The Influence of Isaiah on the Gospel of John

I have attempted to account for all the ways that the language of the book of Isaiah has influenced the words of the Gospel of John, and that attempt has now appeared in print in the journal Perichoresis, published by Emmanuel University of Oradea in Romania. The journal’s website is here, and you can read …

Free Christian Audio Book of the Month: Jonathan Edwards’ Religious Affections

If you have never read Jonathan Edwards’ The Religious Affections, here’s your chance to download the audio book for free. The folks at ChristianAudio write: Use the coupon code: NOV2007 to receive the download format of Jonathan Edwards’ The Religious Affections for free.  Simply add the download format of this product to your cart and …

The Future of Justification: John Piper’s Response to N. T. Wright

N. T. Wright is perhaps the most influential clergyman in the United Kingdom, and John Piper is perhaps even more influential here in the United States. And the two have crossed swords. This might be the most significant pastoral interchange of our time. In the Acknowledgments Piper relates that he sent the first draft of …

Pierced for Our Transgressions

It finally made it across the Atlantic. Some time back there was, in Jonathan Leeman’s phrase, “quite a hullabaloo over the gospel.” That hullabaloo was largely occasioned by N. T. Wright’s response to Pierced for Our Transgressions, which has finally made it across the water and is now available from Crossway Books. N. T. Wright …

Forum on the Local Church

What if you could sit down and pose key questions on the church to Drs. Russell D. Moore, Donald Whitney, Gregory A. Wills, and Jim Orrick? Most of us don’t have access to these guys, and even if we did, it would be difficult to get them all in the same room at the same …

Interview on Contextualization with Dr. Paige Patterson

Dr. Paige Patterson serves as President of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He and Judge Paul Pressler are the heroes of the conservative resurgence in the Southern Baptist Convention. There is more to him, however, than that colossal battle, and in this interview we want to focus on the days before the big brouhaha in the …

Northbrook Conference 9Marks Audio Available

Eric Schumacher writes: Northbrook Baptist Church recently hosted a 9Marks Workshop, led by Matt Schmucker and Jonathan Leeman of 9Marks. I can honestly say that it was one of the best and most worthwhile events that I have attended as a pastor. I would highly recommend visiting the schedule page on their website and planning …

Built upon the Rock now available for Pre-Order

A revised version of a paper I presented at the Tyndale Fellowship Conference Biblical Theology Study Group in July 2005, “The Virgin Will Conceive: Typology in Isaiah and Fulfillment in Matthew”, will appear in a forthcoming book from Eerdmans titled Built upon the Rock, edited by Dan Gurtner and John Nolland. The editors, contributors, and …

Review of C. John Collins, Genesis 1-4

C. John Collins, Genesis 1–4: A Linguistic, Literary, and Theological Commentary. Phillipsburg: P&R, 2006. 318pp. $17.99, paper. Passionate discussion is once again taking place in the evangelical academy regarding the nature of Scripture and what is meant by inerrancy. Much of this discussion has been generated by Peter Enns’ book Inspiration and Incarnation and Greg …

The Seed of the Woman and the Blessing of Abraham

In March of 2006 I presented a paper titled “The Seed of the Woman and the Blessing of Abraham” at the Southwest Regional Meeting of the Institute for Biblical Research, which was held in Dallas, TX. The basic argument is that the blessing of Abraham in Genesis 12:1-3 answers the curses of Genesis 3:14-19 point …