God accommodates his message, his communication, to the local culture and context on issues that are of no importance to the theological point. And this isn’t entirely consistent throughout the Old Testament, because the text comes from different times and contexts. Thus we can have differing views of the earth showing up in different texts, with the earth on pillars in Psalm 75 and Job 9; but established on waters in Psalm 24 and Psalm 136. These texts reflect different times and different views.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/jesuscreed/2013/06/25/no-scientific-revelation-in-the-bible-rjs/
One of the striking differences between Arminians and Calvinists is that Arminians–especially Arminian scholars–often have more liberal views of Scripture. The quote by a contributor to Scot McKnight's blog is a case in point. Another example is Bill Arnold's commentary on Genesis. His views on Genesis are basically an updated version of Julius Wellhausen and James Frazer. There's no indication that his views are controversial in the theological circles he travels in. He's not the least bit defensive.
That quote isn't by Scot McKnight. It's by RJS, somebody else who posts at his blog.
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