@JHGoodman8404 Shouldn’t the concern be more towards people with honorary doctorates who refer to themselves (or allow themselves to be referred to) as “doctor”? Ala, “dr” John MacArthur? That’s an actually issue. No need to pick semantic fights over actual earned degeees
@NeilShenvi Outside of a more fundamentalist or highly confessional school (where a strict statement of faith has a clear checklist) how could this even be a thing? Not everything has a category or trajectory.
@chadafrancis@amurch@PrestonSprinkle This is where I’d push back on the “dogma” comment. I think voices (especially) like Gupta and Bird’s are significant in this discussion, as they both started from a complimentarian position & have changed perspectives based on the text…
@chadafrancis@amurch@PrestonSprinkle As a non-egalitarian, I’m grateful for tools like Nijay Gupta’s “Tell her story” & Michael Bird’s “A case for Gender Equality” in helping understand the text. That’s the goal = understanding the text in its original meaning, not within our traditions (Which I know u know)
@chadafrancis@amurch@PrestonSprinkle E.g., the NPP is built on novel sociological findings from the DSS, giving us a MUCH clearer/closer look at 1st cent Judaism than Luther’s perspective does—which would’ve been a then novel theological conclusion—helping us w/ a better understanding of the NT writers’ message
@chadafrancis@amurch@PrestonSprinkle I usually agree that novel theological conclusions should be questioned. But to dismiss them as merely novel and not serious really shuts off a valuable hermeneutical tool, especially when we’re trying to engage in the exegetical process of reading an epistle…