I’m pleased to say my course is now available from Logos/Faithlife on Kingdom perspectives on the Christian life. Check it out. https://logos.wistia.com/medias/zu6r3uuwp9?embedType=iframe&seo=false&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 https://logos.wistia.com/medias/zu6r3uuwp9?embedType=iframe&seo=false&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 Read more
My last year at UNC (1974) ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ showed up on the silver screen. It was not bad, but I didn’t really like the foppish way Hercule Poirot, the detective genius, was portrayed. He seemed one part Peter Sellers and one part Columbo, an odd combo n’est pas? By contrast, Ridley Scott’s excellent remake of this classic story is quite excellent. Kenneth Branagh gets the detective just right— eccentric, brilliant, and a decent chap in the bargain.... Read more
The new Barrett sermons volume is out, with great thanks to Kathy Armistead and Jennifer Rogers, and since this is the month in which we celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, I thought it would be appropriate to present here some lecture material my mentor, C.K. Barrett gave on Luther and his influence on Wesley. —- Luther was born in 1483, the son of a prosperous miner. The impression we get is that he grew up in a... Read more
Soon we will be doing a series of blog posts on the legacy of the Reformers and their effect on several contemporary scholars identified with the New Perspective on Paul. Here however I want to point out that some of the critical texts Luther, Calvin and Melanchthon used to base their Reformation theology can and probably should be read in a different way than they read them. We Protestants are all products, even if various steps removed from the source,... Read more
There was a point in time when the Spanish flag had the motto– Ne Plus Ultra i.e. there is nothing of importance beyond our realm. That is until Christophoro Columbo sailed the ocean blue to the West Indies, and they had to change the motto to ‘Plus Ultra’ There is more beyond. Yet, somehow we have lots of Christians who seem to be rather like the fish in this cartoon…. Read more
Marvel keeps adding stars to its universe, and continues to cross fertilize various of its comic book lines. This time, we have Thor and Hulk teamed up, an unlikely pair if there ever was one, except for the smash and thrash part and oh yeah, the lack of great intelligence. This story however is primarily focused on Thor’s mythological universe, and so on Asgaard, indeed on the demise of Asgaard. In order to make this movie more than just another... Read more
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