Here is another of my recommendations for buying a very special Christmas gift for that very special someone in your life…   Joshua Jipp’s brand new Messianic Theology of the New Testament (Eerdmans, 2020). Some say NT theology is dead. Jipp wants to revive it by looking at the golden thread of the messianic kingship of Jesus throughout the New Testament. Jipp gives each NT book its own nuance on this theme and concept, but at the end of the day,… Read more

2020 Didsbury Lectures by John Swinton Earlier in 2020, Prof. John Swinton gave four talks for the Didsbury Lectures of Nazarene Theological College. The talk series is called “Moving Beyond the Empire of Illusion: What Do We Do about The Problem of Evil?”   Click on the image below to be redirected to the lectures page (recorded on Vimeo). Read more

Congratulations to Dr. Lynn Cohick on the publication of her important new commentary, The Letter to the Ephesians (NICNT, Eerdmans, 2020). Cohick is currently provost, dean, and professor of New Testament at Denver Seminary, but in 2021 she is joining the leadership team at Northern Seminary as provost and professor of New Testament. I am excited to work with her! Check out this insightful interview on her new Ephesians commentary—and make sure to buy it while supplies last! If you are… Read more

In my ongoing series, In Their Own Words…, scholars talk about a big idea in their recent work. Here Dr. Douglas Harink draws from his new book, Resurrecting Justice: Reading Romans for the Life of the World (IVP Academic, 2020). Harink  is professor of theology at The King’s University College in Edmonton, Alberta. Sovereignties, Systems, Saints, and Swords Douglas Harink Try this experiment: working through Paul’s letter to the Romans, when you read the word “Lord” in your NRSV or NIV, think “Sovereign”… Read more