Brian Chilcote
Genocidal 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...
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Loving God and Loving Others Fearlessly
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 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
- 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
- Oct 6, 2022
- 5 min
Rhetorical 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 Chilcote
- Oct 6, 2022
- 5 min
Rhetorical Questions Part 5: The Gospel of John meets Cicero
It 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...
Brian Chilcote
- Oct 5, 2022
- 6 min
Rhetorical Questions Part 4 Literary Devices
While only a few privileged denizens of antiquity had access to an education in rhetoric, nearly everyone experienced it in some way as...
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