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Episodes
Sunday Jan 28, 2018
Sunday Jan 28, 2018
In this episode I give my final thoughts on the debate that I had with Jason Mullett on our views of Genesis 1. If you have not listened to the debate yet, go back and listen to the last MEGA episode which contains the full debate, audience Q&A and after show.
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Sunday Jan 28, 2018
Sunday Jan 28, 2018
In this episode I air a debate I had with Jason Mullett of Logical Belief Ministries on our differing views of Genesis 1.
Wednesday Dec 27, 2017
Wednesday Dec 27, 2017
In this episode I present the final installment of my series on Genesis 1 and what I think is the best handling of the text - the Polemical Literary Framework. This is part 5 of the series so I recommend listening back to the previous episodes before jumping into this one.
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The Mentionables Conference 2018 registration: https://thementionables.org/
Sources:
John Walton
- “Reading Genesis Through Ancient Eyes” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci-6ekUmQFE
- Genesis 1 as Ancient Cosmology (Eisenbrauns: 2011)
- The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate (IVP, 2009)
- Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament (Baker: 2006)
- Ancient Israelite Literature in Its Cultural Context: A Survey of parallels between biblical and ancient Near Eastern texts (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1989)“Creation in Genesis 1:1 - 2:3 and the Ancient Near East: Order out of Disorder after Chaoskampf,” Calvin Theological Journal 43 (2008): 48-63.
- “Interpreting the Bible as an Ancient Near Eastern Document” in Israel-Ancient Kingdom or Late Invention? Archaeology, Ancient Civilizations, and the Bible, ed. D. Block (Nashville: Broadman/Holman, 2008) 298-327.
Futato, Mark
- (Spring 1998)."Because it Had Rained: A Study of Genesis 2:5–7 With Implications for Genesis 2:4–25 and Genesis 1:1–2:3" (PDF). Westminster Theological Journal. Gordon. 60 (1): 1–21
Irons, Lee
- (January 2000)."The Framework Interpretation: An Exegetical Summary". Ordained Servant. Upper register. 9 (1): 7–11
Kline, Meredith
- (1996)."Space and Time in the Genesis Cosmogony". Perspectives on Science & Christian Faith (48): 2–15
Miller and Soden
- In the Beginning… We Misunderstand. (Kregel: 2012)
Currid, John
- Against the Gods (Crossway: 2013)
- “The Nature of Polemical Thought and Writing,” https://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/sdg/polemic.html
Niehaus, Jeffrey
- Ancient Near Eastern Themes in Biblical Theology (Kregel: 2008)
Friday Dec 15, 2017
Friday Dec 15, 2017
In this drive by episode, I respond to a listener question about God and big rocks... you may be familiar with it.
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Monday Nov 27, 2017
Monday Nov 27, 2017
In this article, I respond to several of the most common YEC arguments given in favor of their reading of Genesis 1 against the views of others.
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Sunday Nov 05, 2017
Sunday Nov 05, 2017
In this episode I conclude my series dealing with Genesis 1 as a Polemical Literary Framework.
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Sunday Oct 01, 2017
Sunday Oct 01, 2017
In this episode I continue the series dealing with my view of Genesis 1 as a polemical literary framework opposing the Egyptian creation myths.
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For the full paper, visit:
https://www.academia.edu/29550502/A_Historical-Grammatical_and_Polemical_Reading_of_Genesis_1
Friday Jul 28, 2017
Friday Jul 28, 2017
In this episode, I will be presenting Part I of my paper on Literary Framework and Polemics in Genesis 1 from a Historical-Grammatical methodology. Enjoy the show!
For the full paper (including footnotes not in the recordings) and to sneak a peek at what is coming, you can find the paper here:
https://www.academia.edu/29550502/A_Historical-Grammatical_and_Polemical_Reading_of_Genesis_1
Tuesday Jun 13, 2017
Tuesday Jun 13, 2017
In this episode of the Freed Thinker Podcast, I start a discussion with Chris Date from Rethinking Hell, on his understanding of the Biblical view of the eternal destinies of the believer and the unbeliever - a view typically known as Annihilationism or Conditionalism.
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For more on Chris and the whole Rethinking Hell crew and their work, you can visit rethinkinghell.com.
Friday May 26, 2017
Friday May 26, 2017
In this episode I respond to a Facebook interaction with an blog article by Dr. Jonathan Sarfati and what he thinks valid "refutations" of the Literary Framework interpretation of Genesis 1 would be.
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Article referenced in the show:
http://creation.com/is-genesis-poetry-figurative-a-theological-argument-polemic-and-thus-not-history