Reflections of Songs that Impacted my Life: “Beautiful One” by Daniel Amos
As I continue going through the Christian music from the 1980’s that I listened to growing up, I feel compelled to share a song from the group Daniel Amos, a Ch...
Category: Literature and Poetry
Reflections on “A Song About Baseball” by Bob Bennett
Anyone who has known me since I was a kid can tell you one thing: I was a baseball nut. I not only collected baseball cards, I used them in my almost pathologic...
Thoughts on Songs from my Childhood: “All I Ever Have to Be” by Amy Grant
Having been through the “academic track” that has gotten me two master degrees and a PhD—all in Biblical Studies—one can say that I’ve spent quite a lot of time...
C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and the Importance of Myth (…and how it relates to Genesis 1-11)
One of the biggest controversies within many Evangelical circles today revolves around the interpretation of Genesis 1-11. As I have written about many times, y...
Understanding the Bible: Why I Don’t Like the Term “Inerrancy”
Most people think “inerrancy” means believing that the Bible is true. Well, no, it does not. Throughout Church history, people have believed the Bible to ...