John Goldingay is a well known and respected Old Testament scholar. This book titled ‘Biblical Theology, The God of the Christian Scriptures’ is a distillation of many years of accumulated knowledge and teaching. The sheer [ Read More … ]
In my own life, I have experienced pastors making creationism a primary issue of salvation. I have had people be disrespectful and impatient toward me. I have had open dialogue discouraged and even shut down [ Read More … ]
Scot McKnight is second generation New Perspective on Paul. He is an American New Testament scholar, historian of early Christianity, theologian, speaker, author and blogger who has written widely on the historical Jesus, early Christianity, [ Read More … ]
The Bible needs to become more central to our faith, not by way of absolute certain interpretations but by putting it on the table first. As NT Wright says, To affirm “the authority of scripture” [ Read More … ]
If you know how Wikipedia works, you have a good idea of how the authorship of biblical books went down: an anonymous text is added to over time, but none of the additions are screaming [ Read More … ]
Pastor of The Summit Church draws on Martyn Lloyd-Jones One of the best books on preaching I’ve ever read is Between Two Worlds by John Stott. In it, he shared a metaphor for preaching that [ Read More … ]
It seems many undermine the authority and value of the scriptures. In this passage Calvin briefly speaks about the truth of the scriptures and the unmovable foundation they present for what we know about God. [ Read More … ]
Calvin’s first book starts of commenting on epistemological issues relating to how people can know God. General and Special Revelation. Today’s quote concerns scripture. Its one of my more memorable quotes from Calvin.
From Hebrews 1-6 In the face of drifting away, the author reminds his audience of God’s word. Firstly through angels and now in these last days through His Son. His Son, made purification for sins [ Read More … ]
From Matthew 26 Jesus knew in advance what was going to happen to him in Jerusalem. He didn’t try to escape his fate. He embraced it. In today’s passage we look at the Passover meal. [ Read More … ]