Gay Marriage: Analysis Of Newsweek's Article
Post 1: The Beginning
Post 2: Journalistic Integrity
Post 3: Bible And Marriage
Post 4: Homosexuality and the Bible
Post 5: Remaining Issues
Dr. Darrell Bock is Research Professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary. He also is Professor for Spiritual Development and Culture there. He is an Editor at Large for Christianity Today and is a Past President of the Evangelical Theological Society (2000-2001). He is the author of over twenty books and is a New York Times Best Selling author. He has been blogging on this site since May, 2006.
With all that has been said in the blogosphere, the documentary was what I expected. The followups like the one with Ted Koppel seem useless. I can't imagine how hard it is to challenge a whole 2 hour documentary with only a two to three sentence sound bites on the fly. It's hard to get into the details. You could see this really with William Dever, who I know could have given a lot more insight into the problems with the documentary.
I thought you did great. I loved how you were very open and honest that if these are Jesus' bones it would have huge implications for Christianity. I think it's wise for us not to be PC or have blind faith, but be truthful. I like how you said that faith needs to be interwoven with history. I liked how the gal from Virginia Theological Seminary said that Christians need to be better at thinking critically. I think if we think critically of big media splashes like this one, they can actually be a blessing in helping us see what a beautiful historical faith we have.
Thanks also for the hard work of supplying information and links through your blog all week. It has been enormously helpful. When TV can only give you frustrating sound bites, blogs have really been a blessing to get alot more information quickly.