Despite its small stature and few pages (‘small’ and ‘few’ compared to most of Wright’s works!), The Challenge of Acts: Rediscovering What the Church Was and Is turned out to be a challenging read. Although the Preface indicates a “bird’s-eye view” is on offer, there’s a senseread more ➜
Ian Paul’s essay, “Why is the Ascension of Jesus the most important event in the New Testament?” deserves a close reading. It brilliantly captures the thrust of Jesus’s consummate ministry focus and provides some needed corrections to mistaken ‘end times’ and ‘second coming’ theology thatread more ➜
Humility Illuminated: The Biblical Path Back to Christian Character is an important read and I learned a lot. But Dennis R. Edwards makes clear that learning is merely a means; growth in humility is the goal. To that end, this was a very good andread more ➜
This is the final installment on The Gospel in the Marketplace of Ideas. Chapters 1-3 of this summary review can be found in Part 1 and chapters 4-6 are covered in Part 2. Chapter 7 is apologetically strong showing the importance of natural theology in laying theread more ➜
This is the second of three installments on The Gospel in the Marketplace of Ideas. See here for Part 1. Chapter 4, titled “Our Athens” speaks to bridging the ideological and cultural gaps that inhibit gospel presentation. Since living in a non-Christian culture hardly yields a warm reception to the gospel message,read more ➜
The Gospel in the Marketplace of Ideas is an important contribution toward closing the gap between the ancient Christian message and the contemporary scene. Although this book covers a gamut of topics from evangelism, philosophy, history, bible exposition, and apologetics, it is highly accessible toread more ➜
Below are some observations on Acts 17:16-34, often overlooked, from D. A. Carson’s The Gagging of God and his chapter “Athens Revisited” in Telling the Truth: Evangelizing Postmoderns. The Athenian context: The Roman world enforced all kinds of religious pluralism both politically and legally and Athensread more ➜
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