by Brett Williams | Dec 29, 2017 | Alumni, Central Blog
Eugene Green, 1997 DMin alumnus. Pastor Gene pastored several churches in Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin over the years. Upon retirement from full-time ministry, he served as the Executive Director of Baptists for Life of Wisconsin from 2001 – 2012, traveling...
by Brett Williams | Nov 1, 2017 | Textual Criticism, Uncategorized
An interesting forthcoming look at public reading and textual reliability in the early church. This will be on my list. I ultimately argue that communal reading events were already a prevailing practice over a wide geographic range in the first century CE, and...
by Brett Williams | Oct 25, 2017 | Epistemology, Philosophy, Uncategorized
Now suppose that I am looking at a bright red patch. I may say ‘this is my present percept’; I may also say my present percept exists’; but I must also say ‘this exists,’ because the word ‘exists’ is only significant when applied to a description as opposed to a name....
by Brett Williams | Sep 25, 2017 | Philosophy, Theology, Uncategorized
Watch this interview from 1987. A wonderful explanation of Modernity’s moorings.
by Brett Williams | Sep 12, 2017 | Culture, Separation, Theology, Uncategorized
Helm critiques Dreher’s Benedict Option here. Worth a read. The presence of two kingdoms is a fundamental teaching of Jesus, not a political re-positioning for tactical advantage. The Benedict Option does not recognize it as mandatory. In Christianity...