Brian LePort gives a very good and thought provoking list of the top ten most difficult theological issues today. (1) The “ontology” of Scripture (2) The historical Jesus in relation to creedal Christology (3) Christian/Muslim relations (4) The “historical” Adam and Eve (5) Political allegiance and ecclesiastical unity (6) Race/ethnicity and ecclesiastical unity (7) Gender roles and equality (8) Homosexuality and Christian ethics (9) Creation, eschatology, and Christian ethics (10) Education and the future of the seminary Not a bad... Read more

Bart Ehrman is now blogging at Christianity in Antiquity: The Bart Ehrman Blog. The blog has some free and subscribed content. Apparently money from the subscribed content goes to charitable causes. Minimally, you gotta love the abbreviation for his blog … CIA. Read more

Had to post this from Parchment and Pen (Credo House Ministries). Read more

Over at RBL, Sean Adams reviews Michael Bird and Michael Pahl, The Sacred Text, and gives it a pretty positive assessment. Read more

Ben Witherington gives a good seven minute video on Homosexuality and Scripture. Read more

David I. Starling Not My People: Gentiles as Exiles in Pauline Hermeneutics BZNW 184; Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2001. Read parts at Google Books. Available at Amazon.com David Starling, Lecturer in NT at Morling College in Sydney, writes on the theme of Gentiles as exiles in Pauline hermeneutics. Specifically, Starling examines the use of the OT in several key Pauline texts including Gal 4.27, 2 Cor 6.161-8, Rom 9.25-26, and Eph 2.17.  Primary points of concern are the relationship between... Read more

Larry Hurtado gives a summary of N.T. Wright’s ExpTim summary of trends in Pauline scholarship. Stanley Porter makes despairing remarks about the dearth of textually/theologically-informed Romans commentaries. Read more

I’m contributing to a forthcoming book on Scripture and Homosexuality (a response to this one). There is a whole host of complex biblical, theological, and pastoral issues here for consideration. Specifically, I’m wrestling with Paul’s argument in Rom 1:26-27, a key text, and thinking especially about Paul and “nature.” (more…) Read more

Almighty and everlasting God, who in the Paschal mystery established the new covenant of reconciliation: Grant that all who have been reborn into the fellowship of Messiah’s Body may show forth in their lives what they profess by their faith; through Jesus Messiah our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Sunday Readings: Psalm 16; Acts 2:14a, 22-32; 1 Peter 1:3-9; John 20:19-31 Read more

Danny Zacharias, Ph.D Student at Highland Theological College and IT manager at Acadia Divinity School, has created a Greek parsing APP that is available on iTunes. It is called ParseGreek and is available for IOS and Android. “Covering all verbs, nouns, adjectives, and pronouns that occurs 15 times or more in the Greek New Testament, ΠαrsεGrεεk quizzes users based on various criteria, including compatability with today’s top introductory Greek grammars.” There is an iTunes Preview page. It will sell for... Read more