December 30th, 2019
The validity of appeals to mystery can be, well, mystifying. Are they are reasonable? When are they not rationally acceptable, and is there ever a time that one can be warranted in an appeal to mystery?
I discuss that in this short Freedway Thinker episode.
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December 29th, 2019
In this episode, I start a series reviewing John Loftus' new edited anthology, The Case Against Miracles.
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December 18th, 2019
Many struggle with understanding exactly what Paul means when he talks about our being slaves and freedmen. This is often because they assume a singular and consistent usage of the motif in Paul's writing, and indeed in the New Testament as a whole. However, is this the case? In this episode we explore the multivocal use of the motif in the Pauline corpus.
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December 11th, 2019
In this episode we explore the way that Paul references Hosea in Romans 9:25-26.
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December 8th, 2019
In this short Freed Byte episode, I talk about two passages that make it nearly impossible for me to become a Dispensationalist. And yes... there is an easter-egg from my son at the end (thanks Uncle Fred!)
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December 6th, 2019
A common Provisionist reading of Paul's use of the Potter/Clay Motif in Romans 9 relies on their assumption that the conceptual background to which Paul alludes to is that of Jeremiah 18. In this episode I explore far more plausible backgrounds for Paul's use of the PCM.