Wheaton College seeks candidates who are specialists in New Testament Literature and Exegesis for a Visiting Assistant Professor of New Testament. The position is a non tenure-track appointment for one year with possible extension to three years to begin in August 2016. The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. completed by time of employment, evidence of outstanding teaching, and a proven commitment to research and scholarship. The position involves teaching 12 hours per semester, including general education courses. The application... Read more

After reading a few blog feeds I made the mistake of googling “N.T. Wright” and “Theocracy” and the hysteria from critics is something to behold. You can read about it on the UK’s Christian Today and see the reaction at the UK’s National Secular Society. Andrew Perriman has his own take on the debate here. Truth be told, Wright isn’t saying anything he hasn’t already said earlier like in Surprised by Hope. I actually like how Wright puts it, we don’t build the... Read more

If you know anything about twentieth century trinitarian theology, then you’ll find this funny:   Me and my colleague Scott Harrower with Sharm in the middle like Jesus between two thieves. Read more

Over at the Aussie Bible Society page, Michael Jensen has a great post on Evangelicalism: A Word Worth Keeping. I know American friends who have abandoned the term because in the USA what counts as “evangelical” is now so broad as to be meaningless as the current spate of support of so-called evangelicals for Donald Trump shows. The term “evangelical” now covers very conservative fundamentalism, mainline liberals who can do an occasional Billy Graham impersonation, prosperity gospel preachers, and everyone... Read more

I just saw on Amazon that Stanley Porter’s much anticipated Romans commentary is now out. No doubt will be worth checking out. So new or forthcoming Romans commentaries now include Bird (SGBC), Longenecker (NIGTC), Thielman (ZEC), and Gaventa (NTL)! Read more

Ed Sanders has a great essay on “Did Paul’s Theology Develop?” in the Richard Hays festschrift The Word Leaps the Gap where he offers a nice summary of Paul as “human and missionary.” He writes: First, a reminder about Paul himself, whom we have been discussing as a theologian: he was also a human and a missionary. He spent years of his life on the road, carrying (presumably on pack animals) his tent, clothing, and tools – not many scrolls, if... Read more

I have been called a fundamentalist, a moderate, and a liberal. Even worse, I was once accused of being … I struggle to say it … “English.” On “fundamentalist” as a term of derision, David Lincicum posted a great quote on FB from Alvin Plantinga that I thought worth sharing: We must first look into the use of this term ‘fundamentalist’. On the most common contemporary academic use of the term, it is a term of abuse or disapprobation, rather... Read more

Justo L. Gonzalez The Story Luke Tells: Luke’s Unique Witness to the Gospel Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2015. Available at Amazon.com Justo Gonzalez, known for his works on church history, turns his hand to the first church historian, St. Luke. This is a short and quaint little book on Luke-Acts which touches on some interesting areas: Luke and the History of Humankind Luke and the History of Israel Luke and the Great Reversal Luke and Gender Luke and Salvation Food... Read more

Some great articles in the latest issue of JSPL: Siu Fung Wu Participating in God’s Purpose by Following the Cruciform Pattern of Christ: The Use of Psalm 69:9b in Romans 15:3 Matthew E. Gordley Galatians and the Progymnasmata on Refuting a Law: A Neglected Aspect of Pauline Rhetoric Jamin Hubner Revisiting authenteo in 1 Timothy 2:12: What Do the Extant Data Really Show? Michael Flexsenhar Recovering Paul’s Hypothetical Slaves: Rhetoric and Reality in 1 Corinthians 7:21 Michael J. Keown Did Paul Plan... Read more

Stephen N. Williams The Election of Grace: A Riddle without a Resolution? The Kanzer Lectures in Revealed Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2015. Available from Amazon.com. Stephen Williams offers here a charming book on the knotty subject of election. Williams himself supports an Augustinian view of election, giving great discussions of texts like Acts 13:48 and John 10. And he is impressed by Revelation so that God’s predestination is a predestination to reign. However, Williams, following Anglican divine Charles Simeon,... Read more