Announcing Table Talk Event: Inerrancy with Kevin Vanhoozer

September 26, 2014September 27, 2014Kirk E. Miller

I’m excited to announce a new series of events that reference librarian, Rebecca Miller, and I will be hosting at Rolfing Memorial Library. They are called Table Talks; and at them we will host cross-table discussions on a variety of currently “hot” biblical, theological, ethical, ministerial, and cultural topics demanding our concern. At each Table Talk, an expert on the given topic will also be present to facilitate discussion

We start off this new series of events with the topic of inerrancy, facilitated by prestigious TEDS professor, Kevin Vanhoozer. Vanhoozer is a contributor in the recently published Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy. He defended the position he titled, “Augustinian Inerrancy: Literary Meaning, Literal Truth, and Literate Interpretation in the Economy of Biblical Discourse.”

We look forward to seeing you there!

How to Study the Bible — Core Seminar at Lake Drive Baptist Church

September 2, 2014November 26, 2017Kirk E. Miller

I’m excited to start this new Core Seminar series this Sunday at Lake Drive Baptist Church. In the next 20 weeks we will cover the following topics (files will be attached below as the become available):

Introductory Matters:

1 | The Bible—the Object of Study (lesson; handout)
2 | Translations—the Medium for Study (lesson; handout)
3 | Bible study—the Basics of Study (lesson; handout)

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Israel Trip (Photos)

June 1, 2014Kirk E. Miller 2 Comments

About two years ago, my parents had the opportunity to take a study tour of Israel. And about two years ago my parents decided to send me instead of themselves. Therefore, I offer a big thanks to them for providing me with this opportunity. And I’d like to ‘dedicate’ this post to them.

I spent the past 10-11 days on a study tour in Israel. We visited an unbelievable amount of locations (more than are represented in the photos here); and I took a enormous amount of photos (around 1,250!). I’d like to share an incredibly narrowed down selection of those photos. The following are some of my amateur iPhone shots that I took throughout the trip. Enjoy!

**Click on photos for larger images.

Jerusalem Area

Mount of Olives (left) and Jerusalem (right) from Mount Scopus.

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Thoughts on Some Thoughts on Trinity International University

March 6, 2014Kirk E. Miller

See this article entitled, The 15 Best Colleges for Studying the Bible.

Two statements about my school, Trinity International University, that I found interesting:

(1) “The student body and professoriate are intentionally diverse, allowing for an international flavor, and a heightened sense of ‘global missions.'”

— Absolutely true. And I love this!

(2) “Some students will find the political leanings of the school to be too liberal, with notable tones of ‘social justice’ and ‘globalism.'”

— That some would find TIU too political liberal is probably somewhat true as well. And I tend to think this reality relates to the first statement (directly above). However, this perception isn’t the same thing as TIU actual being politically liberal. That’d be a tough case to make given our incredible diversity. Nonetheless, I believe our diversity and international composition resists a narrow-minded approach to politics, whatever that approach might be. And I appreciate this about Trinity as well.

Just a shameless plug for my school.

David Δ Morse Blog

February 28, 2014Kirk E. Miller 1 Comment

Hey, I just wanted to give a shout out to my friend David Morse who started a new blog recently. He’s going to be writing about Christianity, theology, culture, social media, food, Minneapolis life, and much more. He’s a solid guy and a great friend of mine. Check his stuff out!