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Dispatches from the War on Christmas

TYWKIWDBI (a perennial favorite of mine) has an interesting post on “the war on Christmas” from colonial America. Go check it out! If you’re looking for more Christmas related holey goodness, I also highly recommend the Christmas Wikipedia page. Oh, and happy holidays!

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Inerrancy in the Bible and Objectively Examining One’s Own Beliefs

Continuing on Greg’s response to “Reasons for Believing the Bible is God’s Word” I’d like to examine two other points that Roger E. Olson makes that I have encountered several times when discussing the validity of faith and the Bible … Continue reading

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A Logical Door that Locks Behind You: Is Scripture Inerrant?

At Holey Books, we’ve come across our share of scriptural commentary, and usually prefer to read what reasonable scholars (such as James Kugel) have to say about the various bits of scripture we talk about. But occasionally—as recently in a post … Continue reading

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The Wife of Jesus

As readers of this site are probably aware, Karen King, Christian history scholar, caused quite a stir in religious circles with a surprise announcement regarding a fragment of an ancient document that quotes Jesus talking about his “wife.” While at Holey … Continue reading

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