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January 2020

January 04, 2020

The Truth about Cats and Dogs and Every Debate in Early Christianity

In Steven D. Smith's Pagans & Christians in the City: Culture Wars from the Tiber to...

January 01, 2020

Pagans and Christians in the City

Steve D. Smith Pagans & Christians in the City: Culture Wars from the Tiber to...

December 2019

December 30, 2019

Trump, Grudem, and Hermeneutics

After Christianity Today's call for the removal of Donald Trump from office a number of...

December 30, 2019

St. Paul among Friends

Find here the link to an article I wrote for the Christian History Institute about...

December 27, 2019

A Plea for the Trinity

James Sawyer Resurrecting the Trinity: A Plea to Recover the Wonder and Meaning of the...

December 24, 2019

The True Meaning of Christmas: Trust God, Resist Empire

In the WaPo is my Christmas message for 2019. The True Meaning of Christmas: Trust...

December 21, 2019

A Few Recent Podcast Interviews

For those interested, N.T. Wright and I have done a few podcasts with some cool...

December 20, 2019

N.T. Wright on what the NT really says about Heaven

N.T. Wright has an article at - of all places - Time Magazine on The New...

December 18, 2019

Grant Macaskill on Autism and the Church

Grant Macaskill Autism and the Church: Bible, Theology, and Community Waco, TX: Baylor University Press,...

December 16, 2019

More Evidence for Philippians and Philemon Written from Ephesus

In the last few months there's been two great articles further solidying the cas for...

December 15, 2019

Michael Gorman: St. Paul’s Epistle to the American Churches

In the best display of anachronistic pseudonymity that I've read, Michael Gorman's new book, Participating in...

December 13, 2019

Is most evangelism pointless and pelagian?

A few months ago, over at the First Things podcast was a discussion between Rusty...

December 12, 2019

Baptist and Anglican Discussion on the Doctrine of the Church

I had the pleasure of being involved in a terrific panel discussion at the Southeastern...

December 10, 2019

Jewish views about the Kingdom of God

I'm currently back working on the kingdom of God in the OT and second-temple Jewish...

December 07, 2019

Christian Grief – Walking Through Twilight

Douglas Groothius Walking Through Twilight: A wife’s illness – a philosopher’s lament Downers Grove, IVP,...

December 04, 2019

Nicholas Perrin on The Kingdom of God

Nicholas Perrin The Kingdom of God: A Biblical Theology (Biblical Theology for Life; ed. Jonathan...

December 03, 2019

A Week in the Life of a Slave

Review by Dr. Jason Park John Byron's A Week in the Life of a Slave takes a...

December 02, 2019

N.T. Wright on the British View of American Religion and Politics

Over at the Atlantic, Emma Green interviews N.T. Wright on The Crisis of American Christianity, Viewed...

December 01, 2019

Remembering Larry Hurtado (1943-2019)

The final day of SBL was sad as we heard the news of the passing...

November 2019

November 30, 2019

Disability and the Quest for the Inclusive Church

I wrote this for the August issue of The Melbourne Anglican: The Church must help...

November 28, 2019

Finding Jesus through his later followers

One discernible trend in scholarship is that Jesus, historical or otherwise, is only accessible through...

November 25, 2019

The Making of Christian Morality

David G. Horrell The Making of Christian Morality: Reading Paul in Ancient and Modern Contexts...

November 22, 2019

The God Who Gives: How the Trinity Shapes the Christian Story

Kelly M. Kapic with Justin Borger The God Who Gives: How the Trinity Shapes the...

November 19, 2019

Gender Identity and the Image of God

Branch, J. Alan. Affirming God’s Image: Addressing the Transgender Question with Science and Scripture. Bellingham...

November 17, 2019

Things to Do at ETS/IBR/SBL (2019)

Okay, for my annual list of "things to do" this biblical studies conference season. ETS...

November 16, 2019

Planet Theology Podcast Episode 1 – Introductions and Trinity

Hi everyone, in the first formal episode of #PlanetTheology we give a bit of an introduction...

November 16, 2019

A Liberation Perspective on the Book of Revelation

I'm reading Pablo Richard, Apocalypse: A People's Commentary on the Book of Revelation (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1995),...

November 13, 2019

My WaPo article on Jesus and American Politics

In a career first, I've had an article published in the religion section of the...

November 13, 2019

The Apostle Paul as Theologizer

Nice quote from James Dunn on the apostle Paul as not so much a theologian...

November 10, 2019

Jesus According to the New Testament

James D. G. Dunn Jesus According to the New Testament Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2019....