Thoughts on Research and Note Taking After O'Brien and Eerdmans
Rethinking research and note taking after Eerdman's statement about Peter O'Brien's plagarism
Read MorePre-order @DrJTPennington's new book on the Sermon on the Mount
Pre-order order Jonathan Pennington's The Sermon on the Mount and Human Flourishing: A Theological Commentary on Amazon now.
Read MoreThoughts on the recent Evernote Plan and Pricing Changes
Readers of this blog might be interested in my thoughts on the recent Evernote pricing and plan changes. I did a small write-up over at my other site more focused on these topics. You can find it here
Read MoreJeremy Begbie, The Trinity, and Music
"There is a very big difference in the way we see the world and the way we hear the world. When we see the world we can’t have two objects in space at the same time and see them as different…in the way we hear that is not the case…notes in music fills the whole of what we hear. If we add another note then both notes fill the same space but hear them as two notes. They can be inside each other but stay distinct."
Read MoreTwitter and the Trinity
I love Twitter but it has limits and we can hit those limits pretty quickly.
Read MoreMay 2016 Biblical Studies Carnival: School's Out Edition
The May 2016 Biblical Studies Carnival!
Read MoreTwo Helpful Biblical Greek Sites
Two helpful (and free!) online Biblical Greek resources.
Read MoreHenri De Lubac on the Chasm Between Current and Patristic Thought
The early church is working with an entirely different worldview and thought when it comes to Holy Scripture. It isn’t necessarily a method that we can just mimic but it is a whole approach when engaging the text. This is one of the chasms that we may or may not be able to cross when it comes to the oft times odd (to us) figural/allegorical/christological approach to reading scripture.
Read MoreThe Need and Help Beatitudes
Frederick Bruner, one of the masterful commentators of Matthew, helpfully reflects on the idea of the "need" and "help" nature of the Beatitudes.
Read MoreWhy the Lack of the Institution of the Eucharist in John (Bauckham)?
Why is the institution of the Lord's Supper not in the fourth Gospel? Richard Bauckham explains.
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