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Category Archives: NT
Transfigured Hermeneutics—Part 1
I have a ten part series on the subject of the Transfiguration coming out over on Reformation21. The first part has just been posted. The events of the Baptism and Transfiguration themselves are similar in some noteworthy respects. When he … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Guest Post, Luke, NT, NT Theology, Theological
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Sealed For Resurrection: Baptism and the Objectivity of the Body
The first of a three part series of posts of mine on baptism and the body has just gone up over on the Theopolis Institute. The action of the ritual of baptism isn’t the act of the candidate, but of … Continue reading
Podcast: The Lord’s Prayer
On the latest Mere Fidelity, Andrew, Derek, Matt, and I discuss the recent controversy over a Church of England ad for the Lord’s Prayer, which was in the news recently as the agency that runs most film advertising in the … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Controversies, Culture, Ethics, Luke, Matthew, NT, Podcasts, Prayer, Society, Theological
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Review of John Barclay’s Paul & the Gift
I have reviewed John Barclay’s outstanding new book, Paul & the Gift, over on Reformation21. This anthropological treatment of ancient and modern understandings of gift paves the way for Barclay’s central thesis: gift/grace is a concept that can legitimately be … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Controversies, Galatians, Guest Post, My Reading, NT, NT Theology, Reviews, Romans, Theological
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Podcast: Transfiguration
In the latest Mere Fidelity episode I join Derek Rishmawy and Andrew Wilson to discuss the subject of the Transfiguration. Please leave any thoughts that you might have on the podcast in the comments. You can also follow the podcast … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Exodus, John, Luke, Mark, Matthew, NT, NT Theology, OT, OT Theology, Podcasts, Revelation, Scripture, The Gospels, Theological
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The Politics of Service
I’ve posted over on the Political Theology Today blog again, this time on Jesus’ teaching on ‘servant leadership’. There are many prominent examples of theological code-switching in the New Testament, whereby terms and phrases with familiar weight and significance in … Continue reading
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Podcast: Christocentric Hermeneutics?
In our latest Mere Fidelity podcast, I join Derek Rishmawy and Andrew Wilson to discuss the huge question of Christocentric hermeneutics. Among other things in the podcast, we discuss the meaning of the scarlet cord in the story of Rahab … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Hermeneutics, NT, NT Theology, OT, OT Theology, Podcasts, Scripture, Theological
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The Call of the Wilderness
The Behemoth, a sister magazine of Christianity Today, has just published an article of mine on the subject of the call of the wilderness. Although the wilderness may appear to be an area—in the words of the 1964 US Wilderness … Continue reading
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The Politics of Transformed International Relations
My latest post on Political Theology Today went online this morning. This post discusses Ephesians 2:11-22— As contemporary Christians reading these passages, we can fumble for conceptual rationales for the intensity of Paul’s concern to hold Jews and Gentiles together. … Continue reading
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How Do You Solve A Problem Like Sophia?
I’ve written some brief thoughts on the question of the biblical and apocryphal imagery of Sophia. The image of Wisdom (Sophia) in Proverbs and elsewhere needs to be understood in terms of the broader picture within she occurs. The entire … Continue reading
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