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Doug Bennett commented on Doug Bennett's blog post 'Biblical Inerrancy Watch: the Evangelical Free Church of America'
William F Rushby commented on Doug Bennett's blog post 'Biblical Inerrancy Watch: the Evangelical Free Church of America'"I just looked up the Evangelical Free Church on Wikipedia. It resulted from a pan-Scandinavian surge of ecumenicalism, and was not all Swedish in origin.
But, now get this!! From Wikipedia:
Membership trends
The EFCA has experienced tremendous…"
William F Rushby commented on Doug Bennett's blog post 'Biblical Inerrancy Watch: the Evangelical Free Church of America'"After I wrote my first reaction to Doug's Bennett's piece on having an Evangelical Free Church leader speak on church planting, I wondered: 1.if Bruce Redmond is a Swede; 2.what did he actually talk about; and 3.did he say that he endorsed…"
James Michael Tower commented on Doug Bennett's blog post 'Biblical Inerrancy Watch: the Evangelical Free Church of America'"Hello Doug. I definitely have to agree agree with William that there is nothing too profound about that statement. It seems to be making more of a statement about scriptural authority than innerrancy per se. There are differences between…"
William F Rushby commented on Doug Bennett's blog post 'Biblical Inerrancy Watch: the Evangelical Free Church of America'"I don't find anything very remarkable about this statement of faith in the Bible. If I were preparing a statement, I wouldn't express myself the same way, but this confession of faith is probably less shocking to me than some of…"
James C Schultz commented on Doug Bennett's blog post 'Biblical Inerrancy Watch: the Evangelical Free Church of America'"One of the versions of the bible that was popular when i first got "saved" was the "LIVING Bible". I think the greatness of the bible is that it is a living book which the Holy Spirit can use to speak to us today in a world…"
Doug Bennett posted a blog postBiblical Inerrancy Watch: the Evangelical Free Church of America
May 22, 2013In response to a recent blog post on the seepage of the doctrine of Biblical inerrancy into Quakerism, a Friend asked for examples. Here is one.In this month’s “Communicator,” the yearly meeting’s newsletter, Indiana Yearly Meeting’s Superintendent, Doug Shoemaker, reports on…See More
Doug Bennett commented on Doug Bennett's blog post 'A New Association of Friends Is Born'"A composite answer to Jim Wilson's question from NAF folks including Margaret Fraser, Michael Sherman, Annie Glen and Leigh Ruddick Eason.
We are moving slowly and deliberately; small steps. Members of many of these meetings are bruised…"
Jim Wilson commented on Doug Bennett's blog post 'A New Association of Friends Is Born'"Sounds promising. I am curious; is the NAF intended to be an Indiana Association, or does it plan outreach beyond that?"
"May the NAF be a body through which the living water flows into our society."
Stephanie Stuckwisch commented on Doug Bennett's blog post 'The Bible As Inspired Work'"Although I haven't commented on all the posts, I've appreciated your series on the Friends and the Bible.
I find meaning in the idea of the Bible as the inspired writings of a community. Just as a minister can outrun her/his Light in…"
"Wasn't this the problem Jesus kept having with the scribes & Pharisees? He kept telling them it was going on right now, in front of them -- and they wanted to know what Authority he was going by...
We can always get things wrong... but God…"
William F Rushby commented on Doug Bennett's blog post 'More on Evangelicalism, Fundamentalism and the Bible'"The word is cessationism, NOT cessationalism!"
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- I am a member of First Friends in Richmond, IN, and now live in Topsham, Maine. I am currently President Emeritus and Professor of Politics at Earlham. I have a wife, Ellen, and two sons: Tommy (born 1984) and Robbie (born 2003).
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Biblical Inerrancy Watch: the Evangelical Free Church of America
Posted on 5th mo. 22, 2013 at 11:00am 6 Comments 0 Likes
May 22, 2013
In response to a recent blog post on the seepage of the doctrine of Biblical inerrancy into Quakerism, a Friend asked for examples. Here is one.
In this month’s “Communicator,” the yearly meeting’s newsletter, Indiana Yearly Meeting’s Superintendent, Doug…
Continue A New Association of Friends Is Born
Posted on 5th mo. 20, 2013 at 6:43am 3 Comments 1 Like
May 19, 2013
More on Evangelicalism, Fundamentalism and the Bible
Posted on 5th mo. 16, 2013 at 9:30am 5 Comments 0 Likes
May 16, 2013
Worth reading this week is a blog post by Rachel Held Evans entitled Is God’s Presence Limited to the Scripture?
The question is on her mind (her answer is no) because of a blog post by Tim Challies, a prominent evangelical, on The Boundaries of Evangelicalism.…
Continue The Bible As Unfinished Work
Posted on 5th mo. 13, 2013 at 8:40am 0 Comments 0 Likes
May 13, 2103
For a very long while the Bible was clearly an unfinished work. I believe it is still.
The books in the Hebrew Testament were written over several centuries, probably most before 500 BCE. The set of books we have today were in final form by about 100 BCE – that is a few decades before Jesus’s birth. The books in the New Testament were mostly written in…
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- At 1:01pm on 7th mo. 5, 2012,
Mackenzie said… I read your "plea to read the Bible together" in Friends Journal the other day. It was very well-written. Thank you.
I remember one time having someone tell me that "oh no, I know what the Bible says, Sodom & Gomorrah!" to which I paraphrased a line of Ezekiel back to him: the sin of Sodom was that of pride, fullness of bread, and not holding up the poor and needy. He asked if Ezekiel was in the Bible.
- At 11:28am on 4th mo. 6, 2011,
Paula Deming said… Welcome!
Thy fFriend Paula (mother of Earlham '04 grad Elaine Banvard)
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Doug Bennett commented on Doug Bennett's blog post 'Biblical Inerrancy Watch: the Evangelical Free Church of America'"I’m listening Friends, and appreciate James Michael Tower’s calming words.
I am a…"
William F Rushby commented on Doug Bennett's blog post 'Biblical Inerrancy Watch: the Evangelical Free Church of America'"I just looked up the Evangelical Free Church on Wikipedia. It resulted from a…"
William F Rushby commented on Doug Bennett's blog post 'Biblical Inerrancy Watch: the Evangelical Free Church of America'"After I wrote my first reaction to Doug's Bennett's piece on having an Evangelical Free…"
James Michael Tower commented on Doug Bennett's blog post 'Biblical Inerrancy Watch: the Evangelical Free Church of America'"Hello Doug. I definitely have to agree agree with William that there is nothing too profound about…"
William F Rushby commented on Doug Bennett's blog post 'Biblical Inerrancy Watch: the Evangelical Free Church of America'"I don't find anything very remarkable about this statement of faith in the Bible. If I…"
James C Schultz commented on Doug Bennett's blog post 'Biblical Inerrancy Watch: the Evangelical Free Church of America'"One of the versions of the bible that was popular when i first got "saved" was the…"
Doug Bennett posted a blog postBiblical Inerrancy Watch: the Evangelical Free Church of America
May 22, 2013In response to…See More
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