Preaching for the Broken
‘What makes a preacher choose any book or passage of the Bible to preach on?’ That’s the sixty-four thousand dollar question I tend to ask myself on not a few occasions and feel I have to answer to my congregation…
Tag New Testament
Paul, or Jesus?
Through sophisticated statements on social media, certain prominent voices in the evangelical wing of Christendom have revealed their penchant for pitting Jesus’ ethical teaching against that of the Apostle Paul. To elevate what Jesus taught over against what His apostles…
Soul Food and Spiritual Drink
Humans are complex creatures, consisting of body and soul. God formed us out of the dust of the ground (Gen. 2:7a). He gave us bodies, making us physical creatures. And He nourishes our bodies with physical things. The Lord provides…
Soul Food and Spiritual Drink
Humans are complex creatures, consisting of body and soul. God formed us out of the dust of the ground (Gen. 2:7a). He gave us bodies, making us physical creatures. And He nourishes our bodies with physical things. The Lord provides…
Soul Food and Spiritual Drink
Humans are complex creatures, consisting of body and soul. God formed us out of the dust of the ground (Gen. 2:7a). He gave us bodies, making us physical creatures. And He nourishes our bodies with physical things. The Lord provides…
Happily Ever After? Thoughts on the Ending of the Acts of the Apostles – Pt 1
The ending of the Acts of the Apostles has proven a puzzle, to say the least.[1] In the fourth century, John Chrysostom asked, “But of [Paul’s] affairs after the two years [i.e., of Acts 28:30], what say we? (The writer)…
Happily Ever After? Thoughts on the Ending of the Acts of the Apostles – Pt 1
The ending of the Acts of the Apostles has proven a puzzle, to say the least.[1] In the fourth century, John Chrysostom asked, “But of [Paul’s] affairs after the two years [i.e., of Acts 28:30], what say we? (The writer)…
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 and Palestinian Judaism (1977) and Paul, the Law, and the…
Review: Gods Word in Human Words
God’s Word in Human Words: An Evangelical Appropriation of Critical Biblical ScholarshipBy Kenton L. Sparks416 p.Baker (March 2008)Reviewed by S.M. Baugh When the evangelical movement began not so very long ago, its one, defining doctrine that unified people from diverse…
Review: Pauline Christology: An Exegetical-Theological Study
View image Pauline Christology: An Exegetical-Theological StudyBy Gordon D. Fee707 p.Hendrickson Publishers (March 2007)Reviewed by Josh Walker Gordon Fee, Professor Emeritus of New Testament at Regent College inVancouver, Canada, is one of the preeminent New Testament scholars in the evangelicalcommunity.…