Recent content by dgreen

Here's the NET footnote:

Yep, I think it's interesting to ask whether Jesus would have said the same thing Paul said. I guess I'm not really convinced that 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 is treating women as unequals nor necessarily is it a gender issue. That doesn't necessarily mean Jesus would have handled it the same way...

I think the "different agendas" idea makes sense. Do you see this distinction as Paul being in conflict with what Jesus taught or just focusing on areas that Jesus didn't necessarily cover? I wonder if Paul "maintains decorum" for decorum's-sake or for a better reason. The direction my mind was...

Strangely, despite being a member of a congregation that leans pretty conservative on women's roles in the church, I haven't spent time studying that issue. I agree at first glance Paul seems to be out of line with Jesus here. But, since my bias is to assume that Paul's primary mission is to...

I'm not necessarily arguing that Biblical interpretation is always really easy and that we have near 100% confidence about its meaning. I think there are difficulties given the passage of time and differences in culture and language. I just think, whatever the confidence % is for a particular...

I like him. A lot of energy and plays aggressively. He could probably stand to pass a bit more. He hasn’t seen a shot he didn’t like.

Yeah, I can see some parallels between a difficulty to interpret and a difficulty to uncover the historical Jesus. But, I think we have far more pieces of relevant evidence to answer a question like, "What does Matthew 5:17 mean?" than we do, "Is Matthew 5:17 an accurate quote of Jesus?" (Then...

Not sure. I'll admit that I'm not super familiar with the methodology. It seems like it is chasing after something that is unknowable, though. Nobody cared to document things in a way to answer that question so we are trying to use texts against their intended purpose. One analogy I use for...

I guess I haven't heard either way whether or not they are affective veteran leaders, so no opinion on that. But, yeah, I would like as much trade value in return for them. CJ has been playing well recently, so that's good.

The 1-11 Wizards battled the 1-11 Nets last night. The Wizards were at home and favored to win. The Nets won by 23. Wizards are giving up 129.6 ppg. Next closest is Sacramento at 124.4. Wizards lead the league in turnovers because they have no PG and nobody can handle on-ball pressure. I'd like...

Thanks. I listened this morning. He's doing history, but the history he's trying to do requires properly interpreting the meaning of the texts. And I think he gets Paul wrong. I've been influenced by scholars in the New Perspective on Paul (NPP) school of thought (also called Paul within...

Amen. And from Peter Enns: “But doubt is not the enemy of faith, a solely destructive force that rips us away from God, a dark cloud that blocks the bright warm sun of faith. Doubt is only the enemy of faith when we equate faith with certainty in our thinking. Doubt is what being cornered by...

Hmm, yeah, I’ve heard it described as an informal Sanhedrin run primarily by a corrupt chief priesthood. That would make sense of all the overnight activity. But, come morning, it does seem like the language includes the full court.

Can you say more about this? I know Ehrman uses this language, too: Jesus as an apocalyptic preacher. What apocalypse is he preaching and what are the implications/results of this apocalypse?

I think I understand why people want to exclude "the Bible" when asking about the historic Jesus, but can someone unpack that for me more because something just isn't quite clicking for me. I'm trying to remember back to the link @Captain Cranks posted earlier about the historical method and how...