.”[1] Sounds good doesn’t it?— Don’t judge me! John 8:7 is a “Get-out-of-Jail-free card” for...
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October 8, 2019 Andrew Sargent
101 Most Misunderstood Verses, Bible Backgrounds, Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology, HAGALAH, Inductive Study Methods, New Testament Studies, NT's Use of the OT, Old Testament Studies
There was once a man with a great prayer life and a bothersome cat. Wishing to be left alone while he prayed, he leashed the cat to the post of his bed where it couldn’t reach him. That man had a daughter who wanted a great prayer...
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October 6, 2019 Andrew Sargent
Biblical Theology, Old Testament Studies
If one reads the prophets, he or she will notice rather quickly that one of the great themes of the prophets is a call for justice in society. The wealthy and powerful have a way of getting what they want in life and protecting what they get. Those...
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October 4, 2019 Andrew Sargent
Biblical Theology, Old Testament Studies
One can hardly keep from noticing that the writing prophets (Isaiah through Malachi) seem a tad preoccupied with combating the societal inclination in Israel (and the nations) to Idolatry. We can speculate as to the exact process by which men became idol worshippers—many speculate based on Scriptural passages...
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October 2, 2019 Andrew Sargent
Old Testament Studies, Society
An atheist close to me was raised as a conservative Christian. The gospel never penetrated his heart, but he was, on the whole, a well behaved kid who absorbed a strong sense of morality, obedience to authority, concern for his neighbor’s well-being, work ethic, sobriety and self-restraint. He...
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September 30, 2019 Andrew Sargent
Old Testament Studies, Society
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This is another one of my audience-less lectures. Tame, steady, devoid of my shrieking “pay attention! This is important” moments. I discuss the vital role that all three major methods of theological thought have in establishing a healthy church. While I love systematic theology and consider it a...
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September 28, 2019 Andrew Sargent
Biblical Theology, Contexualization, Systematic & Historical Theology, Theology
