Bruce Alderman

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I've been a Christian since 1985, and a member of East Heights United Methodist Church in Wichita since 1994. My theology is Wesleyan/Arminian, but I don't think all Christians must share this view.

I believe that the Bible is inspired but not inerrant, that it was written to teach us about God and not the physical universe.

I believe faith is not an intellectual pursuit but a transformation of our entire being.

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Mar 26	awarded	Enthusiast
Mar 23	answered	What breed of dog was Tobiah's dog?
Mar 20	comment	What are the arguments in favor of Matthean Priority? This is a very thorough explanation.
Mar 20	accepted	What are the arguments in favor of Matthean Priority?
Mar 19	comment	What are the arguments in favor of Matthean Priority? Markan priority doesn't necessarily require a Q document.
Mar 19	asked	What are the arguments in favor of Markan priority?
Mar 19	asked	What are the arguments in favor of Matthean Priority?
Mar 18	revised	Did Luke use Josephus as a source? updated based on new information
Mar 18	comment	Did Luke use Josephus as a source? @FrankLuke: I'm not looking for live chat. Please see here for what I'm envisioning.
Mar 16	comment	Did Luke use Josephus as a source? Fair enough. I don't want to hijack the comments, but I'd be interested in discussing more about early vs late dating, and which gospels relied on which. Would you be interested in discussing this in a chat room? (That goes for @Jon too.)
Mar 15	comment	Did Luke use Josephus as a source? @Frank: If you date Luke-Acts pre-64, then what does that do to its relationship with the other synoptics? Mark makes a reference to the First Jewish-Roman War as a contemporary event ("let the reader understand" in Mark 13:14), which would place Mark sometime between 66 and 73. So was Luke the earliest gospel? Or do you understand Mark 13:14 differently? (If so, please take a shot at this question.)
Mar 14	answered	Did Luke use Josephus as a source?
Mar 12	accepted	Who incited David to take a census?
Mar 10	asked	Who incited David to take a census?
Mar 8	comment	Is John 7:53-8:11 inspired? I'll make further comments in chat.
Mar 8	comment	Is John 7:53-8:11 inspired? I'm not so sure his comments aren't germane. It seems this question is premised on the assumption that textual criticism can determine what is inspired. If we don't make that assumption, how would we reach that conclusion?
Mar 8	comment	Why did the witnesses lay their coats at Paul's feet? Also, it would have been widely understood that Hellenized Jews had the power in Jerusalem. The Romans, after all, had allowed Temple worship to continue only on the condition that the Romans got to choose the High Priest.
Mar 8	comment	Why did the witnesses lay their coats at Paul's feet? I think it was established fairly early that Christianity was a branch of Judaism. Roman historian Suetonius wrote of the time of Emperor Claudius (circa 50 AD), "As the Jews were making constant disturbances at the instigation of Chrestus, he expelled them from Rome." Acts 18 refers to Aquila and Priscilla, two Christian teachers who were expelled at that time.
Mar 8	comment	Is John 7:53-8:11 inspired? @swasheck: This question is asking about biblical inspiration. Is it your contention that only the "most probable original text" is inspired?
Mar 8	comment	Is John 7:53-8:11 inspired? What is the rationale for claiming the canon should consist of our best reconstruction of the original documents, rather than the documents as they have been passed down to us?