What is deviant? Deviant is anything that we deem, by our own standards of reality, not to fall into the category of “normal.” Cambridge Dictionary defines it as:
describes a person or behaviour that is not usual and is generally considered to be unacceptable.
Some past examples of deviancy in our society are: a woman voting, an [...]
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Genesis 15:6 ~ Faith, Works, Justification & Vague Antecedents: Innerbiblical Exegesis, Interpretation, & Critique
Posted in Church - Theologizing, Devotional Thoughts & Bible Studies, Hebrew Bible, Theology, tagged Abraham Heschel, Abravanel, Augustine of Hippo, Ezekiel 36, Faith, Galations 3:6, Genesis 15:6, Inner-biblical exegesis, Inner-biblical interpretation, James, Jewish Interpretation, Jewish-Christian relations, Jon D. Levenson, Justification by faith, Lutheran Interpretation, Martin Luther, mishpat, Nachmanides, Nehemiah 9:8, Paul, Pelagianism, Pelagius, Reformation, Romans 4, salvation, soteriology, Terence E. Fretheim, Works on Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Justification by faith has been seen as one of the more prominent examples of ‘Christianizing’ the Hebrew Bible. To demonstrate this I would like to examine Genesis 15:6. Below I have cited several versions:
Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness. – NIV
And he believed the LORD, and he counted it [...]
Fretheim Comes to Searcy
Posted in Hebrew Bible, Theology, tagged Arkansas, Biblical Theology, Divine-Human Relationship, Downtown Church of Christ, Harding University, Hebrew Bible, Lecture, Old Testament, Searcy, Speaking Engagement, Terence Fretheim on Monday, January 26th, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wow, I’m stunned. Almost 2 years, since I graduated from Harding University and haven’t until now had that longing to return to my Alma mater in Searcy, AR. This longing is due to a speaking engagement of one of my favorite authors: Terence E. Fretheim.
Fretheim is Elva B. Lovell Professor of Old Testament at Luther [...]
Our God – Open to Possibilities
Posted in Devotional Thoughts & Bible Studies, Hebrew Bible, tagged Amos, Divine-Human Dialogue, Exodus, Genesis, Hosea, Kings, Moses, Numbers, Philippians, Prayer, Samuel, Terence E. Fretheim, Yahweh on Friday, October 17th, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In continuity with the last two entries in the “Devotional Thoughts and Bible Studies” series, today I would like to go a step further than just recognizing our dependency upon Yahweh, and bringing our speech and actions in accordance with that recognition. Today I’d like to consider the examples of the conversations of our forefathers [...]
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