Over at the Deep Waters podcast, I was interviewed by Nick Peters about my book Jesus the Eternal Son: Answering Adoptionist Christology. Listen here. Read more

I’m reading through Robert W. Wall, “Introduction to Epistolary Literature,” NIB, ed. Leander E. Keck (Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 2002), 10:369-91. Came across this quotable section: When reading a biblical writing as Scripture, the interpreter must determine meaning in terms of the church’s intent to enrich our faith in God and to nurture our understanding of God’s gospel. In this sense, the canon and creed of God’s people give shape and structure to the world “in front of” Scripture. Faithful readers do... Read more

Ridley College is looking to hire an associate lecturer in Old Testament! This is a junior position with the possibility of advancement. Preferably someone with teaching experience, both class-room and on-line, and potential to contribute to our research profile and research supervision. A great opportunity to start your academic career A well-remunerated position that offers an emerging academic professional development, mentoring and support Minimum academic requirement PhD Candidature Women and men welcome to apply. See more details here!   Read more

I’m spending some time in the Catholic Epistles these days, reading a mixture of Karen Jobes, David Nienhuis, Robert Wall, and Peter Davids along the way. In the course of my research I’ve developed 12 Theses about the major themes of the Catholic Epistles. Here they are: (1)  The Old Testament authorizes the church’s kerygma and validates the church as God’s royal and holy people. (2) Suffering is the crucible that tests and refines authentic faith. (3) Genuine faith is... Read more

I want to launch a series whereby bibliobloggers nominate “a book that you’d be surprised that I like.” Now most readers of this blog will know by now the kind of authors that I like, love me some Wright, Hays, Hurtado, McKnight, Dunn, Witherington, etc. And I’m generally into NT theology, commentaries, and histories. In particular, I am a Gospel of Mark fanboy. While I have several favourite Mark commentaries (Gundry, Boring, Evans, Collins, etc.) one of the commentaries I enjoyed the... Read more

My video lectures on The History of Heresy (from the judaizers to Joel Osteen) is available for pre-order with Faithlife. Check out the promo here with a sample talk. In History of Heresies Dr. Michael Bird examines the missteps of theologians from the beginning of the Christian faith. The course begins by placing Christian heresy in the context of ancient Jewish and Graeco-Roman ideas about heresy. After looking at the unity and diversity of the early church, Dr. Bird examines... Read more

Thanks to the good people at Eerdmans is an interview I did with Rachel Bomberger about my new book Jesus the Eternal Son: Answering Adoptionist Christology. Read more

In light of Julia Baird’s disturbing investigation about the prevalence of domestic violence in conservative churches, I thought I would republish something I wrote for Bible Study Magazine a couple of years ago. The Household Codes and Domestic Violence 21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. 22 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the... Read more

Thanks to Sean Winter, I just caught word of this, Orthodox Theologian and cultural commentator David Bentley Hart has produced his own translation of the New Testament. Here’s the blurb: David Bentley Hart undertook this new translation of the New Testament in the spirit of “etsi doctrina non daretur,” “as if doctrine is not given.” Reproducing the texts’ often fragmentary formulations without augmentation or correction, he has produced a pitilessly literal translation, one that captures the texts’ impenetrability and unfinished... Read more

Courtesy of Pastor Matthew Jones, who has been reading my Romans commentary: And there is also this: Note, I never said that it was good freestyle rap. But maybe I could turn my life story into a biopic musical drama: Birdman Rises Like the Phoenix. I could say that playing on Broadway. Read more