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Review: Hidden but Now Revealed by Beale and Gladd
“Behold! I tell you a mystery”, “I want you to understand this mystery”, “the mystery that was kept secret for long ages”, “the mystery was made known to me by revelation”. Quotes such as these are so...
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The Second Yahweh
I’m working through Heiser’s The Jewish Trinity (other posts) Logos Mobile Ed course. Having laid a foundation that monotheism is compatible with divine plurality, Heiser now turns to argue for...
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Paul, the Hymn Redactor (Col 1:15-20)
We all know Paul the theologian, Paul the letter writer, and Paul the missionary. But do we know Paul the hymn redactor? Most scholars believe that found within Paul’s writings are early-Christian...
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Practices of Power: Introduction
Christ’s victory over the forces of darkness was a regrettably neglected topic in my own Christian heritage and I suspect that my experience is symptomatic of a larger trend in evangelicalism. It’s not...
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Practices of Power #1 Baptism
As I mentioned in my introduction, I’m working through Robert Ewusie Moses’ book on Paul’s prescribed practices in regards to powers and principalities, Practices of Power. This is the first post and...
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Practices of Power #2 Gospel-Preaching
As I mentioned in my introduction, I’m working through Robert Ewusie Moses’ book on Paul’s prescribed practices in regards to powers and principalities called Practices of Power. We discussed baptism...
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Review: Reading Backwards by Richard Hays
Richard Hays is a leading NT scholar, well-known for works such as Echoes of Scripture in the Letters of Paul and The Moral Vision of the New Testament. For some time now, Hays has been at work on a...
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Practices of Power #3 Church Discipline
As I mentioned in my introduction, I’m working through Robert Ewusie Moses’ book on Paul’s prescribed practices in regards to powers and principalities called Practices of Power. We discussed Gospel...
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Practices of Power #4: Life Under The Law
We are continuing our review of Practices of Power by Robert Ewusie Moses, an investigation of Paul’s teaching on the powers and principalities and the practices he advocates in response to them. We...
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Review: Romans by Colin Kruse (Pillar)
Colin G. Kruse is senior lecturer in New Testament at Melbourne School of Theology in Australia. He has also produced commentaries on John and 2 Corinthians in the Tyndale New Testament Commentary...
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Review: Encountering Romans (2nd Edition) by Douglas Moo
Douglas Moo is a veteran and respected commentator, particularly in the area of Paul’s epistles. Having written the esteemed Romans commentary in the NICNT series, he is a natural choice for a guide to...
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Review: Apostle of the Last Days by C. Marvin Pate
In Apostle of the Last Days, Marvin Pate surveys the letters, life and theology of Paul the apostle, with eschatology as the guiding centre of his worldview. After a chapter on Paul’s conversion/call...
View ArticleWhen It’s Time to Reread a Book
I am aware that may appear like a self-serving post, but I will plow on. Lately I have been considering which books are worthy of re-reading and I thought it may be interesting to see which have a...
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Review: A New Heaven and a New Earth by J. Richard Middleton
Many in the church today are deeply entrenched in a thoroughly unbiblical mire. Not only are we unaware of this, but for many it is absolutely central to the expression of their faith. We sing about it...
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Review: Defending Substitution by Simon Gathercole
John Piper, Brian Zahn, N. T. Wright and Steve Chalke walk into a bar… Whatever hilarity may or may not ensue in this scenario, I can assure you that a discussion on the atonement would be anything but...
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Textual Criticism and Messianic Prophecy
Michael Rydelnik’s The Messianic Hope (my review) is a study on just how “messianic” the Bible is. For only being 190 pages, it covers quite a lot of territory and in this post I’d like to share what...
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Review: God Dwells Among Us by Beale & Kim
Explorers, mountain climbers, space expeditions. Mankind has a drive to reach the “unobtainable” and bring near the distant. Tragically, the most ambitious and important goal, that of reaching “God”,...
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Gog or Agag; Jesus or David?
In a previous post, I drew from Michael Rydelnik’s The Messianic Hope to discuss the implications of textual criticism for messianic prophecy. Here I will give an example of the implications. In...
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Is Romans 7 About Immature Christians? (Grant Osborne)
Does Romans 7 describe the experience of the believer? This is a very popular reading of the passage and also what Grant Osborne argues for in Perspectives of Our Struggle with Sin. Here is a summary...
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Review: Studies in the Pauline Epistles, by Harmon & Smith
Studies in the Pauline Epistles is put together by Matthew Harmon and Jay Smith and includes a stellar lineup of scholars contributing essays in honour of Doug Moo inspired by his interests. Studies in...
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