This Week in Word from the Bird

Posts for 21 -25 Feb

Monday: More Dissenters You Need to Know About (Free Sign-Ups)
In addition to the venerable list of people who featured in David Brooks’ article on The Dissenters Trying to Save Evangelicalism from Itself, I have a few other dissenters that I’d like to add to the list of American Evangelicals trying to save the movement from auto-anthropophagy (i.e., cannibalizing oneself).

Tuesday: Reflections on Debating Bart Ehrman about Jesus (Free Sign-Ups)
Back in 2014, Bart Ehrman published a book called How Jesus Became God, so I assembled a team of christological avengers to write a book in response, How Jesus Became God. This is the story of those two books and the aftermath.

Wednesday: Yes, You Should Read the Apocrypha (Free Sign-Ups).
One question I often get from students is, “What is the Apocrypha?” and “Is it good to read it?” I answer this a bit in my book Seven Things I Wish Christians Knew About the Bible as to what the Apocrypha is and why it is genuinely worthwhile to read it.

Thursday: Are Southern Baptists Choosing Culture Wars over Catholicity (Subscribers with Free Review)
My response and reflections from Prof. Jason Allen’s Duke K. McCall Leadership Lecture at Southern Seminary. Much to agree with here, but the stuff from 20:00 to 24:00 mins is totes cray cray.

Friday: Praying the Psalms (Free Sign-ups).
Rev. Dr. Jill Firth reviews Nan Lewis Doerr on Praying the Psalms with Beads: A Book of Daily Prayers.