Check out this poem, which in my judgment is David Hamilton’s best effort to date: The Joys of Motherhood.
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Revelation 3:1-6, Wake Up!
Thanks to Ross Shannon for recording and Josh Philpot for posting, Sermon audio from this morning here: Revelation 3:1–6, Wake Up!
Dale Allison on Jesus as the Embodiment of God’s Will
This is just a plug for anyone interested in typology to go read Dale C. Allison Jr.’s fascinating essay, “The Embodiment of God’s Will: Jesus in Matthew,” in the volume Seeking the Identity of Jesus. This is an essay that will repay careful study, and I expect to cite it a number of times.
Nursery Rhymes and the History of New Testament Scholarship
Bultmann reads Mother Goose The evangelicals of the generation came to conservative conclusions, but they basically analyzed the texts the same way Bultmann does in that parody. And something similar can be said today about this: N. T. Wright Reads Humpty Dumpty
Review of John Nolland’s Commentary on Matthew
The Gospel of Matthew: A Commentary on the Greek Text by John Nolland. The New International Greek Testament Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005. Xcviii + 1481 pp. $80.00. It is always interesting to read an editor’s preface to a commentary series. In editorial hands the series becomes unlike anything else—or almost anything else—and at the …
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Revelation 2:18-29, King Jesus Versus Jezebel
This morning’s sermon audio is up here: Revelation 2:18–29, King Jesus Versus Jezebel The first few words didn’t make it onto the recording, and what was missed was my introducing the quotation that opens the sermon as coming from Joseph J. Ellis’s book, Founding Brothers. May the Lord bless his word.
Review of Encounters with Biblical Theology by John J. Collins
Encounters with Biblical Theology. By John J. Collins. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2005, 243 pp., $22.00. John J. Collins of Yale (not to be confused with C. John Collins of Covenant Seminary) is a believer. He believes in historical criticism (22). He believes in Troeltsch (12). He believes in archeology (5). He believes that the Israelite conquest …
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Revelation 2:12-17, Repent of Nicolaitan Teaching
Sermon audio from yesterday morning (link fixed) here: Revelation 2:12–17, Repent of Nicolaitan Teaching
My Tweet Was Too Long, So
Gospel Haiku Pure God, sinful man. Jesus took the penalty. Trust him or face wrath.
Twittering the Gospel
Greg Gilbert has started a contest to see who twitters the best gospel. Since there is no better gospel, maybe I should say “to see who twitters the gospel best”! I don’t tweet, so I don’t know how it works. If they count the spaces, I’m over the limit. If the spaces aren’t counted, I …
Revelation 2:8-11, Faithful unto Death
Only Jesus has the necessary authority to call people to be faithful unto death. Commanding people to be faithful unto death announces that it is better to be faithful to Jesus than it is to go on living. Only Jesus can make that announcement. Only Jesus can adequately reward that kind of sacrifice. The death …
Towers Article on David Hamilton’s Gospel Dunk
My brother is the Assistant Coach of the Boyce Bulldogs basketball team, and he played with the team when they recently visited a prison to play an exhibition game and share the gospel. This story in the Towers relates how a nasty dunk opened the door for him to proclaim the gospel.
In Siloam Springs, AR on Wednesday, April 29
Tomorrow night I’ll be speaking at the Activate Conference at Harvard Avenue Baptist Church on “Missional Living in the Home and Beyond.” If you’re in the northwest part of the natural state, it would be great to see you there!
Seven Reasons You Should Read Tom Schreiner’s New Testament Theology
1) More than any other reason, you should read this book because it will help you understand the Bible, which will help you know God as he is revealed in Jesus by the power of the Spirit. 2) Schreiner’s massive knowledge of texts in context will inspire you to know your Bible better. 3) The …
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Was Joseph a Type of Christ?
I think so, and I try to prove it in this essay: “Was Joseph a Type of the Messiah? Tracing the Typological Identification between Joseph, David, and Jesus,” The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 12.4 (2008), 52-77. The gist of my article is this: From the reuse of key words and phrases (linguistic connections) and …
Toward a Great Commission Resurgence
May the Lord pour out his Spirit and bring this about in our day. Check out the new site, where I just signed the statement. I would also encourage you to have a listen to Dr. Akin’s message. HT: Between the Times
Good New Stuff on the Bible
I’m glad to see the appearance of Ancient Word, Changing Worlds: The Doctrine of Scripture in a Modern Age by Stephen Nichols and Eric Brandt. Anyone who wants to understand the disputes in North America over Inspiration, Inerrancy, and Interpretation in the last 125 years should praise God for this handy book! The latest issue …
Revelation 2:1-7, First Love
Sermon audio from this morning here: Revelation 2:1–7, First Love And if you go to this page or this page you can RSS the sermon audio updates. May the Lord add his blessing to the preaching of his word.
SBC Messianic Fellowship
For those coming in early for the SBC this summer, it would be great to have you join me on Saturday, June 20 from 1:25pm to 4:30 for two sessions at the SBC Messianic Fellowship Meeting. Come ready to study the Twelve Prophets! (some of them, anyway).
Samson Crushed the Philistines, and They Wanted Entertainment
My colleague, Charles Halton, has a fascinating study of a pun in Judges 16:25-27 in the most recent issue of the Journal of Biblical Literature. The play on words involves two verbs that sound virtually the same except that one begins with “s” (sin) and the other begins with “sh” (shin). The verb in the …
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