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The Book of Revelation: My Picks for the Best Books on this Book

July 14, 2021November 3, 2021Posted in Bible, Biblical Theology, Book of Revelation, Commentaries, Dispensationalism, Education, hermeneuticsTagged apocalyptic, bible, biblical interpretation, craig koester, dispensationalism, eugene peterson, fundamentalism, gordon fee, marva dawn, paul spilsbury, Regent College, Revelation, richard bauckham14 Comments

“And though St. John saw many strange monsters in his vision, he saw no creature so wild as one of his own commentators.” — G.K. Chesterton

In many of my posts, I focus on Genesis. So, why not turn my attention to another controversial and misunderstood book at the back end of the Scriptures, The Revelation of Jesus Christ to John of Patmos? If one is allowed to have a favorite book in the Bible, then this book has become mine thanks in large part to my beloved professor Gordon Fee. In the year of our Lord two-thousand, Fee taught a course at Regent College on The Book of Revelation. When we asked him if all the Y2K talk and the year itself influenced his decision to teach this course at this time, he smiled, laughed at himself, and said, “You know. I never even thought of that.” That answer is an indication of how free he was from the dispensationalist background of his youth. How could that be? Continue reading “The Book of Revelation: My Picks for the Best Books on this Book” →

Mind the Gap II: Healing the Split-Brain Syndrome in Young Adults (and the rest of us)

September 11, 2015September 11, 2015Posted in Bible, Christianity and Science, Education, EvolutionTagged Baylor University, bible, chrisitianity, Christian Scriptures, Christopher Columbus, flat earth, For the Glory of God, Galileo, history, John William Draper, Regent College, Rodney Stark, science, science and religion, science vs religion1 Comment

In my previous post “Diagnosing the Split-Brain Syndrome“, I focussed on my own experience growing up switching between absolute credulity and scientific rigour (at least a little more rigour than the average teenager). The most bizarre thing to me is that it did not seem to phase me or those around me. I could be talking about the latest discoveries in shark behaviour in one instant and recounting the latest alien abduction story in the next. No one ever questioned me about the incongruity. Indeed, if anything, people were more interested in the latter than the former.

It will surprise many non-Christians that for me the healing began shortly after my conversion to Christianity in my first year of university. While it began with a desire to understand the Scriptures better, the real healing began when I attended Regent College for Graduate School. Continue reading “Mind the Gap II: Healing the Split-Brain Syndrome in Young Adults (and the rest of us)” →