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  • Charts on Paul’s Letters

    On Tuesday, I told you about Herbert W. Bateman IV’s Charts on The Book of Hebrews. In a similar fashion, Lars Kierspel (former SBTS prof, former dept. chair biblical studies at Trinity College and Theological Seminary) offers readrs Charts on The Life, Letters, and Theology of Paul. Though he cannot go as in depth on any one…

  • Romans (Teach The Text Commentary Series)

    C. Marvin Pate is chair of the department of Christian theology and Elma Cobb Professor of Christian Theology at Ouachita Baptist University and pastor of DeGray Baptist Church. His commentary on Romans is the first in the Teach the Text Commentary Series, which looks to be very promising. As always, when a new commentary is introduced, the…

  • Charts on The Book of Hebrews

    Herbert W. Bateman IV has done us all a huge favor. Especially if you teach or preach, you’ll want to pick up a copy of Charts on The Book of Hebrews. In it, Bateman offers over 100 different charts across 4 separate categories: Introductory Considerations Old Testament and Second Temple Influences Theology Exegetical Matters In most…

  • Jesus The Messiah: Tracing The Promises, Expectations, and Coming of Israel’s King

    When I was taking my 3rd and 4th semester Hebrew classes, Dr. Johnston mentioned a book he was working on with Darrell Bock about Messianic prophecy. I really liked Dr. Johnston’s scholarship, and so I was really looking forward to the book’s eventual release. That was in 2009. Now, over 3 years later, I finally…

  • Mini Review: Simon Peter In Scripture and Memory

    If you remember back in late fall, I was reading through Markus Bockmuehl’s Seeing the Word: Refocusing New Testament Study. This book was the first volume in the Studies In Theological Interpretation series by Baker Academic (which I would recommend to you). He mentioned toward the end of the book that he would be making a specific application…

  • Ephesians (ZECNT)

    Clinton Arnold is professor of New Testament language and literature at Talbot School of Theology. He is also the general editor of the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament series. He’s the guy pictured in this post that explains 7 reasons you might like this commentary series. In order to not just write the…

  • Who Do You Think You Are? Finding Your True Identity In Christ

    For those who don’t know, Mark Driscoll is the founding pastor of Mars Hill church in Seattle, as well as the Acts 29 church planting network. Our church, CrossPointe Waterford Lakes, is actually not only in the Acts 29 network, but in the Mars Hill network as well as part of a year long mentoring…

  • The Anchor of Obedience

    I might have mentioned on here that we’ve doing a Hebrews bible study at our house on Saturdays. If you’re in Orlando, you’re welcome to join us since right now we’re a relatively small group. This past week we started Hebrews 2 and covered verses 1-4: Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we…

  • Paul’s Letter To The Romans (PNTC)

    Colin G. Kruse, Paul’s Letter To The Romans (PNTC). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, July, 2012. 672 pp. Hardcover, $52.00. Buy it: Amazon | Westminster Read an excerpt Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Eerdmans for the review copy! Thanks to Eerdmans sending Paul’s Letter To The Romans (PNTC), my Pillar New Testament Commentaryseries is once again complete. This however is the first hard copy I have (the rest are…

  • God’s Saving Grace: A Pauline Theology

    Frank J. Matera, God’s Saving Grace: A Pauline Theology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, November, 2012. 283 pp. Paperback, $28.00. Buy it: Amazon Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Eerdmans for the review copy! Frank J. Matera is Andrews-Kelly-Ryan Professor of Biblical Studies at The Catholic University of America, Washington D.C. He has previously written a NT theology, and commentaries on Romans, Galatians, and 2…