Denny Burk points to a new volume just out called The New Evangelical Subordination? Perspectives on the Equality of God the Father and God the Son, edited by Dennis Jowers and H. Wayne House. Contents includes: 1 – The New Evangelical Subordinationism: Reading Inequality into the Trinity –Phillip Cary 2 – Equal in Essence, Distinct in Roles: Eternal Functional Authority and Submission among the Essentially Divine Persons of the Godhead – Bruce A. Ware 3 – Subordination within the Trinity: John 5:18 and 1... Read more

Melbourne School of Theology is looking  to appoint a Coordinator of Post-Graduate Studies, commencing in Semester 1, 2013. Melbourne School of Theology is an evangelical Christian Theological College, located in Wantirna, Victoria, offering a range of courses, degrees and post-graduate awards under the Australian College of Theology (ACT). The Australian College of Theology is a self-accrediting Higher Education Provider, providing leadership to, and comprising a network of affiliated colleges offering high quality education and research in theology and Christian practice. Appointment: We are seeking... Read more

Over at TGC, Justin Taylor has a useful summary of D.A. Carson’s essay in the John Piper festschrift, on “What is the Gospel? – Revisited” (I reminder for me to read it) and a chapter by Gilbert and De Young on What is the Mission of the Church? I esp. like Gilbert and De Young’s attempt to distinguish the broad and specific senses of gospel, that is on the right track, even if I would perhaps nuance it differently myself. Oh,... Read more

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Over at The Anxious Bench, Philip Jenkins has an excellent post on All Gospels were not Created Equal. In response to the UK Telegraph’s obituary for Marvin Meyer, Jenkins writes: [T]he fact that a text circulated among the “early Christians” (anywhere from the first through fourth centuries) is irrelevant to what it can tell us about Jesus or his world. Contrary to the Telegraph account – and good grief, this is a conservative paper – the reason early church leaders privileged those particular four... Read more

David deSilva has a new book out called: The Jewish Teachers of Jesus, James, and Jude: What Earliest Christianity Learned from the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha (OUP). Are Evangelicals being schismatic when they leave mainline denominations, see the Aquila Report for a case study of the PCUSA. Brazil moves from same sex marriage to civil unions for “threes”, we all knew that was  coming, see more at the Huffington Post. James McGrath has some funny cartoons for criticizing the Tea Part from... Read more

You may have noticed that the other half of Euangelion blogging team has not been very present on the blog in the last few weeks. This the result of the start of the fall with academic and ministry responsibilities. In addition to what is normally the case, I’m also the department chair this year. On top of this, I am trying to exercise more regularly (which my wife is very happy about!) The consequence of this is that the time... Read more

Several other folks have stepped into the discussion raised on TGC,  reflecting on the issue (that I still cannot believe we are discussing), whether or not Jesus preached the gospel! See Michael Pahl, Patrick Schreiner, James McGahey and Geoff Smith. I have seven propositions on Jesus, Gospels, and Paul # 1: The Gospels are gospel, not on the basis of their resemblance to Paul, but on the basis that they narrate the story of Jesus’ career, death, and resurrection, set in... Read more

What do you do in church straight after the sermon? A. Sing the final hymn. B. Listen to announcements. C. Receive the benediction. D. Run out the door for the nearest Chik-Fil-A I’m starting to think that the moment after the sermon is a great time to confess our faith by reciting either the creed or rehearsing the regula fidei. There is a reason for this. After hearing about particular passage from scripture or listening to specific piece of God’s... Read more

A nice quote from Ross Wagner: [T]he overarching narrative of the missio Dei provides the proper context for offering an account of the nature and function of Scripture in the church … While redemption is from first to last the work of God in Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit, it is a work that nonetheless establishes reconciled human beings as active co-laborers with God. In union with Christ, we find our lives increasingly conformed to the pattern... Read more