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October 24, 2009 by kevinstilley

Theology According To Its Cultured Despisers – quotes

Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn’t there. Theologians can persuade themselves of anything.
~ Robert A. Heinlein

The study of theology, as it stands in the Christian churches, is the study of nothing; it is founded on nothing; it rests on no principles; it proceeds by no authority; it has no data; it can demonstrate nothing; and it admits of no conclusion.
~ Thomas Paine

What has ‘theology’ ever said that is of the smallest use to anybody? When has ‘theology’ ever said anything that is demonstrably true and is not obvious? What makes you think that ‘theology’ is a subject at all?
~ Richard Dawkins

Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven, the best to hell.
~ Robert Green Ingersoll

For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.
~ Henry Louis Mencken

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June 16, 2009 by kevinstilley

Summer Listening

What’s on your iPod?  It is common for people to talk about Summer Reading — what about Summer Listening?

May I make a suggestion?  How about using this summer to listen to one of the many free Seminary classes that are available for free online?  I have listed below two sources for audio from actual seminary classes that are available for free online.  You can listen to them as streaming audio or as an Mp3 download.   If you don’t find something that interests you from the list below, check with me and I can set you up with a few more sources for similar material.

Available from BiblicalTraining.org (you have to take 30 seconds to sign up in order to gain access, but don’t worry about spam as they only send out an email 2 or 3 times a year, and usually it is just to let you know that more studies have been made available):

Daniel Wallace (Dallas Theological Seminary)

  • History of the English Bible (Foundations)

Robert Stein (Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)

  • Hermeneutics
  • New Testament Survey — Acts to Revelation
  • New Testament Survey — Gospels

Gerald Bray (Beeson Divinity School)

  • Church History I
  • Church History II

Gordon Isaac (Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary)

  • Church History
  • Luther

Ron Nash (Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)

  • Advanced Worldview Analysis
  • Apologetics
  • Ethics
  • History of Philosophy and Christian Thought

Peter Kuzmic (Evangelical Theological Seminary)

  • Theology of World Missions

Timothy Tennent (Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary)

  • Buddhism
  • Hinduism (Foundations)
  • Islam
  • The World Mission of the Church (Foundations)
  • World Religions (Foundations)

Bruce Ware (Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)

  • Systematic Theology 2
  • Systematic Theology I

Bill Mounce

  • 52 Major Stories of the Bible
  • Biblical Greek
  • Biblical Training Institute
  • Greek Tools for Bible Study
  • Now that I Believe

Bryan Chapell (Covenant Theological Seminary)

  • Preaching

John Piper (Bethel)

  • Pastoral Theology

Miles van Pelt (Reformed Theological Seminary)

  • Biblical Theology

Douglas Stuart (Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary)

  • Old Testament Survey

Paul House (Beeson Divinity School)

  • Old Testament Theology

Frank Thielman (Beeson Divinity School)

  • New Testament Theology

George Guthrie (Union University)

  • Inductive Bible Study

Gary Parrett (Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary)

  • Educational Ministry of the Church
  • Worship

Craig Blomberg (Denver Seminary)

  • Introduction to the New Testament: Epistles
  • Introduction to the New Testament: Gospel and Acts
  • New Testament Survey

Gerry Breshears (Western Seminary)

  • Spiritual Warfare

And, these are available from Covenant Theological Seminary:

  • Ancient and Medieval Church History, by Dr. David Calhoun
  • Apologetics and Outreach, by Professor Jerram Barrs
  • Biblical Theology, by Dr. Gerard Van Groningen, former professor at Covenant Theological Seminary
  • Calvin’s Institutes, by Dr. David Calhoun
  • Christ-Centered Preaching: Preparation and Delivery of Sermons, by Dr. Bryan Chapell and Dr. Zack Eswine
  • Christian Ethics, by Dr. David Jones
  • Christian Worship, by Professor Jerram Barrs
  • Francis A. Schaeffer: The Early Years, by Professor Jerram Barrs
  • Francis A. Schaeffer: The Later Years, by Professor Jerram Barrs
  • God and His Word, by Dr. Michael Williams
  • God’s World Mission, by Dr. Nelson Jennings
  • Hebrews to Revelation, by Dr. Daniel Doriani
  • Humanity, Christ, and Redemption, by Dr. Robert Peterson
  • Life and Letters of Paul, by Dr. Hans Bayer
  • Life and Teachings of Jesus, by Dr. Daniel Doriani
  • New Testament History and Theology, by Dr. David Calhoun
  • Old Testament History, by Dr. V. Philips Long, former professor at Covenant Theological Seminary
  • Psalms and Wisdom Books, by Dr. V. Philips Long, former professor at Covenant Theological Seminary
  • Reformation and Modern Church History, by Dr. David Calhoun
  • Spirit, Church, and Last Things, by Dr. Robert Peterson
  • Youth Ministry, by Professor Mark Davis, visiting instructor at Covenant Theological Seminary

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Filed Under: Blog, Church History, Front Page, Theology Tagged With: Free Online Audio, Mp3, Seminary, Theology

April 24, 2009 by kevinstilley

Relevant Theology – Select Quotes

The tendency of the churches to be relevant and more secular-than-thou does not answer our need for the transcendent.
~ Madeleine L’Engle, in “A Circle of Quiet”, (NY: HarperCollins, 1972), page 111.

