by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Nov 2, 2012 | Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere, Random Commentary
Image: The Zombies are Coming! Courtesy Deviant Art user Neo160 under Creative Commons CC-BY-3.0 license. In his Moore to the Point blog, Russell D. Moore suggests an analogy between currently popular zombies and spiritually dead humankind in general:...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Feb 8, 2012 | Annotated Quotations
Image: GIF of not-equal-to symbol (math and computer science versions), courtesy Wikipeida user Shubjt under the CC BY-SA 4.0 Deed license. Do Christians disagree in their interpretations of Scripture because Scripture is unclear, perhaps because spiritual truths...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Dec 4, 2011 | Pet Peeves
No matter how clever, sophisticated, erudite, linguistically astute, or stunningly beautiful in its complexity your interpretive scheme may be, if it requires you to ignore or dismiss patently clear passages of Scripture, or to interpret them to mean what any honest...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Dec 3, 2011 | Book (& Other) Reviews
Initial PostIn My Friend the Holy Spirit, San Diego area pastor, Mark Peterson, a Charismatic (and a friend of the friend who gave me this book), makes many interesting claims. The following two claims seem typical (quotations are from the Kindle edition, 3% and 22%...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Nov 24, 2011 | DMH Personal News, Legacy Pages, Random Commentary
This site’s old “About” was a depressing piece of business, no doubt about it. Though my convictions were strong, I was “not a happy camper.” Truth be told, I remain a melancholy individual. Except for some alleged cheerfulness during...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Aug 1, 2011 | Graduate Papers
Originally written for a course at Luther Rice University & Seminary in August 2011, under the title “Zen & The Art of Gospel-Evasion: An Interview with Commentary.” Outline PrefaceZen & The Art of Gospel-Evasion: An Interview with...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Aug 1, 2011 | Graduate Papers
Image: intentionally blurred picture of “winter railings” courtesy flickr’s tarrytown (creative commons license).”Originally written for a course at Luther Rice University & Seminary in August 2011, under the title “Zen: Accepting...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jun 1, 2009 | Graduate Papers
“Humble Presuppositionalism: Newbigin’s Fallibilist Coherentism, with a Dash of Plantinga,” originally written in June 2009 for a course at Bethel Seminary San Diego. Bracketed comments carrying my initials (DMH) mostly date to 2011 (when I first...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Mar 1, 2009 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Graduate Papers, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere
Image: Van Huyssteen's Postfoundational Dream, copyright © 2021 by David M. Hodges, piouseye.com. Illustration created by combining, modifying, adding to, and subtracting from images of the Le Château des Pyrénées (1959) by René Magritte (1898-1967) and...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jan 8, 2009 | Annotated Quotations
Some suggest that pious Christian faith includes belief that the logically contradictory is true, such as in a divine realm beyond the laws of logic and all distinctions. In By Scripture Alone (2002 Trinity Foundation edition), W. Gary Crampton rejects this as impious...