Brian ChilcoteDec 29, 202314 minRhetoricWhy Can't Luke and Matthew Just Get Along? Jesus has two baby books. No pictures like ours might have, but two written accounts of what happened, when and where it happened, to...
Kevin BrisbinDec 20, 202311 minThe BibleNativityIf you are not familiar with the Advent season of the church, I refer you to the sermon I preached last year on the subject. You can...
Brian ChilcoteJun 30, 202313 minThe BibleBible Things That Make You Go, "Huh?""What is it?" Whether it's Superman, a UFO or a strange sea creature, inquiring humans want to know. We make our best guesses: A bird? A...
Brian ChilcoteApr 13, 202311 minHermeneuticsGenocidal Joshua? What about the bothersome parts of the Bible that depict God telling people to kill other people? How did these scenes make it into our...
Brian ChilcoteMar 16, 20237 minHermeneuticsThey 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 ChilcoteMar 2, 202313 minDoctrines: inspirationInterrogating Biblical Inspiration"We contend that viewing the inspiration of Scripture solely from the cognitive environment of print culture opens the door to...
Brian ChilcoteJan 26, 20239 minThe BiblePeeking 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 ChilcoteOct 6, 20225 minRhetoricRhetorical Questions Part 6: Implications for Interpretation Rhetoric… So what? What are the implications for us, modern readers of the Gospel of John? And what might be of value in applying ancient...
Brian ChilcoteOct 6, 20225 minRhetoricRhetorical Questions Part 5: The Gospel of John meets CiceroIt has been suggested that the gospel of John is organized similarly to a Ciceronian argument in a court of law (Cicero was a well known...