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Below are extracted paragraphs by Charles Bledsoe in BSA’s form “God, Faith & Theology” here. He expresses his view that Paul and Paul’s followers’ concern is “is a promise of personal liberation from death, and the absence of a robust ethical spirituality, or a spirituality that understands love of God as an end in itself,“ […]
Continue ReadingPost at BSA by Steve Hunsaker on 7/13/2026 in God, Faith & Theology. The Promised Land Is Not a Place What does “holy land” and “promised land” really mean, and what we lose when we make it literal You were handed these words as geography. The holy land: a strip of earth at the far […]
Continue ReadingIn addition to the Response below from Claude.ai see A Reformation Timeline and the post on this site, Comparative Canon Lists: Marcion to Trent. Prompt: Provide information about the Council of Trent in the 1500s, its sessions, their purposes and context with all sources in-line and with a link when available. The Council of Trent […]
Continue ReadingThis post has two responses from Claude.ai beginning with a summary of Andrew Lincoln’s article “How Babies Were Made in Jesus’ Time” (Biblical Archaeology Review 40.6, 2014), drawn from his book Born of a Virgin? Reconceiving Jesus in the Bible, Tradition and Theology. The PDF of the article is in Dropbox/Christianity/Virgin Birth directory. Core argument […]
Continue ReadingSummary by Claude.ai of the BAS article “How the Serpent in the Garden Became Satan” Shawna Dolansky | Biblical Archaeology Society. The PDF file of the article is in Dropbox/Satan. Below the summary is the prompt “How do critical bible scholars view the position of the writer of that article?” and the response. Claude says […]
Continue ReadingThis post was started to prep for CU’s July 4th, 250th Anniversary celebration by showing the movie “A Great Awakening”. The content below is about that movie. From ChatGPT on 6/26/2026 – Prompt: What are the critical bible scholars’ views of the movie called “A Great Awakening” Response: There has been very little published commentary […]
Continue ReadingWilliam Wade Burleson – Posted in his Facebook page. Extracted on 6/26/2026. pondetosSru1a3g7t7309u553m25hm421225cu25l5iham1m7ci67c10t6gf · SLAVERY, SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY, WOMEN, AND THE FOUNDERS OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION … History possesses an extraordinary ability to humble every generation that believes it has finally learned to read the Bible correctly. Few examples illustrate that truth more vividly than the founding […]
Continue Reading6/20/2026 – This post contains Claude.ai’s summary of the transcript (in Dropbox) of the lecture by Paula Fredriksen – Paul and Augustine on the Redemption of the Jews. Prompt: Summarize the attached lecture, identifying Paula’s understanding of Paul’s teaching and how Augustine differed or changed Paul and when they agreed. Summary: Paula Fredriksen on Paul, […]
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai is this brief comparative sketch of other NT/early Christian eschatological scenarios: 1 Thessalonians 4-5 — Imminent, undelayed parousia. Christ descends with a shout; dead in Christ rise first, then living believers are “caught up” (the rapture passage) to meet him. No restrainer, no antichrist figure — just sudden, unpredictable arrival (“like a thief […]
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai on 6/8/2026. Prompt: Do critical bible scholars and archaeologists see any connection between the earthquake in 363 CE in the Levant and the role of Christianity in Rome with the Council of Nicaea and Emperor Constantine’s conversion? This is a rich question that actually involves a slightly different framing than you may have […]
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