That the glory of the Lord might cover the dry land as the waters cover the sea
Professor Thomas J. Nettles is one of my favorite historians. It was a joy to audit a course he taught on Baptist history, and I profit much from his writings. Last summer he published a biography of James Petigru Boyce, founder of Southern Seminary, where it is our privilege to teach. If you haven’t already …
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I’m eager to read or listen to Peter Lillback’s new book, George Washington’s Sacred Fire, but until someone gets it for me from my wishlist (not so subtle hint!), my next move is going to be to listen to this free lecture touted by Doug Wilson. Peter A. Lillback is the President of Westminster Theological …
This looks like a great conference put on by the Andrew Fuller Center at SBTS: Baptists and the Cross. Date: August 30-31, 2010. Speakers: Akin, Bebbington, Schreiner, Dowling, Fuller, Thompson, Wellum. Discounted rates. Here’s a brief podcast on it with the director of the Andrew Fuller Center, Michael Haykin. A brief testimony about Michael Haykin: …
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Anyone interested in the history of biblical interpretation in the twentieth century should read Jonah Goldberg’s Liberal Fascism to understand the political movements and forces that formed the wider context in which biblical scholars have done their work. This book will also serve as a kind of apologetic antidote to the selectively told story (if …
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That’s what my sweet wife said to me yesterday morning: “So are you ready to go to jail?” I haven’t done anything illegal, but the meaning of the word “illegal” seems to be shifting. The question was prompted by my sending her Dr. Mohler’s post on the preacher arrested in Britain for saying that homosexuality …
The audio from the Pros Apologian lecture I gave yesterday is here: “The Orthodoxy of the Text of the New Testament: Reasserting the Obvious.” Here’s an abstract of my presentation: The first chapter of Bart Ehrman’s book The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture suggests that our understanding of early Christianity needs to be radically revised, but …
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Jesus keeps his promise his way. The power of the Word of God. The joy of loving people. For elaboration, read the whole thing.
This morning at SBTS Dr. Mohler gave a riveting presentation on the Future of the Southern Baptist Convention. The focus of the presentation was on how we got to be where we are now, and then Dr. Mohler gave a brief prescription for what needs to happen. Dr. Mohler didn’t use the phrase “typological interpretation” …
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In my opinion Dante’s Infermo is one of those works of literature that should be relished by every human being. Now you can listen to it for free from Christian Audio . com. I recommend you also buy a print edition with really good study notes. It will repay your attention! One of the greatest works …
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Larry W. Hurtado, The Earliest Christian Artifacts: Manuscripts and Christian Origins. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2006. 248pp. $22.00, paper. Larry Hurtado is on a mission to help Christians know their own treasures. In this book Hurtado makes pertinent observations on what can be known from the earliest Christian manuscripts. The five chapters of this volume are …
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That’s a genuine question in the title to this post, and I have my suspicions about the answer. Here’s what prompts the question: Justin Taylor posts some things said by Sonia Sotomayor that sound very, very conservative. The quotes in his post look like she is saying exactly what conservatives would want her to say, …
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Tomorrow is the the 500th anniversary of the birth of John Calvin, I suggest you give yourself a present for Calvin’s birthday: Robert W. Godfrey’s John Calvin: Pilgrim and Pastor. For a long time I’ve looked for a Calvin biography that would stand with Bainton’s biography of Luther, Here I Stand, and I’m hopeful that …
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SBTS has a new news blog, and there you can find an interview with Greg Wills on his history of the school, as well as a two part interview with Tom Nettles on his new biography of James P. Boyce. There’s also a post on the two collections of the writings of Boyce and Many, …
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It’s out: Gregory A. Wills, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1859-2009 It is my understanding that today is its first day being sold at the Lifeway Store on the SBTS campus. I was browsing the book and was surprised to see Scott Hafemann’s name. I won’t type up the whole story surrounding his name, but it …
I happened to be in the Lifeway Store on the SBTS campus just now and they were setting up the display of this new book by Tom Nettles on James Petigru Boyce, founding father of Southern Seminary. I’m thrilled to have a copy, and eager to read it in this the 150th year since the …
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
Dr. Greg Wills gave his Faculty Address here at SBTS last week, and it was a fascinating analysis of the “realist” policy pursued by liberals who knew they had to hide what they really thought from the people in the churches who funded their livelihoods. So, those liberals happily took money given to train pastors, …
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If you’re in the Louisville area, do check out the conference here at SBTS next week on Southern Seminary and the History of American Christianity. The lineup of speakers is an impressive array of historians from whose writings I have profited. The schedule is here.
But I hope this other Jim Hamilton enjoys the sport and bows the knee to King Jesus. Nice find, Dr. Bird : )
Last week it was my joy to share many of the ways that God has been merciful to me. I could never enumerate them all! If you’re interested in the audio from that event, it’s here.