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Is Romans 7 A Recollection of Paul’s Past? (Stephen Chester)
In Perspectives of Our Struggle with Sin, Stephen J. Chester argues for a “Retrospective View” of Romans 7. That is, Paul is reflecting on his experience as a Pharisaical Jew before he placed his...
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Is Romans 7 About Someone Under the Law? (Mark Seifrid)
Perhaps Romans 7 is not about believers or unbelievers after all; what if Paul is trying to say something entirely different? In Perspectives of Our Struggle with Sin, Mark Seifrid argues that Paul’s...
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Review: Faith Speaking Understanding by Kevin Vanhoozer
In the church we have the theologian and the activist, and the two rarely cross paths. When they do, sometimes things get ugly. What if there were a way to reconcile these two? Having taught...
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Is Romans 7 About Israel’s Past and Present? (William Dumbrell)
We have looked at the three views presented in Perspectives of Our Struggle with Sin but that book doesn’t exhaust all the options. I just picked up William Dumbrell’s hard-to-get Romans commentary...
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Review: The Son of God and the New Creation by Graeme Goldsworthy
If “Son of God” simply means that Jesus the second person of the Trinity, then what about all the other “sons” in the Bible such as angels (Job 38:7), Adam (Luke 3:38), Israel (Ex 4:22), Israel’s kings...
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Review: Family Portraits by Randy McCracken
Character studies can be a mixed bag. Often the teacher will find what they want to find in a character’s story; proof-texting by means of name-dropping. Often studies will be driven by the teacher’s...
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Review: The Death of the Messiah and the Birth of the New Covenant by Michael...
Most don’t feel the need to understand the inner workings of their car in order to drive. Most don’t look up electricity in an encyclopedia before they flip the light switch. How does it work? Simple;...
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Is Mark 13 About AD70 and the Second Coming?
One of the factors that makes Mark 13 so difficult to interpret is that some verses seem to refer to a soon destruction of the temple, while other verses seem to present His second coming. What’s more,...
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Review: Beyond the River Chebar by Daniel Block
Like a collection of classic literature gathering dust on a shelf, Ezekiel remains an admired but closed book for many. We know it is important, but we don’t read it. However, random highlights are...
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Is Mark 13 About AD70 and the Gospel Spreading?
The destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans in 70AD —a painting by David Roberts (1796-1849). As we saw in the previous post on Mark 13, it is difficult to see where Jesus switches from describing the...
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Review: High King of Heaven by Dean Davis
It is said that politics and religion should never be discussed in polite company. For a discussion among Christians, perhaps eschatology would substitute. There is nothing quite like eschatology, a...
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Is Mark 13 About Jesus’ Impending Death and Resurrection?
So far in our series on Mark 13, we have seen three different approaches. One is to switch back and forth from AD70 to the Second Coming, and the other two either push the text into the past or into...
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Review: Hebrews (BTCP) by Thomas R. Schreiner
As I sit down to write this review, I can hear the words ringing in my head, “another commentary series?” Or maybe, “another review defending the existence of another commentary series?”. The answers...
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Review: Central Themes in Biblical Theology by Hafemann and House (eds)
In Central Themes in Biblical Theology: Mapping Unity in Diversity the authors pursue ‘whole-Bible biblical theology’ across seven themes; that is, they believe the Bible is comprehensive and provides...
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Best Reads From 2015 As with last year, I’m won’t restrict myself to books released in 2015 since there are plenty of important books from this year that I haven’t (yet) read. So this is no attempt for...
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Recommendations on the Psalms #1: Books
This past semester at Calvary Chapel Bible College York I taught through the Psalms for the first time. I read broader and studied deeper than ever before. It felt as though every waking moment I was...
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Review: The Return of the King by Michael Snearly
An exciting development within recent scholarship is to read the Psalter as a book, with a structure and even a story. This approach opens the text in new ways; however, not all are in agreement as to...
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Giveaway & Review: The Flow of the Psalms by O. Palmer Robertson
Check back tomorrow to win a copy! Who killed the concept album? Perhaps the iPod, where suddenly thousands of songs could be ripped from their contexts and shuffled with ease. Perhaps the iPhone...
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Giveaway: The Flow of the Psalms by O. Palmer Robertson!
As I mentioned in my review yesterday, The Flow of the Psalms is an excellent survey of the Psalter as a book. I recommend that everyone pick up a copy, but one lucky winner will find out for free....
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Review: Mark (ZECNT) by Mark Strauss
Mark Strauss is the author of the acclaimed Gospels introduction Four Portraits, One Jesus and has provided the edition for Mark in the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament (ZECNT)....
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