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My Northeastern Seminary colleague Elizabeth Gerhardt has written a very interesting new book called The Cross and Gendercide: A Theological Response to Global Violence Against Women and Girls (IVP, 2014). Beth is a very capable social ethicist and has lots of hands-on experience working with women and girls who have suffered from abuse of all kinds. This book is a fantastic effort to provide a theological rationale for resisting this kind of violence and taking this problem seriously, especially as a... Read more

Well, I have to face the reality that I am moving (by car!) 2500+ miles from New York to Oregon in about three weeks. So, I am trying to wrap up a number of review-series posts I have started. I apologize if I am just kind of skipping to the end on these, but c’est la vie, right? Today, then, it is my final thoughts on Bart Ehrman’s How Jesus Became God and Mike Bird (et al) on How God Became Jesus. I did... Read more

It has recently come to my attention that Princeton Theological Seminary has archived thousands of older theological works and made them freely available online. Since I am writing on 1-2 Thessalonians, I did a quick search and found dozens of 19th and 20th century commentaries – for free! Some are still well known and respected (e.g., Eadie, Plummer), but others are less known, and yet still insightful. One might think that commentaries from such a long time ago have little... Read more

Though it apparently released in April, I just became aware that the latest volume in the New American Commentary Series has been published, 1 Corinthians by Mark Taylor of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. I have ordered the book and I hope to do a review later in the summer. While I have found the quality of volumes in the NAC series a bit uneven, some of the volumes  – like Garland on 2 Corinthians or Blomberg on Matthew – are... Read more

*50% Discount for Grad Students from Baylor University Press* To participate in their promotion, go to http://baylorpr.es/1hXvixQ and fill out the form. Be sure to use your “.edu” email address. The discount code for the promotion will then be sent to you on June 14 and applies only to backlist books. Start shopping at www.baylorpress.com. [Students may sign up through June 12, will be sent a discount code on June 13, and then may place their orders from June 14-18. ] Read more

OK, it has been months since I have picked up Wright’s PFG – I have a 2700-mile move coming up in less than a month, so I have been a tad bit busy. But my aim is to finish the book before the end of June so I can write a short published review. So, today all I can manage to do is have a bit of fun with PFG. I am making my way through chapter 11 on eschatology... Read more

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When I was in the library yesterday, I happened to come across the latest issue of JETS (Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society; 57.1 2014). I don’t normally read JETS, but this issue involved the publishing of papers and a discussion about biblical inerrancy with Ben Witherington, Don Carson, and John Frame, with Tom Schreiner moderating. The journal issue published the roundtable discussion under this title: PLENARY DISCUSSION ON BIBLICAL INERRANCY . . . D.A. Carson, John Frame, and Ben Witherington III... Read more