Recently American Mega-Pastor Andy Stanley  (North Point Community Church) delivered a sermon where he said that he believed in Adam and Eve,  not because the Bible says so, but because Jesus believed in a real Adam and Eve. According to Stanley, “The foundation of our faith is not the Scripture. the foundation of the faith is not the infallibility of the Bible.” For Stanley, the foundation of our faith is Jesus. My good friend Denny Burke takes issue with Stanley,... Read more

Timothy George is my favourite Southern Baptist and with good reason. First, check out his piece at First Things entitled, A Tale of Two Demons which is about Katherine Jefferts-Schori’s now infamous sermon. I blogged on her sermon earlier cause I thought it could be a Good Candidate for the Worst Sermon Ever. George makes a stark juxtaposition of Pope Francis and Bp Jefferts-Schori. George comments: There is a wider angle to this tale of two demons. It is worth noting that Pope Francis came... Read more

On the ABC radio show The Spirit of Things, Rachel Kohn hosts Bishop Gene Robinson (former Anglican bishop of New Hampshire) and Rev. Dr. John Dickson (St. Andrews Anglican Church and CPX) on the topic of gay marriage. A great discussion from both sides of the debate. Read more

Now someone might like to think that this divine justice does not pertain to them. To such a person, whether a Roman moralist like Seneca who writes ethical treatises or even a rock star Rabbi like Shammai with an encyclopedia knowledge of all things kosher, let me say this. You, oh pious one, who likes to sit in judgment on others, you in fact have no excuse for your own behaviour. You’re a hypocritical critter who does the very things... Read more

Scot McKnight’s new ebook coming out is A Long Faithfulness: The Case for Christian Perseverance. Here’s the blurb: Can we choose and un-choose God? Or does he choose and un-choose us? In The Long Faithfulness: The Case for Christian Perseverance, theologian Scot McKnight examines what the Bible says about human salvation. Inspired in part by a resurgent Calvinist movement and its particular emphasis on God’s meticulous sovereignty, McKnight invites us to a clear and captivating discussion about securing the way to... Read more

Thanks to Mark Goodacre, Matthew Montini, and Jeff Gibson, dozens of lectures by the late George Caird on NT Theology are now on-line. I have to say that Caird’s posthumously published book on New Testament Theology is wonderful, I like his “round table” method, and it is easily in my top five of modern NT Theologies. These lectures are an entree into his contribution to the topic, and it is good to finally hear his own voice on the topic too. Sadly, Caird never... Read more

Earlier this year I was privileged to present the annual David Jones Lectures Series at Covenant Theological Seminary. I had a great time with the faculty and students. I also got to meet their new President Dr. Mark Dalbey who is a lovely guy. Hanging out with folks like Robert Yarbrough, Michael Williams, Jack Collins, Robert Peterson, Greg Perry, Mark Chapman, and so many more. There were some great conversations with students too. Also, a big highlight was of course... Read more

Gregory C. Jenks (Editor) The Once and Future Scriptures: Exploring the Role of the Bible in the Contemporary Church Salem, OR: Polerbridge, 2013. Available at Amazon.com See other reviews by Mark Thompson and Neil McKinlay. For a critique of progressive Christianity in Bribane see Ralph Bowles. “If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don’t like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.” -St. Augustine I’ve found myself persistently involved with a wide variety... Read more

I don’t know if Prof. Wright has been hanging out with his colleague Dr. Grant Macaskill for too long  in St. Andrews (Grant is a Free Church of Scotland Minister and the denomination is known for its Psalmody), but Wright is giving a plug for the Psalms that I’d normally expected from an FCC or OPC minister! I have been privileged to have acquired an excerpt from the introduction as a teaser to Wright’s forthcoming book on the Psalms: In... Read more

Okay, The Wrightgate saga about the mysterious origins of the book Breaking Beautiful book has been explained. N.T. Wright did some videos for a group called The House Studios. Then, as far as I can tell, the lectures were turned into a transcript and were augmented with commentary by Tim Suttle. Suttle was brought into the project to do the work and was not its initiator or manager.  The House Studios also had legal permission from Wright authorizing use of the videos... Read more