Introducing Paul: A review
American humorist Mark Twain once wrote a correspondent, “I didn’t have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.” To explain a matter succinctly without…
Guy Waters
Justification: God’s Plan and Paul’s Vision
Justification: God’s Plan and Paul’s VisionBy: N.T. Wright256 p.SPCK Publishing (February 2009) The Reformed church has received the work of N. T. Wright, Bishop of Durham (UK) and New Testament…
Unlocking Romans
Unlocking RomansBy J.R. Daniel Kirk245 p.Eerdmans (November 2008) It is difficult to overestimate the influence of E. P. Sanders’s scholarship on the academic study of Paul. Since Sanders published Paul…
Blog 40: 2.1.1 – 2.1.4
Calvin proceeds from “The Knowledge of God the Creator” (Book One) to “The Knowledge of God the Redeemer in Christ…” (Book Two). Calvin begins Book Two with a meditation on…
Blog 39: 1.18.3 – 1.18.4
Calvin takes up two further objections to the biblical doctrine of providence. First, “if nothing happens apart from God’s will,” does it not follow that “there are in him two…
Blog 38: 1.17.12 – 1.18.2
In this section, Calvin responds to an objection to and clears a misconception about the biblical doctrine of providence. Calvin responds to those who say “that the plan of God…
Blog 37: 1.17.8 – 1.17.11
For Calvin, the biblical doctrine of providence is not a matter for idle speculation. On the contrary, “ignorance of providence is the ultimate of all miseries; the highest blessedness lies…
Blog 36: 1.17.3 – 1.17.7
In this section, Calvin mentions individuals who draw unwarranted inferences from the providence of God. One false inference is that means do not matter. One might say, “if God has…
Rereading Paul Together: Protestant and Catholics Perspectives on Justification
Rereading Paul Together: Protestant and Catholic Perspectives on JustificationBy David E. Aune272 p.Baker (November 2006) Rereading Paul Together (RPT) is a collection of essays originally presented as papers at a…
What Is At Stake? An Assessment of Nicholas Perrin’s Criticisms of Justification and the New Perspectives on Paul
Introduction In the Fall 2005 issue of the Westminster Theological Journal, Dr. Nicholas Perrin published a review of my book, Justification and the New Perspectives on Paul (J&NPP).[i] The WTJ…