From Jesus Creed: A Review of NT Wright’s Latest
In my New Testament cohort at Northern Seminary I have a bundle of very good students. One of our assignments is a book review, and I will post two of these reviews this week. This [ Read More … ]
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From Jesus Creed: The War on Christmas (Jonathan Storment)
If we don’t realize that the very first Christmas was scandalous in its radical inclusion of outsiders and people on the margins, we may find ourselves insisting on making Christmas a celebration that becomes known [ Read More … ]
From Peter Enns: Paul, Adam, and Salvation: maybe Augustine really did screw everything up and we should just move on
I just caught a 2015 article scrolling down my Facebook feed by Orthodox theologian (and walking thesaurus) David Bentley Hart. The article is called “ Traditio Deformis , ” and in it Hart explains in [ Read More … ]
From The Gospel Coalition Australia: Book Review: When Santa Learned the Gospel by Simon Camilleri
I’m not always the biggest fan of TGC stuff. However the author assures me the book has a good emphasis on the story of Jesus as the gospel. Simon Camilleri’s When Santa Learned the Gospel [ Read More … ]
From Theological Graffiti: Jesus Died So We Can Do “Good Works”: On Grace, Covenant, and Poor Protestant Biblical Interpretation
I want Covenant! There was a short period of time between my graduation from Bible college and when my then-fiancé and I were to be married. Since I could no longer live in the dorms [ Read More … ]
From Psyblog: Psychological Effects of Washing Your Hands
6 Purely Psychological Effects of Washing Your Hands http://www.spring.org.uk/2013/10/6-purely-psychological-effects-of-washing-your-hands.php
From Pete Enns: Bible Trivia Bonanza #5—Names of God
Did you know that the most common name for Israel’s God in the Old Testament is . . . ? No it’s not “God” (smarty pants). It’s a bit more complicated then that and—as with [ Read More … ]
From Peter Enns: Zacchaeus gets “saved” and so can the rest of us . . . every day
Many of us know the story of Zacchaeus the tax collector from Jericho ( Luke 19:1-10 ). Many of us are also probably stricken with paralysis at the sound of the Zacchaeus song , which [ Read More … ]
From Jesus Creed: Practicing Your Faith
By Jonathan Storment Over the past few months, I have done reviews of a couple of different books that I’ve found helpful in ministry. One was Jamie Smith’s latest book “You Are What You Love” [ Read More … ]
“How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” Well yes actually…
A BABY girl in Texas was born twice after doctors removed her from her mum’s womb to perform life saving surgery before putting her back inside. Doctors found a tumour on little Lynlee Boemer’s tailbone [ Read More … ]