It is boilerplate to state that one-volume commentaries on the Bible are never deep enough. Which, of course, is followed with this: Unless you are a Bible reader who just needs brief comments on the whole text. Which is exactly what is now available. |inline Read more
Paul says his task is to go to unreached peoples — to go to new areas — to spread the good news to people who have not heard — to avoid treading on the turf of othes and simply begin new churches. |inline Read more
So when people call themselves “traditionalists” with respect to the role of women, esp in ministry, what do they mean? And, are there traditionalists today? Sarah Sumner’s book, Men and Women in the Church, chp. 3, discusses such questions with some interesting results. |inline Read more
Almighty God, who didst inspire thy servant Luke the physician to set forth in the Gospel the love and healing power of thy Son: Graciously continue in thy Church the like love and power to heal, to the praise and glory of thy Name; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. Read more
Paul has undoubtedly heard of what God is doing through the gospel in other places, but his priestly offering that he can take pride in is the work he has done: “I have reason to boast of my work for God” (15:17). He says he will only speak of what Christ has accomplished “through me” to win Gentiles to faith in Jesus Messiah. |inline Read more
Any church that prohibits women from minstering in ways that women minister within the pages of the Bible, regardless of the text that church chooses to use in order to restrict women (usually 1 Cor 14:34-35 or 1 Tim 2:11-15), is unbiblical. Whatever restrictions are imposed, if they restrict women from doing what women did in the Bible — leading, co-teaching (Priscilla), prophesying, publicly praying, etc — is unbiblical. Another book I’ll be working through on this topic is Sarah... Read more
I’m among the world’s worst “rememberers of birthdays.” At one time I seriously considered sending out cards to every family member on January 1st just to make sure it got done. The problem stems from the fact that I’m not calendar-conscious like that. And, to top this off, my mom and dad and my two sisters all have birthdays within about 30 days (roughly mid-Oct to mid-Nov). Which means that I run the risk yearly of missing all four without... Read more
“Of the three late modern trajectories,” LeRon Shults concludes at the end of chp 7 of Reforming the Doctrine of God, “the renewal of eschatological ontology may be the most difficult to understand for many Western readers.” Indeed. And this is how he defines “eschatological ontology”: |inline Read more
We can now see the landing field from our window as Paul banks to the side. Romans is about over. (By the way, we’ll do Psalm 119 next.) In the rest of Romans 15 (vv. 14-33), Paul explains his “apostolic vocation” and makes it very clear that his vocation is about getting Gentiles into the family of God and getting Jews to accept them. |inline Read more
This weekend Kris and I were guests of Irving Bible Church in Irving, Texas. Wow. We had a great time. We had a public event Saturday evening — I spoke for one hour about the gospel of Embracing Grace and then we had a vigorous hour of discussion. Then on Sunday I spoke three times — 2x Sunday morning and 1x Sunday evening. Lead and teaching pastor Andy and Alice McQuitty were our hosts, and Steve Roese looked after every... Read more
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