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  • The Mindset of The Apostle: Part I

    Last week, we continued our review series on N. T. Wright’s Paul and The Faithfulness of God.[ref]Thanks again to Fortress Press for the review copy![/ref] Today, we’ll move on to Part II of the book. You can refer back to the table of contents to see where we’re headed after this. Below I’ll give you the rundown on the first two chapters in…

  • Justification and The Gospel: Understanding the Contexts and Controversies

    In my summer reading, I spent a lot of time with books on Paul (well, one book in particular). That meant also spending a good amount of time reading about justification. In a couple of instances, that was the focus of the entire book. One of those was Westerholm’s Justification Reconsidered. The other was R.…

  • Paul and His World Part II

    Last week, we actually started our review series on N. T. Wright’s Paul and The Faithfulness of God.[ref]Thanks again to Fortress Press for the review copy![/ref] Today, we’ll continue and finish Part I of the book. You can refer back to the table of contents to see where we’re headed after this. For now, we’ll focus on chapters 3-5 and round…

  • Paul and The Law: Keeping The Commandments of God

    One of my favorite book series is New Studies in Biblical Theology. I’m sure I’ve said that before, but I’ll say it again (and probably again). This summer I actually read quite a few volumes in the series that were either new or that I hadn’t gotten around to before now. One of those in…

  • Paul and His World Part I

    A long time ago, in a blog post far, far away, I mentioned I would do a review series on N. T. Wright’s Paul and The Faithfulness of God.[ref]Thanks again to Fortress Press for the review copy![/ref] I went back and forth about whether to actually go through with it over the summer. But, as I was reading it,…

  • Justification Reconsidered: Rethinking A Pauline Theme

    Stephen Westerholm opens Justification Reconsidered: Rethinking A Pauline Theme saying, “Those of us brought up, not simply on the letters of Paul, but on a distinctive way of reading those letters, do well to engage with those who read Paul differently (vii).” He then explains that his short work (which is under 100 pp.) will engage…

  • Those Who Can, Teach: Teaching as Christian Vocation

    Stanley E. Porter, ed., Those Who Can, Teach: Teaching as Christian Vocation (McMaster Divinity College Press General Series). Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, August, 2013. 226 pp. Paperback, $25.00. Buy it: Amazon Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Wipf & Stock for the review copy! I’ve realized recently that I need to do more practical reading. That used to be the bulk…

  • Death Before The Fall Revisited and Expanded

    Ronald E. Osborn, Death Before The Fall: Biblical Literalism and The Problem of Animal Suffering. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, February 2014. 197 pp. Paperback, $25.00. Buy it: Amazon Read an excerpt Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to IVP Academic for the review copy! Since it was only 2 days ago, you might remember my first post on Death Before The Fall. My review…

  • The Lost World of Scripture: Ancient Literary Culture and Biblical Authority

    John Walton is professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College, where D. Brent Sandy teaches New Testament and Greek. Together, they’ve written The Lost World of Scripture: Ancient Literary Culture and Biblical Authority. In a way, this book is a follow up to Walton’s The Lost World of Genesis One, but not strictly a sequel (which…

  • The Bible and The Believer: How to Read The Bible Critically and Religiously

    Marc Brettler, Daniel Harrington, S.J., Peter Enns, The Bible and The Believer: How to Read The Bible Critically and Religiously. New York: Oxford University Press, September 2012. 224 pp. Hardcover, $27.95. Buy it: Amazon Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Oxford University Press for the review copy! A Jew, a Protestant, and a Catholic walk into a bar… …to talk…