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I went to the GQ magazine online and read the interview that has stirred up bloggers, news outlets and social media. You can read the Phil Robertson interview in GD Magazine here . My takeaway from the article is that Phil Robertson is Phil Robertson. He, just like millions of other people, had his life changed by Jesus. Phil now seeks ways to share Jesus with others. The quotes from the GQ article should be viewed in that light. Phil is not stating anything new, making some major theological statement nor do I think he is connecting homosexuality to bestiality. The reaction to all of this has been, in my opinion, immature. ·          Some Christians are calling on other Christians to “stand by Phil” via social media. Perhaps we should all “stand by Phil” via social media while standing in line at Chick-fil-A. Maybe Phil might take a cue from Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy and invite a member of the LGBT community to a sit down meal at t...

I think Larry's main point (which if you're time crunched just read the last 2 paragraphs) is very helpful in dealing with stuff like: 1. The new book Zealot which does not take into account Larry's well researched position and points he makes here. You can check our Larry position in this book . 2. Certain TV programs on the Discovery or History channel that suggest that the early Christian idea of Jesus as Lord/Son of God was something that evolved over years/centuries. These programs suggest/present as "fact" that early Christian leaders left out certain "gospels" to defend Church teaching not uphold a historical fact. “Early High Christology”: Clarifying Key Issues and Positions December 18, 2013      As a follow-up to my previous posting in which I cited again Andrew Chester’s review of recent scholarly analysis of earliest “christology” here , I want to offer some further comments intended to clarify a few matter...

Luke 1:13-17   But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John. 14 He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth, 15 for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even before he is born. 16 He will bring back many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God. 17 And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.” Why start with John the Baptist? Why this story? Why doesn’t Luke just start his story off by talking about Jesus and his teachings? It would seem that you have to get ready for whatever God is going to do. The promised Messiah does not appear all of the sudden. Luke sta...