Richard Bauckham in his recent collection of essays/lectures, Gospel of Glory, writes about the possibility of the sacraments in the Gospel of John. One of the striking aspects of the fourth gospel is the absence of the sacraments but many theologians and scholars throughout history recognize the presence of sacramental type language throughout. Bauckham argues that John in chapter six is making an allusive reference to the Lord’s Supper to highlight the believer participating in the life of Jesus.
In James Dunn’s helpful collection of essays in Jesus, Paul, and the Gospels he says this regarding scholarship pitting the imminent and future kingdom of God sayings in the Synoptics against each other.
Again from Mark Bowald’s Rendering the Word in Theological Hermeneutics this time assessing Nicholas Wolterstorff’s theological hermeneutics.
Mark Bowald in describing Karl Barth’s typology of theological hermeneutics cited this helpful quote about the lens of which we should read Holy Scripture.
A simple reading guide for John Barclay's Paul and the Gift. This consists of about 200 pages of the book that I think will help you understand the current debate and also give you the tools to wrestle with his thesis regarding his understanding of gift in Paul.
A summary of Dr. Timothy Jones helpful post about online theological education
Helpful information regarding formatting publishers according to the SBL Style Guide
How should we understand Apollos in Acts 18:24-28? Does Acts 19:1-7 inform our interpretation of Acts 18:24-28?
Robert Tannehill on Acts for Christians today
The Center for Ancient Christian Studies recently held a discussion with Jarvis Williams and Nate Collins on the topic of race and gender identity in early Christianity.
Links to the SEBTS event: Theologians Reading the Gospels
Doug Moo lectures on James
Session notes from "Teaching With Your Hands Tied" by Aaron Traphagen and Brad Burgess from Liberty University
All the information in one place for the two events put on by the St. George's Centre for Biblical and Public Theology.
Brief thoughts on how we should view the speeches in Acts.
How would Augustine respond to modern day critiques of his "fanciful" exegesis of the Good Samaritan
Volume 1: The Letters of Iganatius of the new AFGR series is available today. In this post I give some background of the project as well.
Abram K-J is leading an Accordance webinar titled "Key Resources For Your Accordance Library" this Wednesday (9/23/15) at 12-1 pm EST.
Join us on September 26 (6-8 pm) for a presentation and discussion on Soul Care and the Problem of Evil facilitated by Ben Askins.
C.S. Lewis recounts his experience learning classical Greek.
The Aeropress has a unique beginning. Check out this short video about the inventor of the Aeropress.
Kevin Vanhoozer recently gave a series of lectures at Moore College on the five solas of the Reformation. The audio is now available for download.
In the beginning of my Acts Exegesis seminar with Dr. Brian Vickers he gave us several tips on writing that I thought were helpful.
Receiving new academic catalogues from book publisher’s is always exciting as it is a time to peruse upcoming books in my field and related interests. I just received Baker Academic’s Fall 2015 catelogue and it has several upcoming monographs related to the New Testament. Below is a sampling of a few that I am particularly looking forward to.
Augustine with a beautiful quote concerning salvation.
Because no one likes spending 15, 20, or even 30+ minutes on the first day of class going through the syllabus.
From Sermon 95: On the Words of the Gospel, Mark 8:1–9, Where the Miracle of the Seven Loaves is Related
Here is my humble attempt at giving advice to new seminarians and even current ones. I am beginning my second semester of doctoral studies. I thought it may be beneficial to write out (from a current students perspective and on that recently finished his Masters) some of the things I wished I would have known before beginning seminary.
F.F. Bruce audio lectures
Why is the institution of the Lord's Supper not in the fourth Gospel? Richard Bauckham explains.