Blogs
Will Ross, PhD student at Cambridge who blogs on Septuagint studies, posted the biblical studies carnival for June. It’s essentially a roundup of all the biblical studies posts from the month.
We posted a review of How We Got the New Testament by Stanley Porter. We also launched our inaugural volume of the Exegetical Tools Quarterly.
New Books….
Blogs
Nijay Gupta posted an interview with George Guthrie about his recent commentary on 2 Corinthians in the BECNT series. Books At a Glance also posted a two-part interview with Guthrie about the commentary.
At the Center for Ancient Christian Studies Shawn Wilhite, Coleman Ford, and Trey Moss interviewed Dr. Jarvis Williams on his academic journey in relation to Pauline studies and Jewish backgrounds. They also discussed Williams’s latest book Christ Died for Our Sins: Representation and Substitution in Romans and their Jewish Martyrological Background….
Book Deals
FREE on Kindle: Relationships: A Mess Worth Making, by Timothy Lane and Paul Tripp
$0.99 on Kindle: Colossians and Philemon (Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament), by Murray Harris
New Books
‘Return To Me’: A Biblical Theology of Repentance (New Studies in Biblical Theology), by Mark Boda (IVP Academic)
Blogs
Tim Keller posted a review of Matthew Vines book God and the Gay Christian, including also Ken Wilson’s A Letter to My Congregation. He provides six types of errors that he finds in Vines’ and Wilson’s books, both historical, personal, and theological. Matthew Vines has responded on his blog, suggesting that Keller has made some historical errors and misrepresented his arguments on many points. This was quite the little back-and-forth and easy to follow since Keller made his critiques in 6 categories, to which Vines responded point by point.
Blogs
Has Preaching Changed since the Early Church? by Peter Sanlon at 9Marks
Baker Academic is giving away three copies of Introducing Evangelical Ecotheology. Enter here to win.
Nancy Guthrie’s Help Me Teach the Bible podcast hosted Mark Futato to talk about the psalms….
Blogs
John Piper walks (draws) you through part 3 of his Rom 9:1-5 series at Look at the Book.
How to Choose a Seminary: Ten Things to Investigate as You Seek God’s Will, by David McAlpin
Warren Campbell reviewed the Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Theology – our most popular post yet.
Don’t forget we’re still giving away one free copy of His Mission: Jesus in the Gospel of Luke, ed. Carson/Nielson. Click here to enter….
Blogs 10 Unforgettable Lessons on Fatherhood. Ray Ortland bears witness to his father Ray Ortland Sr., pastor of Lake Avenue Congregational Church in Pasadena for twenty years, who led a life devoted to his family and to God. We reviewed a great Greek resource by Murray Harris, an exegetical guide to Colossians and Philemon. If you want to improve your Greek, this is one of the best resources available. We also reviewed His Mission: Jesus in the Gospel of Luke, ed. Carson, which has a…
Blogs
Eerdmans gives five recent studies in Paul sure to make a big impact
Senior scholar and authority on early Christianity, especially early Christian worship, made a few posts this week on the supposed “hymns” of Col 1:15-20 and Phil 2:6-11 and has weighed in with a few posts. (We added a few comments of our own here.)
We featured a great Greek resource, Devotions on the Greek New Testament, ed. Duvall & Verbrugge, that helps you stay….
Biblical Studies James Edwards, The Gospel According to Luke (Pillar NT Commentaries; Kindle Edition) Chris Tilling, Paul’s Divine Christology Martin and Wright, Gospel of John (Catholic Commentary on Ancient Scripture)