Is 2 Peter compatible with the other scriptures? Ernst Käsemann’s Questions for 2 Peter (August 30, 2018)

Why is 2 Peter included in the biblical canon? It's a question I ask myself often, as are all theologians who study it. Not only is the authorship dubious but it's theological content as well. Ernst Käsemann said that 2 Peter "is perhaps the most dubious writing in the canon" and […]

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Karl Barth on why the Biblical Canon is Open (October 27, 2017)

Karl Barth believed that the biblical canon is "very relatively closed", and yet it is still open to radical change in the future! Let me explain by analogy to a volcano that remains dormant for centuries, but then suddenly erupts, changing the landscape forever; likewise with the biblical canon, it […]

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