Territorial Bloggings

A Cogent Mélange of Lutheran & Pop-Culture Punditry
December 21, 2007

Interesting HCSB info

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology
Tags: , , , , ,

As I mentioned a while back, I just got a copy of the HCSB-based Apologetics Study Bible. Thus far, it’s been quite good. While the ancillary notes (i.e., the apologetics stuff) are not strictly “Lutheran”, they are by and large quite solidly orthodox & useful. The HCSB translation itself is proving to be quite good [...]


November 7, 2007

Bibles banned at 2008 Beijing Games

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

Bibles Banned at 2008 Beijing Olympics
Irony: The games that were founded, with strong mythological/religious ties, by the ancient Greeks are now looking to squelch any/all religious expression.
While Chinese organizers “promise that religious services we offer will not be lower than the level of any previous Games,” they also have ruled that Bibles are on [...]


October 11, 2007

This just in

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

I just got my copy of this new study Bible, the HCSB Apologetics Study Bible. I’ve been reading the HCSB on & off for a while now, and for a new translation, it’s really pretty good. It’s not to the point yet where I would choose it as my main/only translation, that’s still the NKJV, [...]


June 6, 2007

Theistic evolution is contradictory

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

Over at Lutherama, the good Dr. has a very good posting outlining precisely Why Evolution and God Driven Creation Cannot Co-Exist.
Round about 10 or so years ago, I had worked myself into a place where I thought that theistic evolution was OK. I wasn’t as well read as I am now (not that I’m all [...]