The Gospel in a Nutshell N.T. Wright: “When Paul talks about “the gospel,†he means “the good news that the crucified and risen Jesus is the Messiah of Israel and therefore the Lord of the world.†Now, that’s about as brief as you can do it†(Interview with Trevin Wax). Martin Luther: “The gospel is [...]
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Posted in Apologetics, Books, Creation, Eschatology, Interviews, New Perspective on Paul, New Testament Theology, Promotionals, Systematic Theology, Theology on Jun 20th, 2008 No Comments »
This is a good interview on Wright’s latest book, Surprised by Hope. I would encourage everyone to buy it and read it if they want to get a better understanding of the Biblical teaching on Heaven and the New Creation. Enjoy the interview from last night’s report.
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Posted in Apologetics, Book Reviews, Books, Historical Jesus Debate, History, Justification, Mp3s, New Perspective on Paul, New Testament Theology, Podcasts, Theology on Mar 8th, 2008 No Comments »
Well, after several months of waiting, the new podcast is actually complete! This third podcast is on the topic of What Saint Paul Really Said , a book by N.T. Wright. In the podcast we cover the first chapter of the book where Wright deals with the 5 most influential Pauline scholars of the 20th [...]
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The significance of Jesus’ resurrection, for Saul of Tarsus as he lay blinded and perhaps bruised on the road to Damascus, was this. The one true God had done for Jesus of Nazareth, in the middle of time, what Saul had thought he was going to do for Israel at the end of time. Saul [...]
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Posted in Biblical Theology, Book Reviews, Books, Covenant Theology, Eschatology, Historical Jesus Debate, New Perspective on Paul, New Testament Theology, Promotionals, Reforming, Systematic Theology, Theology on Feb 6th, 2008 No Comments »
This is Fee’s most recent work on the Apostle Paul and his theology. I do not own it, but from the reviews I’m posting below, I really do look forward to it and I would definitely recommend it to others already. Here is the information on the book: Description: An exhaustive study of Pauline Christology [...]
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Posted in Books, Debate, Justification, New Perspective on Paul, New Testament Theology, Promotionals, Reforming, Systematic Theology, The Solas, Theology on Feb 5th, 2008 No Comments »
For those of you who might want to read this report, I finally got a hold of the Greek NT Bold font, which the report’s PDF document uses. This font will allow you do read the report with the Greek text clearly displayed (once you install it in the “fonts” under your Windows “control panel”). [...]
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This is a masterful quote describing the Apostle Paul! Amen! Paul preached, and then explained in various pastoral, community-forming letters, a narrative, apocalyptic, theopolitical gospel (1) in continuity with the story of Israel and (2) in distinction to the imperial gospel of Rome (and analogous powers) that was centered on God’s crucified and exalted Messiah [...]
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Trevin has provided a helpful review of John Piper’s new book on Justification and N.T. Wright. Here are the 18 posts, in order, for all of you to have easy access to read through them. Enjoy and please let me know what you think! 1. Some Preliminary Thoughts 2. Piper’s Introduction 3. On Controversy 4. [...]
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For those of you interested, Mark M. Mattison, over at the Paul Page, has just published the entire, original essay by James D. G. Dunn entitled “The New Perspective on Paul” plus Dunn’s 1990 “Additional Note.” This is the key essay in the development of “The New Perspective” (the phrase that Dunn himself coined) and [...]
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Posted in Covenant Theology, Debate, Eschatology, Evangelism, Historical Jesus Debate, Interviews, Justification, Mp3s, New Perspective on Paul, New Testament Theology, Promotionals, Reforming, Roman Catholicism, Systematic Theology, The Solas, Theology on Nov 19th, 2007 No Comments »
Here is the full transcript of the interview Trevin conducted with N.T. Wright. This is a really great interview and I hope that every one of you will read through it or listen to the mp3 of it. The mp3 is available for direct download here. I really appreciated Wright’s response and comments regarding his [...]
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