Faithlife StaffAdded a link From the New Perspective to N.T. Wright: Panel Discussion on Pauline Theology with Faculty, a YouTube video of a Duke Divinity School panel discussion with N.T. Wright, Douglas Campbell, Susan Eastman, and J. Ross Wagner. Thanks to...
Jonathan WatsonResurrection is without doubt one of the chief events of not just the New Testament, but in all history. In NT211 Introducing the Gospels and Acts, Darrell Bock goes beyond a theological analysis of the resurrection event and dives into resurrection...
N. T. Wright, Fortress Press, 2013, 605 pp. In the first volume of his two-volume magnum opus on Paul, Wright lays the groundwork for his interpretation of the apostle’s writings. He begins by quoting from a letter of Pliny the Younger to one of his...
Since its 2013 debut, Dr. Oliphint’s book Covenantal Apologetics has impacted countless readers, equipping and emboldening them to share and defend their faith. Recently K. Scott Oliphint spent a week in Bellingham filming two Logos Mobile Education...
Book Review Bruce W. Longenecker and Todd D. Still, Zondervan, 2014, 408 pp. This volume is an attractive new addition to the literature devoted to the life and letters of the apostle Paul. It is designed mainly as a textbook for college-level...
Cliff KvidahlBorn August 16 in 1852, Adolf Schlatter would become one of the foremost conservative German-Swiss protestant scholars of the latter half of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Educated at Tübingen and Basel, Schlatter held posts at a number of...
Some books are devotional and some are academic commentary, but it is rare to find a helpful combination of both. Theological Commentary: Evangelical Perspectives deftly walks that line. It never sacrifices its academic rigor, yet the theological...
Today’s guest post is from Dr. Donald Hagner, George Eldon Ladd Professor Emeritus of New Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary. See part one of Donald Hagner’s recollections of George Ladd. Ladd also had a lighter side to him, when he was...
Many readers will remember Francis Ford Coppola’s classic, The Godfather. The movie is vaguely reminiscent of the narrative in 1 Kings 2. An aging patriarch explains to his son the steps he must take to solidify a new regime. In the movie, Michael...
Today’s guest post is from Dr. Donald Hagner, George Eldon Ladd Professor Emeritus of New Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary. This week we celebrate the 103rd anniversary of George Ladd’s birth. When I first walked into his classroom as...
Todd BishopThe authors of the Old Testament used word repetition to emphasize key points in their writings, but this literary device is not always accessible to English readers. In this video, Todd Bishop will show you an example of word repetition in a...
Added new links to the Book Reviews section under The New Perspective on Paul: Around the Web: Phil Johnson’s review of What Saint Paul Really Said by N.T. Wright and Guy Waters’ review of Justification: God’s Plan and Paul’s...
When it comes to the works of the Pauline corpus, no book has been more central in recent controversies in Pauline scholarship than the book of Galatians. In this letter Paul chastises the Galatian church for submitting themselves to false teachers...
Last year, Dr. Michael Bird released an exciting new volume, Evangelical Theology. Using the gospel as the impetus for his framework, he takes a unique approach to theology—an approach that has garnered high praise since the book’s fall release. Dr...
With the publication of Lamentations, the Evangelical Exegetical Commentary continues to be on the cutting edge of scholarship. I recently had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Abner Chou, who is not only the author of the volume on Lamentations but...
Lauren VisserToday’s guest post is from Evan Duncan. He is pursuing his MDiv at Baylor’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary, and he currently serves as media and communications director at First Baptist Church in Temple, Texas. Originally from Slippery...
People frequently ask me how I have been able to keep my Greek after leaving college. I respond with the answer I received from my Greek professors: read, read, read! It is that simple, and yet it is so difficult. If you only have ten minutes a day...
Finding help with sermons in Logos Bible can be simple if you have the right tools and know how to use them. Read this article for help.
Added a link to the video of Mark Goodacre’s interview with Robert Orlando, director of A Polite Bribe to the Articles page under Paul and Empire.
First Peter is a beloved part of the New Testament. However, we live far from the original setting, and things such as “living stones” and women who shouldn’t braid their hair are unfamiliar to us. How can we understand something written so long ago...
Chuck McKnightIn my personal studies I am currently reading through 1 and 2 Kings. As I open these books using Logos, I’m immediately hit with several important questions. Will David and Abishag produce a child who will take the throne? (That question is answered...
Added Justification Reconsidered: Rethinking a Pauline Theme by Stephen Westerholm to the Bibliography under The New Perspective on Paul.
The following is an excerpt from Discourse Studies & Biblical Interpretation: A Festschrift in Honor of Stephen H. Levinsohn. This portion is written by Rick Brannan regarding “The Discourse Function of ἀλλά in Non-Negative Contexts...
The following is a review of William Baird’s History of New Testament Research: From C.H. Dodd to Hans Dieter Betz. With the publication of volume three, William Baird brings his masterful work on the history of New Testament research to a close...
My job allows me to chat with distinguished seminary professors every week. During one such conversation, I asked the professor what advice he would give to a young student trying to balance school, work, ministry, and family—i.e., me. His response...
Sense: sound wisdom n. — a particular kind of wisdom, perhaps with an emphasis on soundness or efficiency. I have good advice and sound wisdom [תּוּשִׁיָּה]; I have insight, I have strength. Proverbs 8:14 (NRSV) In Proverbs 8:14, we find that Lady...
Today’s guest post is from Richard Gaffin, who is Professor of Biblical and Systematic Theology, Emeritus, at Westminster Theological Seminary. Dr. Gaffin is also leading the translation team for Logos’ English translation of Geerhardus...
Missed the screenings? In just one more week Robert Orlando’s groundbreaking documentary on Paul will be widely available to the general public: The film is being distributed by VCI Entertainment through Cinedigm.The DVD will be released on...
Today’s guest post is from Tremper Longman III, who is the Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies at Westmont College. Dr. Longman recently filmed some courses for Logos Mobile Ed, and we had a chance to chat with him about the historicity...
Today’s guest post is from Dr. Jonathan A. Linebaugh. Dr. Linebaugh is Dean of Students and associate professor of New Testament at Knox Theological Seminary. He will be teaching a five-day intensive Doctor of Ministry class this June in Fort...