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The Right to Ridicule?
‘The wisest and the best of men—nay, the wisest and best of their actions—may be rendered ridiculous by a person whose first object in life is a joke.’ Thus comments Jane Austen’s character Darcy in Pride and Prejudice to Elizabeth Bennett. Ridicule is a theme running throughout the novel, and Austen certainly does a fair amount of it herself...
Bonhoeffer as Bible Scholar
What is a Bible scholar? What does or should one look like? That is a question being asked today, as these three books indicate...
Sacramental Supersessionism Revisited: A Response to Martin Salter on the Relationship between Circumcision and Baptism
Martin Salter has recently argued that Reformed paedobaptists are mistaken in citing Col 2:11–12 ‘as evidence that baptism replaces circumcision as the covenant sign signifying the same realities. His essay is a model of exegetical care, and he approaches the contentious issue of the application of covenant signs with graciousness...
Response to David Gibson
I was very grateful to David for sending me a copy of his essay before publication. It displayed great grace and charity in a discussion which can sometimes generate more heat than light. I have genuinely enjoyed reading his essay, and it has prompted me to think again and work harder at what the Bible actually says, which is always edifying.
Telling the Story from the Bible? How Story Bibles Work
Is it stating the obvious to say that a children’s bible is not a Bible? Perhaps. After all, a moment’s reflection reveals they are not the whole Bible and nothing but the Bible. They omit entire genres and books, and they add a great deal, not least copious and captivating illustrations. On the other hand the confidence we have in them suggests that we receive them as something like God’s Word.
High Stakes: Insider Movement Hermeneutics and the Gospel
In June 2011, the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) passed an overture entitled, “A Call to Faithful Witness.” This overture, while sounding alarms on biblical translations that render the familial terms for God (Son, Father) with less offensive terms in the target language...
Some Reflections on Enns and The Evolution of Adam: A Review Essay
The gist of this new book by Peter Enns is that evangelicals should revise their expectations of Genesis and Paul—with reference to Adam and the fall—in order to relieve perceived tensions between Christianity and evolution. This thesis turns out to be controversial...Articles
The Beauty of Biblical Balance
When I was a young man in pastoral ministry, I wrote a book-length manuscript under the title shared with this editorial. I sent it to only one publisher. That publisher turned it down with more grace than the manuscript deserved...
The Right to Ridicule?
‘The wisest and the best of men—nay, the wisest and best of their actions—may be rendered ridiculous by a person whose first object in life is a joke.’ Thus comments Jane Austen’s character Darcy in Pride and Prejudice to Elizabeth Bennett. Ridicule is a theme running throughout the novel, and Austen certainly does a fair amount of it herself...
Bonhoeffer as Bible Scholar
What is a Bible scholar? What does or should one look like? That is a question being asked today, as these three books indicate...
Sacramental Supersessionism Revisited: A Response to Martin Salter on the Relationship between Circumcision and Baptism
Martin Salter has recently argued that Reformed paedobaptists are mistaken in citing Col 2:11–12 ‘as evidence that baptism replaces circumcision as the covenant sign signifying the same realities. His essay is a model of exegetical care, and he approaches the contentious issue of the application of covenant signs with graciousness...
Response to David Gibson
I was very grateful to David for sending me a copy of his essay before publication. It displayed great grace and charity in a discussion which can sometimes generate more heat than light. I have genuinely enjoyed reading his essay, and it has prompted me to think again and work harder at what the Bible actually says, which is always edifying.
Telling the Story from the Bible? How Story Bibles Work
Is it stating the obvious to say that a children’s bible is not a Bible? Perhaps. After all, a moment’s reflection reveals they are not the whole Bible and nothing but the Bible. They omit entire genres and books, and they add a great deal, not least copious and captivating illustrations. On the other hand the confidence we have in them suggests that we receive them as something like God’s Word.
High Stakes: Insider Movement Hermeneutics and the Gospel
In June 2011, the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) passed an overture entitled, “A Call to Faithful Witness.” This overture, while sounding alarms on biblical translations that render the familial terms for God (Son, Father) with less offensive terms in the target language...
