A Forum for Scholarship and Discussion
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 29th, 2010
What did you do last Sunday? What are you doing this Sunday? Author Stephen Miller recently observed that Sunday’s have a rather “peculiar life” in Western culture, and in many ways serve as an indicator of where our culture has been and where it is going. This brings us back to Sunday. For many late [...]
Posted in History, Philosophy, Theology on Oct 22nd, 2010
I often wonder if Karl Barth would have found images like this one humorous. To me, pictures of Barth seem to indicate a genuine warmth coupled with a likeable playfulness and energy uncommon to many would call themselves theologians. Nevertheless, many pictures of Barth also convey a rugged fiestyness that plainly indicates what his writing [...]
Posted in Biblical Studies, John on Oct 20th, 2010
The Gospel of John. The New International Commentary on the New Testament (NICNT). By J. Ramsey Michaels. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2010. Pp xxvii + 1094. Christianbook.com/academic $44.99. I have long believed that the John’s Gospel is the most dynamic of all the Gospels. John’s message is profoundly black and white, profoundly evangelistic, and at every [...]
Posted in Ethics, Philosophy, Science, Systematic Theology, Theology on Oct 19th, 2010
Jonathan Warren, a friend of mine, and an outstanding young theologian from Vanderbilt University, has written a clear, critical, and very useful review of Thomas Oord’s latest book, Defining Love. I would like to thank Jonathan for his efforts here, and hope that you will find this review as helpful as I have. Defining Love: [...]
Posted in Pentecostalism, Philosophy, Politics/Political Theory, Systematic Theology, Theology on Oct 15th, 2010
In part one of our series on Eerdmans’ Pentecostal Manifestos, I provided a detailed outline of Jamie Smith’s Speaking in Tongues. Today, I will outline the remaining two volumes in the series, and also draw attention to a Amos Yong’s new book In the Days of Caesar: Pentecostalism and Political Theology. But before diving in, [...]
Posted in Creation, Hermeneutics, Pentecostalism, Systematic Theology, Theology on Oct 8th, 2010
As part of Eerdmans Publishing Company’s fall list, they have released three books in a new series entitled “Pentecostal Manifestos“. In a two-part blog post, the Christianbook.com Academic Blog will provide a comprehensive preview to each book in the series, while also noting the significance of the Manifestos in the history of Pentecostal scholarship. Treatment [...]