Mark Goodacre over at NT Gateway is officially the man! He just recently wrote a post called Type Greek where he links to this pretty neat web site, aptly named, typegreek.com. As the site explains it, “Convert[s] text from a standard keyboard into beautiful, polytonic, Unicode-compliant Greek characters as you type.”
No more ugly character-map-pain-in-the-rear-hard-to-do-i-cannot-stand-it Microsoft [...]
It’s official… I am in full-time ministry… yep I said it. Believe it or not, I am here.
You see, I was working part-time for Southeastern Seminary up until a few days ago. They always said it was my “ministry.” A few weeks ago my wife and I decided it was time for me to find [...]
Gary over at Meditations on Metaphysics wrote an excellent paper about spiritual disciplines. In his paper he answers the question: “What is the true nature of biblical self-discipline?” You will find he correctly demonstrates that preforming certain activities does not make you Godly, but being Godly pushes you to preform certain activities.
The first part of [...]
There is a theory of knowledge called Middle Knowledge that has been used to combat Determinism. It is used because Determinism, in a way, makes God culpable for sin – for if God caused everything then he caused you to sin. Middle Knowledge steers away from this by affirming libertarian free-will. The theory is such [...]
Several people that I know (who attended the conference) have already responded/reacted to it on their blogs.
Alan at “Assembling of the Church” in a post called “Reflections on The Last Twelve Verses of Mark: Original or Not?“Theron at “Sharing in the Life” in a post called “Last Twelve Verses of Mark Conference“Steve at “Theological Musings [...]
Q: Directed to Robinson - If Peter is the source of Mark’s Gospel, why would Mark record that Peter did not believe if Luke recorded that Peter did believe?A: That is part of the problem…
Q: Directed to Elliott and Bock - They discussed canonicity applying to what books should be in, but did not discuss [...]
Dr. Bock responds to the four speakers:
Where we agree (not necessarily presuppositions):Both readings are old.What is taught in this section, for the most part, is taught elsewhere.What we all want to deal with is hard evidence.Fact must control theory - not vice versa.
The question becomes - why is it that we can deal with the [...]
Mark’s Conclusion to Peter’s Discourses[much of what is written here has been directly copied from this paper]His Position (upfront):Absolutely convinced that the long ending is original based on the external evidence alone, and that it deserves the canonical status it has enjoyed through church history.
The internal evidence, while controversial indeed, holds no satisfactory solution to [...]
Think Mark did not intend to end his gospel at Mark 16:8, but that his original ending was lost.
Introductory Remarks - Missing beginning and ends of ancient manuscripts did occur and was common in many manuscripts both biblical and non-biblical.
How did Mark lose its ending?
If 16:9-20 were secondary, when were they added?
A.1. External witnesses in [...]
Moving in a totally different direction than the previous speaker.
Amid Perfect Contempt, a Place for the Genuine, the Long Ending for Mark as cont…
Presupposition:Either Mark Priority or co-essential Mark/Matthean Priority.
External Evidence:(similar to previous speaker)
Internal Evidence:Primary thrust of this paper.Patristic Testimony - Most discussion focus on the speculation of the fourth or later centuries. Yet the [...]