Kingdom, Hope and the End of the World: The ‘Now’ and ‘Not Yet’ of Eschatology is a concise introduction to a subject that continues to intrigue the Christian world, namely, “end times.” Ian Paul has done the Church a tremendous service in this offering and everyone would do well to have several copies on hand…
Paul Copan’s “Little Book” – Some Reflections
When I saw Paul Copan in November, 2016, at the Evangelical Theological Society’s annual conference, I mentioned that I picked up his newly published A Little Book for New Philosophers. He kindly invited me to write a review. There are so many valuable insights throughout that I decided to post just a few here and…
Spiritual Formation & the Christian Life
Being transformed by God’s grace into the image of God’s Son is the destiny of God’s people. But what does God say about the journey? On the one hand Scripture encourages all believers to rest in the hope that “he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion,” yet every…
Make It a Double!?
Make It a Double! podcast is hosted by my good friend, Mike Stojic. He asked me to join him one afternoon for some discussion around alcohol and the Bible. Can religion and alcohol mix? What does the Bible say? Was Jesus really a drunkard? Give it a listen.
“Questing, not just Requesting”
Only curmudgeons castigate a Christmas culture filled with commercialization. No one likes to hear it. We much prefer a Hallmark Christmas with idyllic settings singing “Christmas time is here, happiness and cheer.” Even so, if we’re brutally honest our deepest desires linger and most often remain unsatisfied. Enter Ben Witherington, who offers a poignant and…
An “Evangelical” Trinity: Differentiation or Subordination?
What follows is an excerpt from a paper presented by Dr Kevin Giles at the 68th Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society during the panel discussion titled “The Trinity: Submission and Subordination in the Trinity”. I was fortunate to attend, but did not show up until well into Dr. Gile’s presentation. The four presenters were…
Speaking of Identity[ies]
Scot McKnight has a brief post pointing to Larry Hurtado‘s newest release Destroyer of the gods: Early Christian Distinctiveness in the Roman World. There he highlights distinctions between political, cultural, and religious identities in the first century world and notes that a Christian religious identity was unique among them all. This reminded me of something…