Francis Chan has made some big life decisions in the last several months. His reflections carry an important message and challenge to American Evangelical communities. I am a bit late to the party of knowing about Francis Chan’s move to Hong Kong to be a missionary. I am both surprised and awed. In some of his reflections on American Evangelical Christianity, Chan comments on how we are spoiled by so many pastors, thought leaders, and resources flooding our churches, new... Read more
This blog series spotlights 50 NT scholars and their research. The goal of this series is to introduce readers to a wider circle of scholarship than they have encountered before. The majority of people on this list are early or mid-career NT scholars who are doing great research and writing. Introducing Dr. Emerson Powery Professor of Biblical Studies Messiah College Explain why you love teaching and/or writing, and why it brings you vocational satisfaction. I love the engagement... Read more
This blog series spotlights 50 NT scholars and their research. The goal of this series is to introduce readers to a wider circle of scholarship than they have encountered before. The majority of people on this list are early or mid-career NT scholars who are doing great research and writing. Introducing: Dr. Patrick Schreiner Associate Professor of New Testament Language and Literature Western Seminary (Portland, OR) Why do you love teaching and/or writing, and why does it bring you vocational... Read more
This blog series spotlights 50 NT scholars and their research. The goal of this series is to introduce readers to a wider circle of scholarship than they have encountered before. The majority of people on this list are early or mid-career NT scholars who are doing great research and writing. Introducing: Dr. Michal Beth Dinkler Associate Professor of New Testament Yale Divinity School Explain why you love teaching and/or writing, and why it brings you vocational... Read more
Follow Dr. Wesley Hill! This blog series spotlights 50 NT scholars and their research. The goal of this series is to introduce readers to a wider circle of scholarship than they have encountered before. The majority of people on this list are early or mid-career NT scholars who are doing great research and writing. Personal note: Hill and I were at Durham at the same time for PhD study. He is a delight to talk to, a gentleman, incredibly intelligent, and... Read more
Tired of sappy, bubble-gum Christian music? Hoping for something deeper and more thought-provoking? Confession: I listen to Christian music on the radio (I’m from Ohio. You can take the boy out of Ohio, but…). I actually like Christian music, yes, even the cheesy worship music. But often I cringe at bad theology or superficial lyrics. So, here I am recommending some theologically-intelligent music for a change. Try something new. Enjoy. And share your own favorites here on the blog... Read more
Rethinking Paul’s “Gospel” Respected NT scholar Graham Twelftree (Dean and Professor of NT at London School of Theology) has written an excellent study on Paul’s language of “gospel” (The Gospel according to Paul; Cascade, 2019). When I first picked up this book, I was a bit worried it would be a somewhat dull word study of euangelion that repeats the dictionaries and lexicons. But I was pleased to find Twelftree’s approach and discussion highly engaging. In brief, Twelftree criticizes simplistic articulations of... Read more
This blog series spotlights 50 NT scholars and their research. The goal of this series is to introduce readers to a wider circle of scholarship than they have encountered before. The majority of people on this list are early or mid-career NT scholars who are doing great research and writing. Today’s featured NT scholar is Helen K. Bond Professor of Christian Origins, Head of School School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh Why do you love teaching and researching... Read more
Pastor 1: We need to be more like the early church! Pastor 2: The early church had lots of problems—just look at Corinth. We shouldn’t idealize the early church! To Be or Not to Be…Like the Early Church? This debate has been around for a long time. Should we, or should we not, emulate and idealize the early church? Of course, we see in the NT that Paul wrote lots of letters to churches (of all shapes, sizes, and regions) because they had... Read more
Midwestern Seminary’s Center for Biblical Studies has posted a list of best 2019 NT book finalists. Official winners will be announced Feb 20 and Feb 24. Grateful to have two books on this list Read more
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