Matthew’s Divine Assumption Divine Shepherd Christology in the Gospel of Matthew Wayne Baxter What do you get when you cross a shepherd with Matthew’s Gospel? You get a unique window into Matthew’s view of Jesus of Nazareth. Well-known Bible scholar Bart Ehrman says, “Within three hundred years Jesus went from being a Jewish apocalyptic prophet to being God himself, a member of the Trinity.”[1] Ehrman is definitely not the first scholar to argue against the traditional, Christian position that Jesus... Read more

Today I learned that Gordon D. Fee (Regent College, Emeritus Professor) passed away recently. I never got a chance to talk to Gordon (I met him very briefly in passing at a conference), but he has taught and inspired me through his scholarship and academic leadership. I was recently talking to a friend about my experience choosing a seminary for my Master of Divinity. Part of the reason I chose Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (2001-2006) was because in college I read How... Read more

  What kind of book is 15NTWL and who is it for? It’s for anyone who wants to understand how the Bible speaks to our everyday lives. I chose 15 big theological words in the New Testament—like peace, life, righteousness, holiness, grace, love—and I explain what I understand them to mean in the Old and New Testaments. And then I address how we might process how they affect our real lives today. The Bible wasn’t written as a manual for... Read more

We have a guest article today, by Dr. Dean Flemming, a good friend and a great scholar. He wrote an excellent new book on Revelation called Foretaste of the Future: Reading Revelation in Light of God’s Mission (IVP Academic). Read his thoughts below and check out his book if you are interested. Reading Revelation through a Different Lens by Dean Flemming, Ph.D.   The Book of Revelation and I have had a love/hate relationship over the years. Largely, that stems... Read more

I (Nijay) am excited to announce that AJ Swoboda and I have decided to start a new era of our podcast (formerly known as In Faith & Doubt). We will still talk about issues of faith and doubt, but we have decided to expand our topics to the Christian life in general and especially how to grow in faith little by little, day by day. Our new podcast title is: SLOW THEOLOGY: SIMPLE FAITH FOR CHAOTIC TIMES. The world feels... Read more

There are many books in the library about “New Testament theology.” I read dozens of them in seminary, many of them are good, some are great. But I wrote this book because too many academic books reserve this discussion for abstract ruminations, whereas the NT documents were written to everyday people to shape them for living everyday life—real life. Below is an excerpt from the book introduction that explains why I wrote this book. Why I Wrote 15 New Testament Words... Read more

I wrote a “featurette” document for Zondervan to supplement my new book, 15 New Testament Words of Life. It’s called “The Making of….” and talks about how a book idea became a book.  Click on the image below to go to the full pdf. or CLICK HERE         Read more

If you want to read a chapter sample of my new book, 15 New Testament Words of Life, Zondervan has graciously made this available to the public. [CLICK ON IMAGE TO GO TO PDF] Read more

Eerdmans is running a big ebook sale this month. Here are my top picks (most books are $3-$15 with the sale, 80% off retail)   Read more