tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13738853.post114071409672057573..comments2022-10-23T08:50:54.845-04:00Comments on αpokalupto: Book: Escape From The FlamesDavid Hamstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00918076742603923375noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13738853.post-1173933237470455692007-03-15T01:33:00.000-04:002007-03-15T01:33:00.000-04:00Henry, I very much hope that someone will republis...Henry, I very much hope that someone will republish <I>Inspiration</I>. You already have me as an interested customer! The book is about the inspiration of Ellen White as well as the biblical authors - not sure how non-Adventists might take that. However he is a progressive thinker, and it might help that well respected (if controversial) evangelical Clark Pinnock gave the book a <A HREF="http://www.spectrummagazine.org/spectrum/archive21-25/23-4pinnock.pdf" REL="nofollow">very favourable review</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13738853.post-1142285063573917192006-03-13T16:24:00.000-05:002006-03-13T16:24:00.000-05:00Thanks for a good interview with Alden Thompson. ...Thanks for a good interview with Alden Thompson. I'm the publisher of "Who's Afraid of the Old Testament God?" It would be wonderful to have another edition of "Inspiration: Hard Questions, Honest Answers." I'll certainly be considering adding that to our catalog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13738853.post-1141321608337389372006-03-02T12:46:00.000-05:002006-03-02T12:46:00.000-05:00I had Thompson as a professor for several classes,...I had Thompson as a professor for several classes, and one thing that particularly impressed me about this book was that all the illustrations were new to me. Now there's the mark of a good writer.<BR/><BR/>This book and the Ellen White series (Meeting Ellen White, Reading Ellen White, etc.) by George Knight are essential reading for anyone wanting to understand early Adventism and doctrinal development.Tompaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09348547154241036037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13738853.post-1141084350814401582006-02-27T18:52:00.000-05:002006-02-27T18:52:00.000-05:00I hear you and largely agree...I was just wonderin...I hear you and largely agree...I was just wondering what he thought of the postmodern methods...My guess is that he would probably think better of them than many of those who have attacked his position, but I don't know, some historical critical scholars cannot make room for these methods while others accept and use them...<BR/><BR/>By the way thanks for the interview...gives me ideas for my own blog...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13738853.post-1141068878047394872006-02-27T14:34:00.000-05:002006-02-27T14:34:00.000-05:00Thompson defenately approaches scripture from mode...Thompson defenately approaches scripture from modern worldview (which is where we get the historical-critical and fundamentalist interpritive methods). He would probably say that's because he is just as much a product of his time and culture as the inspired writers were. What I admire about Thompson is that he seems to be trying to navigate a path between the two extremes.<BR/><BR/>I am not one who thinks that we should dispense with either one of the modern interpritive methods. Both have made valuable (and destructive) contributions to our understanding of scripture. And I believe as post-modernism was built on modernism scholars of our generation must build on modern understandings to realize the full potential of post-modern interpritive methods.David Hamstrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00918076742603923375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13738853.post-1141066064519094082006-02-27T13:47:00.000-05:002006-02-27T13:47:00.000-05:00Dr. Alden Thompson is interesting in that he seems...Dr. Alden Thompson is interesting in that he seems to be integrating the Historical Critical Method of Biblical Interpretation into Adventism...I would be interested in what he thought of the various Post-Modern and Post-Colonial interpretative methodologies that seek to dethrone the Historical Critical method from its place of prominence in academic circles...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13738853.post-1141062969704590072006-02-27T12:56:00.000-05:002006-02-27T12:56:00.000-05:00Had AT as a professor at Walla Walla. Nice man. Ca...Had AT as a professor at Walla Walla. Nice man. Called me when I was in the hospital and let me redo an incomplete. Too bad I only skated by with a D-. I thought he was hard to follow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com