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  • The Question of Canon: Challenging The Status Quo In The New Testament Debate

    Michael J. Kruger is president and professor of New Testament at RTS in Charlotte. He is the author of several books, notably Canon Revisited: Establishing the Origins and Authority of the New Testament Books. Now more recently, he has released The Question of Canon: Challenging the Status Quo in the New Testament Debate. Though his canon…

  • The Mindset of The Apostle Part II

    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 finish Part II of the book, which is also the end of the first volume. You might think that means we’re halfway through with Wright’s take on Paul, but you’d be wrong. You can refer back to…

  • 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…

  • Bible, Gender, and Sexuality: Reframing The Church’s Debate on Same Sex Relationships

    James V. Brownson, Bible, Gender, and Sexuality: Reframing The Church’s Debate on Same Sex Relationships. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, February, 2013. 312 pp. Paperback, $29.00. Buy it: Amazon Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Eerdmans for the review copy! James Brownson is the James and Jean Cook Professor of New Testament at Western Theological Seminary, Holland, Michigan. He is also an ordained minister in the Reformed Church…

  • Apostle of The Last Days: The Life, Letters, and Theology of Paul

    C. Marvin Pate, Apostle of The Last Days: The Life, Letters, and Theology of Paul. Grand Rapids: Kregel Academic, November, 2013. 320 pp. Paperback, $22.99. Buy it: Amazon Read an excerpt Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Kregel Academic for the review copy! Today’s review is by Jennifer Guo. She is a bean counter by day and a book eater by night. She is passionate…