Archive for the 'NT Studies' Category
Matt Williams & Ken Collier. Biblical Leadership: Becoming a Different Kind of Leader. Ambassador-Emerald, 2004. 184 pp.
A Leader Like No Other
Leadership is influence, so the accepted definition goes. Influence is the ability to move another person in a direction you believe is important. By any definition, Jesus Christ was a leader like no other! . . .
Jesus Christ was the greatest leader the world has ever known because He was the greatest follower the world has ever known. He had a sharply focused view of exactly what His Father desired of Him. No trial, no deprivation, no conflict, no misunderstanding, and no death threat made Him swerve from following the will of His Father. What a leader! What a Follower!
Continue reading ‘Biblical Leadership | Matt Williams & Ken Collier’
Like this post? Subscribe to our feed 
.
D. A. Carson. New Testament Commentary Survey. Baker, 2007. 160 pp.
The purpose of this short book is to provide theological students and ministers with a handy survey of the resources, especially commentaries, that are available in English to facilitate an understanding of the NT. The mature scholar is not in view. On the other hand, commentaries that are written at the popular level are generally given less attention than more substantive works. Theologically I am an evangelical, but many of the positive assessments offered in these notes are in connection with books written from the vantage point of some other theological tradition: the usefulness of a commentary sometimes turns on something other than the theological stance of its author—assuming, of course, that commentaries are read critically, as they should be whatever one’s theological heritage.
Continue reading ‘New Testament Commentary Survey | D. A. Carson’
Like this post? Subscribe to our feed .
Cornelius P. Venema. Getting the Gospel Right: Assessing the Reformation and New Perspectives on Paul. Banner of Truth, 2006. 92 pp.
A ‘New Perspective’ on Paul
The Reformation perspective on Paul’s doctrine of justification largely dominated Protestant biblical scholarship in the following centuries. However, the last two hundred years of critical biblical studies of the apostle Paul’s writings have witnessed a number of attempts to revisit the Reformation consensus. Within the orbit of the academic study of Paul, two particular questions have frequently surfaced in evaluating the Reformation view.
Continue reading ‘Getting the Gospel Right | Cornelius Venema’
Like this post? Subscribe to our feed .
James W. Thompson. Pastoral Ministry According to Paul: A Biblical Vision. Baker, 2006. 176 pp.
In the present era, the minister is ultimately measured by the ability to organize, build, and manage a complex organization. Congregations continue to assume that the minister will maintain the traditional roles of marrying and burying, but they believe that the ultimate goal of the minister is to take the congregation to a new level of growth. The minister must be both an effective communicator and an administrator. In a competitive religious marketplace, the task of the minister is to ensure that the congregation maintains its place among religious consumers. Often search committees no longer look for someone who conforms to one of these models. Instead they seek someone who is a combination of, for instance, Jay Leno, Lee Iacocca, and Dr. Phil.
Continue reading ‘Pastoral Ministry According to Paul | James Thompson’
Like this post? Subscribe to our feed .
Mark Dever. The Message of the New Testament: Promises Kept. Crossway, 2005. 560 pp.
Getting a Window Seat
Some things can be seen only from a great height. Go to the highest point in a city and what do you see? Sweeping vistas that both delight and inform.
That is what I hoped these “overview sermons” would do for my congregation, and what I hope they will do for you.
Continue reading ‘The Message of the New Testament | Mark Dever’
Like this post? Subscribe to our feed .
Brian McLaren. The Voice of Luke: Not Even Sandals. Thomas Nelson, 2007. 224 pp.
Luke 1
FOR THOSE WHO LOVE GOD
What are your assumptions as you begin this amazing document? What do you assume about Luke as an author-his motives, his agenda, his assumptions? Any constructive experience of reading involves an amazing interaction so complex that it’s a wonder it ever works at all.
Continue reading ‘The Voice of Luke | Brian McLaren’
Like this post? Subscribe to our feed .
