Brian Chilcote
Can I get Your Autograph?
Thoughts on the Authorship of Scripture We cannot be dependent on the “original autographs,” not only because we do not have them, but...
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Brian Chilcote
- Mar 16
- 7 min
They Told Stories About Him
"… Jesus was the kind of extraordinary person who inspired people so profoundly that they told stories about him. As they did, they...
Brian Chilcote
- Mar 9
- 11 min
It's All About That Center
What do the Pentagon, Lower Manhattan and Lindor Truffles have in common? We associate each one with the idea of a Center. Especially...
Brian Chilcote
- Mar 2
- 13 min
Interrogating Biblical Inspiration
"We contend that viewing the inspiration of Scripture solely from the cognitive environment of print culture opens the door to...
Brian Chilcote
- Feb 21
- 20 min
Sources of Truth: How do we know what we know?
You've seen optical illusions- they're everywhere. In times past, decorators and artists would produce paintings called trompe l'oeil...
Brian Chilcote
- Feb 16
- 22 min
Time, Text and Translation: A (very) Brief Biography of the New Testament
It's around 40 CE. Stories and sayings of Jesus are circulating around Jerusalem, other nearby urban centers and Galilee. A novel Jewish...
Matt Kistler
- Feb 2
- 8 min
A Kaleidoscopic View of John 15-16
As I prepared to talk about John 15:26-16:4 over the last few weeks, I have to admit that I struggled. At first glance, I didn't feel...
Brian Chilcote
- Jan 26
- 9 min
Peeking Over the Wall of Certainty
Many churchgoing believers are given the impression that the Bible is totally unique among written works. We are taught that in subject...
Brian Chilcote
- Jan 10
- 7 min
The Centered Set Church Part 2
Is it easier to define your social world using negatives or positives? In other words, is it more important to establish your group by...
Brian Chilcote
- Dec 30, 2022
- 9 min
The Centered Set Church
We human beings can't seem to escape our natural affinity for hierarchies, pecking orders, in- and out-groups, us-versus-them and general...
Brian Chilcote
- Dec 20, 2022
- 23 min
What's so Apocalyptic about the Gospel?
There's more than one way to see the Good News. Ever heard of an exophytic complex cyst adjacent to the splenic dome? Unless you're a...
Kevin Brisbin
- Dec 6, 2022
- 13 min
Advent-ure
Let's test your familiarity with the Christmas tradition we call Advent. So as not to leave any readers in the dark, I have provided the...
Matt Kistler
- Nov 29, 2022
- 3 min
Razed and Rebuilt
Every year at Thanksgiving we gather with a small group of college friends. As the years go by, our little group grows and changes with...
Matt Kistler
- Nov 22, 2022
- 2 min
Three Days
Don't read this spoken word piece by Matt Kistler unless you want inspiration for your journey through this season of change at CCF. What...
Brian Chilcote
- Nov 14, 2022
- 2 min
Where to Begin? Books and Podcasts you Should Know
There once was a book called the Bible But some people labeled it libel "Why?" you may ask It was taken to task For promoting a God who's...
Rev. Dr. Tracy Saletta
- Nov 11, 2022
- 6 min
We Stay at the Table
We stay at the table. This is one of Cornerstone Christian Fellowship's core values. It may sound simple, but a little unpacking reveals...
Brian Chilcote
- Nov 1, 2022
- 9 min
More Colors on the Hermeneutical Spectrum
Here we finish off our series on some of the different flavors of hermeneutics with a brief survey of three more major schools of...
Brian Chilcote
- Oct 27, 2022
- 7 min
Based on a True Story! Hermeneutics Part 5
Like most things involving human communication, the spectrum of hermeneutic lenses is a complex and fascinating subject. As we have seen...
Brian Chilcote
- Oct 25, 2022
- 6 min
Unwritten Rules and the Bible- Hermeneutics 4
Don't expect your meeting at a Venezuelan coffee shop to start on time. It's rude to expect anything less than 15 minutes past the...
Brian Chilcote
- Oct 20, 2022
- 6 min
Wellhausen's Big Idea
The Great Isaiah Scroll, part of the collection of documents discovered in the Dead Sea Scrolls trove is 23 feet long and contains 54...
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