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  • God Is Love: The Mystery of The Trinity

    This week we only went through one chapter of God Is Love: A Biblical and Systematic Theology. Part of that is because of the testing schedule, and the other part is because it is the opening chapter on the Trinity. Bray avoids getting too technical, but it is a bit of a more taxing discussion than…

  • Pauline Perspectives: Essays on Paul, 1978-2013

    N. T. Wright, Pauline Perspectives: Essays on Paul, 1978-2013. Minneapolis: Fortress, November 2013. 640 pp. Paperback, $69.00 Buy it: Amazon | Westminster Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Fortress Press for the review copy! If you don’t know who N. T. Wright is, I foresee a Google search in your future. If you read this blog regularly, I’m assuming Wright needs no formal…

  • God Is Love: The Practice of Theology and Theology and Faith

    I think we’ve settled into a rhythm with our trek through God Is Love: A Biblical and Systematic Theology. I’ll probably have to reduce the quotes that I share to keep these posts reasonable, especially since the next section is on the Trinity. For these two chapters, here are my take-aways. The Practice of Theology The…

  • Can You Believe It’s True? Christian Apologetics In A Modern & Postmodern Era

    John Feinberg is professor of biblical and systematic theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and has been teaching apologetics at the graduate level for more than 30 years. He is the editor of Crossway’s Foundations of Evangelical Theology series and has written several books on apologetics and ethics. Now, with Can You Believe It’s True? Christian…

  • Evangelical Theology: An Introduction to A Biblical and Systematic Introduction

    Last week when I came home from Virginia, I was greeted with several packages. One of them had arrived shortly before me (and hence had eluded our faithful mail gatherer) and was none other than Michael F. Bird’s anticipated Evangelical Theology: A Biblical and Systematic Introduction. As if I did not have enough systematics, now this…

  • God Is Love: Christian Worldview and Speaking About God

    Chapters 3 and 4 in Gerald Bray’s God Is Love: A Biblical and Systematic Theology are together shorter than chapter 2. So, I’ve combined highlights. From here on out, the students are reading about 2 chapters a week, so I’ll post my highlights on Fridays (since we cover one chapter Tuesday and the other Friday). Here’s what…

  • The God of The Gospel: Robert Jenson’s Trinitarian Theology

    Scott Swain is associate professor of systematic theology and academic dean at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando (technically Oviedo), which along with Willasprings Starbucks and my classroom is one of the three places I get stuff done. The God of The Gospel: Robert Jenson’s Trinitarian Theology is Swain’s most recent book[ref]Previous books include Trinity, Revelation, and…

  • God Is Love: God Has Spoken To Us

    I had hoped to get this posted yesterday, but alas, more pressing matters were at hand. This chapter of God Is Love: A Biblical and Systematic Theology is a bit longer than the first (see last week’s post) and covers everything from general revelation to interpreting the Bible. The headings below are most of the headings in…

  • God Is Love: The Christian Experience of God

    A while back, I offered you a full review of Gerald Bray’s God Is Love: A Biblical and Systematic Theology. In the interim, I decided to make it the textbook for my 11th grade Bible class which is a theology class. This week, we’re starting our formal trek through it. Students are highlighting 3 or…

  • What J. I. Packer Dreams About

    Before you get too excited, I can’t claim to know comprehensively what J. I. Packer dreams about.[ref]That would be super creepy, and even if I could, I probably wouldn’t share it[/ref] But I can relay to you something he specifically said he dreams about (in either a daydream sort of way, or a metaphorical way).…