Some Reflections on Enns and The Evolution of Adam: A Review Essay
The gist of this new book by Peter Enns is that evangelicals should revise their expectations of Genesis and Paul—with reference to Adam and the fall—in order to relieve perceived tensions between Christianity and evolution. This thesis turns out to be controversial...Book Notes
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The Grace of Repentance
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The Cambridge Dictionary of Christian Theology
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The Cambridge Companion to Science and Religion
Ethics and Pastoralia
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BibleWorks 9
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The Transforming Power of the Gospel
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The Hardest Sermons You’ll Ever Have to Preach: Help from Trusted Preachers for Tragic Times
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The Biblical Counseling Movement after Adams
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The Post-Racial Church: A Biblical Framework for Multiethnic Reconciliation
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Biblical Ethics and Social Change
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Bloodlines: Race, Cross, and the Christian
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Loving the Way Jesus Loves
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Zondervan Bible Reference Bundle 3
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Corporal Punishment in the Bible: A Redemptive-Movement Hermeneutic for Troubling Texts
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Evangellyfish
History and Historical Theology
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Race and Redemption in Puritan New England
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Victorian Nonconformity
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Beyond 400: Exploring Baptist Futures
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Francis Johnson and the English Separatist Influence
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Was America Founded as a Christian Nation? A Historical Introduction
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F. F. Bruce: A Life
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“Right Reason” and the Princeton Mind: An Unorthodox Proposal
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Charles Hodge: The Pride of Princeton
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God’s Grand Design: The Theological Vision of Jonathan Edwards
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Luther’s Works
Mission and Culture
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Remixthebook
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Theology and Practice of Mission: God, the Church, and the Nations
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Persons, Powers, and Pluralities: Towards a Trinitarian Theology of Culture
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When Missions Shapes the Mission: How You and Your Church Can Reach the World
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Theological Interpretation of Culture in Post-Communist Context: Central and East European Search for Roots
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Jesus Christ and the Life of the Mind
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Encountering Theology of Mission: Biblical Foundations, Historical Developments, and Contemporary Issues
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Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion, and Naturalism
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The Great Books Reader: Excerpts and Essays on the Most Influential Books in Western Civilization
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Dictionary of Christian Spirituality
New Testament
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The Corinthian Question: Why Did the Church Oppose Paul?
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A New Testament Biblical Theology: The Unfolding of the Old Testament in the New
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Paul and the Second Century
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Key Events in the Life of the Historical Jesus: A Collaborative Exploration of Context and Coherence
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Wisdom Christology: How Jesus Becomes God’s Wisdom for Us.
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Christology in the Synoptic Gospels: God or God’s Servant?
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Paul and the Imperial Authorities at Thessalonica and Rome: A Study in the Conflict of Ideology
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Galatians Re-Imagined: Reading with the Eyes of the Vanquished
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The Jewish Annotated New Testament
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Memory, Jesus, and the Synoptic Gospels
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The Religious History of the Roman Empire: Pagans, Jews and Christians
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The Making of Paul: Constructions of the Apostle in Early Christianity.
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Apocalypse against Empire: Theologies of Resistance in Early Judaism
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The Power of Pentecost: An Examination of Acts 2:17–21
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40 Questions about Christians and Biblical Law
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Christ the Ideal King: Cultural Context, Rhetorical Strategy & the Power of Divine Monarchy in Ephesians (Wissenchaftliche Untersuchungen Zum Neuen ... Zum Neuen Testament - 2. Reihe)
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Getting “Saved”: The Whole Story of Salvation in the New Testament
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Annihilation or Renewal: The Meaning and Function of New Creation in the Book of Revelation
Old Testament
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The Sin of the Calf: The Rise of the Bible’s Negative Attitude toward the Golden Calf
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The Production of Prophecy: Constructing Prophecy and Prophets in Yehud
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The Concept of the Messiah in the Scriptures of Judaism and Christianity
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God’s Wisdom in Proverbs: Hearing God’s Voice in Scripture
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Tanak: A Theological and Critical Introduction to the Jewish Bible
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Genesis 1 as Ancient Cosmology
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Psalms as Torah: Reading the Biblical Song Ethically
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
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Justification: Five Views
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Transforming Christian Theology: For Church and Society
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God without Parts: Divine Simplicity and the Metaphysics of God’s Absoluteness
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Trinity and Organism: Towards a New Reading of Herman Bavinck’s Organic Motif
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The Oxford Handbook of the Trinity
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The Oxford Handbook of Philosophical Theology
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The Holy Trinity: Understanding God’s Life
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Divine Impassibility and the Mystery of Human Suffering
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Wesley as a Pastoral Theologian: Theological Methodology in John Wesley’s Doctrine of Perfection (Studies in Evangelical History and Thought)
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Heil in allen Weltreligionen? Das VerstŠndnis von Offenbarung und Heil in der pluralistisschen Religionstheologie John Hicks (German)
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Infinity Dwindled to Infancy: A Catholic and Evangelical Christology
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The Works of John Owen
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Letters of the Divine Word: The Perfections of God in Karl Barth’s Church Dogmatics
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The Filioque: History of a Doctrinal Controversy
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The Divine Name(s) and the Holy Trinity: Distinguishing the Voices
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The Biology of Sin: Grace, Hope, and Healing for Those Who Feel Trapped
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Breath of Life: God as Spirit in Judaism
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Arminius, Arminianism, and Europe: Jacobus Arminius (1559/60–1609)
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Who Is the Holy Spirit? A Walk with the Apostles
