Jesus' Ethics: Four Observations
One of the lectures I give each year in my Gospels class is titled “Who’s Invited and What Should They Do?” In... Read More
Understanding Biblical Theology: A New Guide
I’m leading a seminar this semester on biblical theology. We just had our third meeting this last week. For the first two,... Read More
The Old Testament’s Mysterious Witness to the Gospel: Romans 16:25–27
25 Now to him who is able to establish you in accordance with my gospel, the message I proclaim about Jesus Christ, in... Read More
Love Your Wife More Than Seminary
Nothing will throw off your [seminary] graduation date like a divorce. That’s the first line of a helpful (and unsettling) bit of... Read More
A Fresh Look at the Reliability of the Gospels
C. S. Lewis once remarked that the biblical “accounts of the ‘miracles’ in first-century Palestine are either lies, or legends, or history.... Read More
Biblical Theology & J. P. Gabler
If you’ve read anything about the history of the discipline of biblical theology, then you’ve come across the name J. P. Gabler... Read More
Biblical Theology: A Good Place to Begin
If one aim of biblical theology is to describe how the Bible hangs together, then one useful place to begin is with... Read More
Hebrews: The Big Picture (imaginative)
The pastor had a tough assignment. While on sabbatical he’d received word from his fellow elders that a group of Jewish families... Read More
Hebrews: The Big Picture
Just last week I had a chance to reread Barnabas Lindars’ Theology of the Letter to the Hebrews and was reminded of... Read More
Psalm 110 in the NT: An Important Monograph
David M. Hay. Glory at the Right Hand: Psalm 110 in Early Christianity. SBLMS 18. Nashville: Abingdon, 1973. 176 pp. In this... Read More