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  • Justification: The New Perspective on Paul View

    [This is part of the Justification: Five Views mini-series] Two weeks ago, thanks to IVP Academic, we started our journey through Justification: Five Views with the Roman Catholic view. Last week we moved to the Luther Deification view. Today, we turn to the New Perspective on Paul (NPP) view of justification. Though it would have been excellent if this chapter were written by…

  • The Resurrection of The Son of God: Setting the Scene

    [This post is part of the Christian Origins and The Question of God series] Last Friday, I told you we were starting a review series through N. T. Wright’s Christian Origins and the Question of God. After starting yesterday with a look at Jesus and The Victory of God, today we’ll have our first look at The Resurrection of…

  • Jesus and The Victory of God: Introduction

    [This post is part of the Christian Origins and The Question of God series] Last Friday, I told you we were starting a review series through N. T. Wright’s Christian Origins and the Question of God. Today then, we’ve got our first look at Jesus and The Victory of God thanks to Fortress Press. The introduction of Wright’s…

  • What is Theological Interpretation of Scripture?

    This question has been drawing my attention, even before it was featured here in the blogging world by the Gospel Coalition. In that post, Andy Naselli highlights D. A. Carson’s assessment of the movement. As Carson understands it, the theological interpretation of Scripture (TIS) is: partly disparate movement, partly a call to reformation in biblical interpretation, partly…

  • 4 Steps to Better Bible Study

    Step #1 Buy yourself some colored pencils. Step #2 Find Bible. Open to book you want to study. Step #3 Grab ruler to ensure your markings will be neat (I suppose this is optional) Step #4 Proceed to color-code Bible using previously purchased pencils. Or, you could use highlighters in Logos, and then step #4 would look…

  • Christian Origins and the Question of God

    Back in the fall, we started a sermon series on Mark here at CrossPointe. Looking ahead some, I asked Fortress Press if they’d be willing to send along a couple of N. T. Wright’s massive books in his Christian Origins and The Question of God series. They kindly (very kindly!) sent me copies of both…

  • Justification: The Roman Catholic View

    [This is part of the Justification: Five Views mini-series] Last week, thanks to IVP Academic, we started our journey through Justification: Five Views. After laying looking through the chapters on historical background and contemporary debates, we’re now ready to jump into one of the actual views. I’m starting with the Catholic view even though in the book…

  • The Character of Christian Scripture

    [This review is part of the What Is Theological Interpretation? series] In case you wondering, no, I didn’t spend the weekend feverishly reading so I could have so many book reviews this week. I’m trying to get caught up on all the stellar books I’ve been sent to review and have finished reading over the last month…

  • Practicing Theological Interpretation

    [This review is part of the What Is Theological Interpretation? series] Full disclosure, this week is going to be pretty book focused. But, hey, that’s not really anything new is it? Yesterday, I gave you a review of Invitation to Biblical Interpretation, which is a textbook and clocks in at 850+ pages. Today, thanks to Baker Academic sending along…

  • Invitation to Biblical Interpretation

    There are more than a few books out there on how to interpret the Bible. I’ve got several on my shelf, and full disclosure, probably will even buy more in the future (once I’m off book probation of course, or if I earn a gift certificate by you clicking through links). In looking at Invitation…