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Abraham’s “allegiance” to King Jesus? Part 4 of the Matthew Bates interview

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Welcome to the fourth instalment of our Hot Seat interview with Matthew Bates, author of Salvation by Allegiance Alone: Rethinking Faith, Works, and the Gospel of Jesus the King (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2017).

In this segment, we discuss Bates’ interpretation of Abraham’s pistis in Romans 4:1-25, Teresa Morgan’s definitive work on pistis in the ancient world, and the potential contribution of “allegiance alone” to recapture the heart of the Christian gospel in the church today. [Read more…]

Writing a Biblical Theology? You need to discuss these references.

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Top References Discussed in Biblical Theologies

An earlier post discussed how systematic theologies use the Bible to discuss the classic topics of systematic theology. We looked at the most frequent references found in contexts discussing the primary topics of systematic theology. It was a popular post at theLAB, and Christianity Today even interacted with us by asking several prominent theologians what they thought about the results.

It’s no surprise that theologians were disappointed at the lack of interaction with the Old Testament. Two commenters, Kevin Vanhoozer and Michael Allen, noted dismay specifically that Exodus 34:6–7 is not included in the top 100 list. My guess is that Vanhoozer and Allen (as well as Craig Keener, John Stackhouse, Michael Bird, William Dyrness, and others) will be pleasantly surprised with the reference data from Biblical theologies. [Read more…]

Academic Jobs: June 12-16 2017

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This week the academic job market for Biblical Studies and Theology was light, so we pulled a few adverts from the last few weeks that are still timely: [Read more…]

How to Build a Solid Bibliography in Biblical Studies

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This post is designed mainly to help students build an effective and robust bibliography for any research project they undertake. Although focused on New Testament works, it should also be useful for other readers who may wish to pursue a writing project of some kind. [Read more…]

Job alert: Oxford University Post-Doc

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New Testament and Early Christian scholars take note: the Faculty of Theology and Religion is soliciting applications from now until July 14 for a 1–2 year Fellowship beginning 2018 (see PDF below). This looks like a great opportunity to participate in a paid, multi-year research project with Markus Bockmuehl (and others). [Read more…]

Why the Reformation Still Matters: An Interview with Matthew Barrett (Part 2)

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In this post, we interview Dr. Matthew Barrett, Lecturer of systematic theology and church history at Oak Hill Theological College in London, and the general editor of Reformation Theology: A Systematic Summary. For the first part of our interview with Matthew, visit the LogosTalk Blog. [Read more…]

Defending “Allegiance Alone” – Part 3 of Bates’ Hot Seat interview

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Welcome back to the third instalment of theLAB’s Hot Seat interview with Matthew Bates on his new book, Salvation by Allegiance Alone. In this segment, we engage Matt on his perception of the gospel message, whether “allegiance alone” can correct current errors in popular soteriology, and where the gospel actually “climaxes.” We end part 3 with a challenge to his translation of pistis based upon the ancient evidence outside the Bible. [Read more…]

Michael Bird jumps into the Fray: the Trinity Debate (Part 2)

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This is the second post on theLAB featuring Michael Bird’s take on the recent Trinity controversy. Be sure to watch Part 1 and also see the Logos Talk Blog posts with perspectives from Peter Leithart and Wayne Grudem. 

Michael Bird has a way of getting himself into really dangerous situations. This despite the fact that he stopped jumping out of airplanes (with an M-60 machine gun strapped to his back) some years ago. [Read more…]

Writing a Systematic Theology? You must discuss these references

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Top References Discussed in Systematic Theologies

So you want to write a systematic theology? Then certain passages must be referenced, at least if you want to be consistent with past works of systematics, not to mention the biblical witness itself. [Read more…]

The Fight for the Trinity: Michael Bird explains the Eternal Subordination debate (Part 1)

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The doctrine of the Trinity came under intense scrutiny last summer (2016), but it wasn’t from unbelieving philosophers or Jehovah’s Witnesses. A debate raged for the better part of three months amongst evangelical theologians, concentrating within the complementarian camp. This intramural controversy seriously threatened to dissolve the unity of complementarians and evangelicalism as a whole. [Read more…]