Filed Under: Blog, Quotes, Theology Tagged With: Christianity, Ecclesiology, emergent, emerging, relevant, Theology, Worship

December 23, 2008 by kevinstilley

More Bookmarks

And a few more bookmarks I want to make sure are preserved during the transition from AnnotatedBookmarks.info to AnnotatedBookmarks.com…

Theology

  • Better Bibles
  • Castle Church
  • Daniel J. Phillips
  • Get Religion
  • JETS Online
  • John MacArthur
  • Phillip Way
  • Pyromaniacs
  • Reclaiming the Mind
  • Reformation 21
  • Steve Camp

Apologetics

  • Stand To Reason
  • Peter Kreeft

Philosophy

  • Dallas Willard
  • Doug Groothius
  • Francis Beckwith
  • Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
  • Peter Kreeft

Christian Worldview

  • Adam Feldman
  • Adrian Warnock
  • Ariel Vanderhorst
  • Bob Hyatt
  • Danny Carlton
  • Del Tackett
  • Deo Volente
  • Evangelical Outpost
  • First Things
  • Frank Turk
  • John Piper
  • Jolly Blogger
  • Justin Taylor
  • Locusts & Honey
  • Matthew McMahon
  • Paul Littleton
  • Says Simpleton
  • Smart Christian
  • The Rebelution
  • Tim Challies
  • Tim Ellsworth
  • Together For The Gospel
  • Will Vaus

I”m A Little Bit Country

  • Farm Girl Fare
  • Friday Night Fish Fry
  • Pioneer Woman

Good Folk

  • Parker Stilley
  • Chris Crouch
  • Ed Abbey
  • Heather Goodman
  • Jeff Perkins
  • Phil Hoover
  • Rich Tatum
  • Robin – Pensieve

Book Blogs

  • Book Standard
  • Bookfoolery & Babble
  • Building A Theological Library
  • Ironworks
  • Kirkus Reviews
  • Little Professor
  • Maggie Reads
  • Mindy Withrow
  • Of Books & Bicycles
  • Pages Turned
  • Reading Writing Dot Info
  • Seasonal Soundings
  • Semicolon
  • Work in Progress
  • Wormbook

Humor

  • Ask A Ninja

Big Dogs

  • Charles Krauthammer
  • Peggy Noonan
  • George Will
  • Marvin Olasky
  • Thomas Sowell
  • William F. Buckley, Jr.
  • Michael Medved
  • Richard Roeper
  • Roger Ebert
  • Drudge Report
  • Larry Elder
  • Cal Thomas
  • Michelle Malkin
  • Patrick Buchanan
  • Phyllis Schlafly
  • David Limbaugh
  • Bill O’Reilly
  • Robert Novak
  • Ann Coulter

Science & Religion

  • Be Thinking
  • Design Inference
  • Joe Gartrell
  • Overwhelming Evidence
  • Scientia & Sapientia

Around the world in 80 blogs

  • Brazil – Jeff Dunson
  • Ecuador – Guy Muse
  • England – Adrian Warnock
  • India – Windy Skies

Smarty Pants

  • Avia Trivia Blog
  • Ken Jennings

What Is He Smoking?

  • Michael Riley

Booksellers

  • Amazon
  • PumpkinPhd

Blogging Stuff

  • Chris Garrett
  • Church Communications Pro
  • Cory Miller
  • Daily Blog Tips
  • Pingoat
  • Pro Blogger
  • SEObook
  • SEOlogs

The News

  • Miami News-Record
  • Oklahoma Baptist Messenger
  • White House Press Briefing

Picher – Cardin

  • Cardin Community Profile
  • Cardin Demographic Data
  • Cardin Houses
  • Miami Tribe Environmental Issues
  • Picher Ghosttown
  • Picher-Cardin Public Schools
  • Sucking Sound
  • Tar Creek Project
  • U. S. Geological Survey
  • Vintage Ottawa County Photos
  • Your Backyard

Filed Under: Blog, Graffiti Tagged With: blogs, Bookmarks, Humor, Picher, Theology, websites, Worldview

December 12, 2008 by kevinstilley

What do you think?

What do you think are the most common misconceptions people have about God?

Share your answer in the comments below.

Filed Under: Blog, What Do You Think? Tagged With: Blog, God, Theology, What Do You Think?

December 5, 2008 by kevinstilley

What Do You Think?

What is your definition of a miracle?  Do you think you have ever experienced one?

(Share your answers in the comments below.)

Filed Under: Blog, What Do You Think? Tagged With: Apologetics, Blog, Miracles, Theology, What Do You Think?

November 21, 2008 by kevinstilley

Sir Fred Hoyle On Intelligent Design

As biochemists discover more and more about the awesome complexity of life, it is apparent that its chances of originating by accident are so minute that they can be completely ruled out. Life cannot have arisen by chance.
~ Sir Fred Hoyle, in The Intelligent Universe

A common sense interpretation of the facts suggests that a superintellect has monkeyed with physics, as well as with chemistry and biology, and there are no blind forces worth speaking about in nature. The numbers one calculates from th facts seem to me so overwhelming as to put this conclusion almost beyond question…. Rather than accept the fantastically small probability of life having arisen through the blind forces of nature, it seemed better to suppose that the origin of life was a deliberate intellectual act.
~ Sir Fred Hoyle

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October 25, 2008 by kevinstilley

What Do You Think?

Last week I asked for your thoughts on faith.  This week I have a related question for you. Should faith in God be “blind” or should it require evidence?

Share your answers in the comments below.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Blog, definition, Faith, God, religion, Theology, What Do You Think?

October 17, 2008 by kevinstilley

What Do You Think?

Faith may be one of most misunderstood words in the English lexicon.  It is used in so many, many different ways. How would you define faith?

Share your answers in the comments below.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Blog, definition, Faith, God, religion, Theology, What Do You Think?

September 13, 2008 by kevinstilley

What Do You Think?

Do you believe God is actively involved in our world or detached and distant from our world?

Explain your answers in the comments below.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Blog, God, Theology, What Do You Think?

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