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August 2017

August 07, 2017

The Best Introductions to the Book of Revelation

For anyone hasn't read much on Revelation, I usually recommend four short and (relatively) accessible...

July 2017

July 27, 2017

James D. G. Dunn: Friend or Foe?

I try to avoid the word "heretic" as much as possible.

July 19, 2017

This Ain’t Your Mama’s Book of Revelation

In my experience, Revelation has been underplayed, under-appreciated, and simply misrepresented.

July 13, 2017

How Jesus Unlocks the Old Testament

We want to show that the NT consistently points to Jesus as the central interpretive...

July 11, 2017

The Smorgasbord (7/10/17)

A mishmash of thoughts, scraps, and interesting stuff.

June 2017

June 10, 2017

What Kind of a Book Is Revelation?

Revelation is more than a book about divine judgment and end-times destruction -- it's a...

March 2017

March 08, 2017

Salvation by “Faith” Alone or “Allegiance” Alone?

It should go without saying that a book that gets both Schreiner and McKnight talking...

December 2016

December 09, 2016

My 5 Favorite Books of 2016

I'm always willing to recommend a good book if it is, in fact, good. Here's...

October 2016

October 02, 2016

ETS, Heresy, and the Task of Christian Scholarship

How can we approach scholarship with rigor, while being careful not to become sellouts, heterodox,...

September 2016

September 10, 2016

Answering Tough Texts of the Bible

Trevin Wax and I host a podcast called Word Matters, which seeks to help Christians...

August 2016

August 12, 2016

Did New Testament Writers Understand the Trinity?

A few ways in which NT writers wrestled with the Trinity, and how Scripture helped...

June 2016

June 16, 2016

What the “Gospel of Jesus’s Wife” Teaches Us about Manuscript Evidence

Scientific methods can be unforgiving friends, but God's Word will never lie to us and...

December 2015

December 07, 2015

My 5 Favorite Books of 2015

The list you've all been waiting for.

May 2015

May 25, 2015

Paul and the Trinity: An Interview with Wesley Hill

Exegesis of Paul does not reach its full potential without Trinitarian theology.

May 21, 2015

The Pastoral Paul Was Always Looking Ahead

The Pastoral Epistles, when considered in light of the New Testament canon, have a thoroughly...

May 20, 2015

4 Ways Paul Understood His Authority

Paul understood the source and scope of his authority in four ways: God-appointed, Scripture-rooted, gospel-proclaiming,...

April 2015

April 20, 2015

10 Ways to Understand Scripture in Light of Jesus

Any talk of the unity of the OT and the NT must center on Jesus.

March 2015

March 23, 2015

Jesus Wasn’t Afraid of His Old Testament

Jesus was comfortable with suggesting that “the word of God cannot be broken," and perhaps...

March 18, 2015

In Defense of Proof-Texting

Is proof-texting the cardinal sin of theology and exegesis? It doesn't have to be.

March 03, 2015

Dallas Radio Show Reviews “The Bible Tells Me So” by Peter Enns

"For Christ & Culture," a radio show on 90.9 FM in Dallas (that I often...