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  • “In This Way”: An Extended Review of Kingdom Through Covenant

    Earlier this year, Crossway released a bombshell named Kingdom Through Covenant into the playing field of evangelical theological studies. That may be a slight exaggeration, but considering that the Gospel Coalition gathered Darrell Bock (a progressive dispensationalist), Michael Horton (the leading mainstream covenant theologian guru), and Douglas Moo (perhaps a via media between the two) in order to…

  • The Gospel According to Isaiah 53

    In March of 2009, toward the end of my second year of studies at Dallas Seminary, Chosen People Ministries held a conference just down the road at Irving Bible Church. I vaguely remember this going on. I was engaged and taking 2nd semester Hebrew alongside 4th semester Greek (and 2 other classes), so even though…

  • Theology of The New Testament: A Canonical and Synthetic Approach

    While it may come as a surprise to some, I managed to get through an entire four year seminary program without reading a New Testament theology. Granted, I read my share of systematic theology, and I read my share of New Testament material. But, because of my overall focus, I never had a class that…

  • How To Form A Chiasm From the Canon of Scripture

    In case you’re wondering, a chiasm is a way of structuring a presentation to highlight the middle portion. It takes its name for the Greek letter “Chi” which looks like our X. A chiastic structure would look something like this: Point A Point B Point C Point B’ Point A’ The first and last points…

  • Canon Revisited: Establishing The Origins and Authority of The NT Books

    While there are many books out there (and more to be published) that deal with new problems, this book is not one of them. In fact, this book may deal with the oldest problem of all. That issue, “at the very center of how biblical authority is established” is the problem of canon (16). Working…

  • James (ZECNT)

    On Easter at our church, we ended our series on Mark and the following Sunday, jumped right into a series on James. Since the Easter sermon was on the resurrection, it helps that James provides an interesting apologetic for the historicity of that event. Typically, if a Jewish leader who was hailed as the Messiah…

  • 7 Reasons You Might Like Zondervan’s Exegetical Commentary on The New Testament

    If you’re like me, you may not recognize many of the authors you routinely read. This isn’t always the case, but I think it might be in biblical studies more than other genres. Unless the author is a famous pastor or one of your personal professors, you might not recognize him in a police lineup…

  • How To Read The Bible Like A Postmodern

    It’s not often I’ll be able to offer a “How-To” guide for everyone. This post is for people who are living in this age of postmodernity and want to read the Bible in light of the general cultural climate. And, this is for people who are living in the age of postmodernity and don’t want to…

  • All Roads Lead To The Text: Eight Methods of Inquiry Into The Bible

    As promised, today I’m not only reviewing All Roads Lead To The Text, but also offering an opportunity to get a free copy for yourself! If you’d like to be entered into the drawing, simply (1) share this post on Facebook or Twitter (tagging me so I can track it) and then (2) leave a…

  • Reading The Bible With The Dead

    Whether or not you’ve noticed, we’re kind of in the midst of a collection of reviews on biblical interpretation. This is an on-going interest for me as both a seminary graduate and Bible teacher. I think it may draw my attention so much because it is a nexus point of biblical studies, philosophical inquiry, and…