This Week in Word from the Bird

Posts for 24-29 January

Monday: How Would Christians React to the Discovery of Alien Life? (Subscribers)
What if there really were other inhabited planets somewhere else in the galaxy, what if we met an alien species, what if there really is a multi-verse where alternative realities exist? How would Christianity address this discovery?

Tuesday: Did Jesus Think He Was God? (Free Sign-ups).
The latest Nazareth to Nicaea video about Jesus.

Wednesday: Scripture and Gender: A Response to Tom Schreiner (Part 1) (Free Sign-ups).
Thomas R. Schreiner is a preeminent biblical scholar who recently wrote a piece for CT on Gender Questions Should Send Us To Scripture. There he argued that complementarians and egalitarians are both influenced by culture and therefore Scripture should be the final arbiter in the beliefs that we hold to be God-given and true. I agree, but …

Thursday: Conflating Biblical Authority and Biblical Interpretation (Subscribers)
Once again, I’ve found a wonderful example of how American complementarians conflate their interpretation with the biblical text.

Friday: Review of Power Women by Nancy WangYuen and Deshonna Collier-Goubil (Free Sign-Ups).
Flyck Clift reviews this excellent book about motherhood, faith, and the academy. Not just for women, if you have a mother, sister, wife, daughters, or female colleagues, you will benefit from this book.