James Hunter in his book To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World pursues a provocative thesis: The dominant ways of thinking about culture and cultural change are flawed, for they are based on both specious social science and problematic theology. In brief, the model on which various strategies are based not only doesn’t work but it cannot work. On the basis of this working theory, Christians cannot “change the world” in... Read more
I continue to read Brant Pitre’s little book Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper. It is really good. What I love about Brant is that he knows his Old Testament and understands the importance of it for interpreting the New Testament. Every chapter of this little book unpacks an OT concept that sheds light on the NT. While we may disagree over readings of NT texts (e.g. John 6), there’s just... Read more
One of my students at NPU was nearly struck by lightening and he captured it on film. You need to check this out. Thankfully he and his wife are OK. This could have been a very serious accident. Thanks God for protecting Cory and Cassia! Read more
Michael Jensen, Lecturer in Christian Doctrine at Moore Theological College, has a good post on Why Theological Education? Read more
As we come into the North American conference season, I hope all you Paulinists will remember Journal for the Study of Paul and His Letters, as a possible avenue for publishing your chastened and cherished conference papers! We are always looking for top quality papers to include in the journal. Submission guidelines are here. Also, issue 1.1 should be out soon, more anon! Read more
[Notice: You will want to read this whole post. There’s a surprise at the end.] I’ve been blogging on the soon-to-be released book by Francis Chan and Preston Sprinkle Erasing Hell: What God said about eternity, and the things we made up. In this last post, I want to touch on a subject whose treatment was tantalizing brief: the duration of hell. F & P in chapter 2 present what can be pieced together of the ancient Jewish view on... Read more
If we take Act 2:42-47 as the ideal picture of the church, then we can surmise that the ideal life of the church is one that is nurtured on Spirit, Word, and Sacrament. We need a diet of all three to have a healthy and holistic Christian community. Many churches are very logocentric, they have a heavy priority on the teaching and preaching of the Word, but at the neglect of the other of the means of grace. The problem... Read more
Buried within the chapter on concision in Williams and Colombs’ book Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace (10th Edition) is a transformative writing principle—perhaps one of the most important of all! To become a good writer, you need to read the best writers. Read the best and model your writing after theirs. Don’t think for a moment that great writers didn’t do the same. Scot McKnight, who I think is one of today’s good evangelical writers, told me he reads a... Read more
This is the second of a three-part review of the soon-to-be published book Erasing Hell: What God said about eternity, and the things we made up by Francis Chan and Preston Sprinkle. This post will briefly discuss the structure and themes of the book. Erasing Hell contains seven chapters and includes and introduction and an appendix that deals with frequently asked questions. In the introduction, F & P (short for Francis and Preston) make the point that the book is... Read more
But Delta Airlines is facing a similar moral dilemma as they get are about to complete an alliance with Saudi Arabia. The Delta-Saudi deal means adding Saudi Arabian Airlines (SAA) to Delta’s SkyTeam Alliance. For the first time, this would allow Delta passengers to fly direct into Saudi Arabia, as long as passengers are not Jewish, do not have a passport from Israel or a passport that is stamped from Israel. Source: conservativebyte.com Read more
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