Tag Archives: Rick Warren

What does the Bible really say about inerrancy?

Posted on December 11, 2015 by TheEvangelicalLiberal

So I’ve come to the end of this series on the Bible. This post is a finisher-off for completists, and also for anyone who still believes that the Bible claims to be inerrant. Of course, trying to prove that the … Continue reading →

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Rethinking the Bible

Posted on October 14, 2015 by TheEvangelicalLiberal

Let us now rise and sing Hymn 2316 (to the tune of ‘Immortal, Invisible’): Inerrant, infallible, God’s word alone; Eternal, immutable, truth set in stone. The final authority, all we need hear; The source of theology, though not of beer. … Continue reading →

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Does God know the future?

Posted on January 14, 2014 by TheEvangelicalLiberal

This follows on from the last piece on whether God has a ‘perfect plan for our lives’. Part of how we answer that depends on another question – how much of the future does God know? How much has he … Continue reading →

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Suffering and sovereignty

Posted on March 2, 2011 by TheEvangelicalLiberal

Here’s an edited version of an email I sent today to one of the Purpose Driven Life (TM) daily devotional authors, a teaching pastor at Saddleback Church. (I signed up for these emails several years ago and haven’t bothered to … Continue reading →

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