Nick NgWhen we hear the word “sainthood,” we are likely to associate it with the longstanding tradition of acknowledging those who have demonstrated a remarkable degree of spirituality. It may also remind us of beautiful, ancient artwork...
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Guest post by David Davidson, communications editor for the marketing department at Logos Bible Software. Knox Theological Seminary, with Logos Bible Software, offers three world-class graduate programs that let you study what you love without...
Seth Ross. . . And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid. But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ houses, old men who had seen the first house...
Book Review James D. Tabor, Simon & Schuster, 2012, 320 pp. Books that challenge conventional wisdom and provoke spirited dialogue can be much more valuable than books that simply reiterate popular opinion or buttress our own personal...
Michael EubanksI hope it doesn’t seem off-point for a post on this site to step away, briefly, from the normal discussions of seminary life, training, and experiences. Since seminary students are trained by schools, churches, and life experiences, I believe...
Anthony RussoIf somebody asked you to sum up your seminary experience, what would you say? Two years ago I left behind my successful career in IT (Information Technology) to attend seminary. It was a great experience—but that’s not to say it was perfect...
On November 18, during the 2012 meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in Chicago, I finally got the chance to view the long-awaited documentary by filmmaker Robert Orlando, A Polite Bribe, at the Gene Siskel Film Center. Orlando has proven...
Kari PattersonI remember Wednesday nights, cooking dinner, then packing Thursday’s sack lunch, Thursday’s sack dinner, and Friday’s sack lunch. Friday night’s dinner would have to wait until late that night, when we’d finally arrive home from our weekly seminary...
Planning on attending the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature and the American Academy of Religion? This is your chance to see an advance screening of A Polite Bribe, Robert Orlando’s documentary on Paul. It’s...
Today’s post is by guest writer Elliot Ritzema: Elliot is an editor at Logos Bible Software. He is the editor of 300 Quotations for Preachers and 400 Prayers for Preachers, a major contributor to the Faithlife Study Bible, and a regular...
Added to the Bibliography Michael F. Bird’s latest contribution to Zondervan’s Counterpoints series, Four Views on the Apostle Paul with Reformed (Thomas R. Schreiner), Catholic (Luke Timothy Johnson), Post-New Perspective (Douglas...
Added James D.G. Dunn’s review of Whom God Has Called: The Relationship of Church and Israel in Pauline Interpretation, 1920 to the Present by Christopher Zoccali to the Book Reviews section under The New Perspective on Paul: Around the Web...
Jason ChamberlainI’d like to propose a fundamental question about your experience at seminary. Why are you at seminary? What do you hope to get out of it? Are you there to earn a degree so that you can get hired to do ministry full-time? Are you there just...
Dates: September 7-8, 2012 Place: Georgetown United Methodist Church, 2766 Baldwin Street, Jenison, Michigan, 49428, (616) 669-0730, Event: Hearing Paul for the First Time: From Intolerant Legend to Visionary Voice Speakers: Arthur J. Dewey and Lane...
Added a link to 什麽是保羅神學的“新視角”？ to the Articles section under The New Perspective on Paul. This is an abbreviated version of A Summary of the New Perspective on Paul.
Added the book Studying Paul’s Letters: Contemporary Perspectives and Methods, edited by Joseph A. Marchal, to the Bibliography under Paul and Empire.
Brian SchmittFinding the right seminary can be a long and frustrating process. It can take weeks to compile a list of potential schools and then research the affiliation, cost, and other vital details of each one. That is why Church Relevance recently created a...
Review by Jeffrey J. Bütz Earlier this year I was contacted by director Robert Orlando to be interviewed for a film called The Paul Story. Robert explained to me that he was doing final edits for his documentary and realized he needed more...
Added David Bolton’s dissertation Justifying Paul Among Jews and Christians? A Critical Investigation of the New Perspective on Paul in Light of Jewish-Christian Dialogue to the Bibliography under The New Perspective on Paul.
Daryl EldridgeIf God has called you to get a seminary education, here are some tips that might help you to go debt free or reduce your debt. 1. Get a ministry position, even if it is part-time, and serve for several years before going to seminary. By doing...
Recently, a local news program reported that educational debt in the US is $870 billion, more than the nations credit card debt. Nearly 10% of the debt is past due. In Texas, 56% of college graduates owe an average of $21,000 to private and...
Added Chris M. Smith’s review of Stephen J. Chester’s dissertation Conversion in Corinth: Perspectives on Conversion in Paul’s Theology and the Corinthian Church to the Book Reviews section under The New Perspective on Paul and added the...
Added Matthew Forest Lowe’s review of Chrisopher D. Stanley, ed., The Colonized Apostle: Paul in Postcolonial Eyes to the Book Reviews section under Paul and Empire and added the book to the Bibliography.
Added the following to the Bibliography under The New Perspective on Paul: Cornelis P. Venema’s Getting the Gospel Right: Assessing the Reformation and New Perspectives on Paul (a Calvinist critique) and E.P. Sanders’ Paul: A Very Short...
Updated the link to Paul’s Contradictions — Can They Be Resolved? by John G. Gager under the Articles section of Paul Wthin Judaism.
Book Review James D.G. Dunn, Wm. B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2011, 221 pp. The back cover promotes this book as a “compact theological primer,” a description that could be improved in accuracy as “compact biblical theological primer.” This monograph is a...
Earlier today The Huffington Post published an article by filmmaker Robert Orlando titled A Polite Bribe: A New Narrative for Paul and the Early Church? For more information about Orlando’s documentary and a list of scholars featured in the...
Added James S. Hanson’s review of Paul: A Guide for the Perplexed by Timothy G. Gombis to the Book Reviews section under The New Perspective on Paul: Around the Web and added the book to the Bibliography.
Added a link to An Offstage Perspective on the NPP by John G. Krivak in the category Around the Web: On The New Perspective.