Geoffrey Holsclaw
Does the bodily resurrection of Jesus matter for Christianity? Is a physical resurrection of the believers part of faith? It’s what we’ve been talking about this week. Many now say, “No. A physical resurrection is immaterial to the truth of Easter and the power of Christianity.” Marcus Borg is a good example. Here is what […]
Here is my annual reminder that it’s OK to still believe in the Jesus’ resurrection—and that it took a bodily form (see links for conversation). #1: It Doesn’t Make You Stupid You can affirm the bodily resurrection of Jesus while also broadly affirming science, while also being a rational and thoughtful person, while also having […]
Alice Roberts—scientist, professor, and hornet’s nest kicker— reminded the Twitterverse—on Good Friday—that “dead people – don’t come back to life.” Some 6000 comments (and counting) later, we need to step back and look at the facts (just like professor Roberts, as the unbiased scientist she is would want us to do). Fact: The Tomb was […]
Truth is, we all want blood, even if just to be entertained. Some want physical blood still. Others are content with social media outrage. But we are like those who demanded the blood of Jesus on Good Friday. As the religious (right & left) and the activists (right & left), we would rather get on […]
In the last post I asked, “What is Penal Substitutionary Atonement?” I summarized Thomas Schreiner’s position in The Nature of the Atonement: Four Views as fairly as possible. Now I’m going to offer my own review of the biblical materials. Just How Biblical Is Penal Substitution? Advocates like Schreiner say their view is the most […]
“The theory of penal substitution is the heart and soul of an evangelical view of the atonement.” So says Thomas Schreiner in The Nature of the Atonement: Four Views (67). And historically, Schreiner is right. This is how I was raised as an evangelical fundamentalist in California, and many others all across the USA. […]
