David Knopp

David Knopp

Jul
31

Why Ask For Feedback If You're Just Going To Ignore It?

How often do we heard this complaint, “I gave all this feedback and nothing changed!” Assumptions are everything in miscommunication
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Jun
06

How To Teach Skeptical Students

The Center for Inquiry (yes, I follow CFI on Twitter because hearing both sides is important) posted this article from
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May
30

What Makes An Animal Clean or Unclean?

Dr. Hess as an interesting couple of paragraphs on what way constitute clean/unclean animals: Genesis 1 suggests that the
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Apr
10

Oppression and the Household Commands

I quoted Hoener’s excuses on the household codes (or the Haustafel) several years ago, but it came up again
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Apr
02

What Got You In Power Will Keep You In Power

Since the shift in power this past election, it’s been both amusing and disheartening to  watched political partisans trade
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Mar
23

Before You Answer That Question About The Bible

People have lots of questions about the Bible (as we’ve seen both here and here) I think they should.
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Mar
21

Tigay and An Empirical Basis for the Documentary Hypothesis

The Documentary Hypothesis is one of the more interesting discussions in biblical studies. It’s also a fun party line.
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Mar
16

The Heart of Biblical Studies

A number of years ago, I remember complaining about how a particular text read. My professor very wisely asked me,
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Mar
13

Jonah and Making Big Evidence Claims

Reading through our text for this week and this paragraph stood out to me, The book of Jonah identifies neither
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Mar
09

The Internet Asks, "What Does The Bible Say About..." From A-Z

This past summer, I noted that the auto-fill feature in Google and Bing gives us some important insight into what
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