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December 2011

December 24, 2011

Celebrating Advent with a Young Family

In this fourth and final week of Advent we lit the candle of Hope. The...

December 24, 2011

The Kind of Pastor You Want to Be

Most pastors in ministry I know had a vision of what they wanted to be...

December 23, 2011

Prayer for the Final Week of Advent

Purify my conscience, Almighty God, by your daily visitation, that your Son Jesus Messiah, at...

December 23, 2011

My Christmas Sermon: The Nativity According to Stephen King

It’s Christmas. So put up your nativity sets. Polish up your star of Bethlehem. Feed...

December 22, 2011

An Atheist Christmas Address … that is Actually Good!

Now I'm no atheist. I think atheism is very "retro," very 1950s and 60s, back...

December 22, 2011

Christmas and the Priesthood

An often overlooked aspect of the Christmas story of Luke's Gospel is the emphasis on...

December 22, 2011

Michael Licona’s new ministry “Risen Jesus”

Watch this clip about Michael Licona's new ministry initiative called Risen Jesus. If you have...

December 22, 2011

Christmas in a Nutshell

December 21, 2011

The Myth of Tolerant Paganism

My former post December 25th Means the Triumph of Christianity over Paganism caused a bit...

December 21, 2011

Stanley Hauerwas on Christmas

Over at ABC Religion and Ethics are some reflections on Christmas by American theologian Stanley...

December 20, 2011

Jewish Context of the New Testament Story

This coming semester I'm teaching one of my favorite courses, Jewish Backgrounds of the New...

December 20, 2011

A thought for Christmas!

"No other God have I but thee, born in a manger, died on a tree"...

December 19, 2011

Tom Wright Reviews Three Jesus Books

Over at the Times Literary Supplement, Tom Wright review three books on Jesus by Benedict...

December 19, 2011

Why I’m Not a Pagan … the Movie “Dragnet”

After the manifold comments from pagans in my last post on Christmas as a triumph...

December 19, 2011

December 25 means the Triumph of Christianity over Paganism

Yes, we've all heard the JW, Free Presbyterian, and Puritan arguments that the 25th of...

December 18, 2011

Apocalyptic and Salvation-History in Galatians

Further evidence that apocalypticism and salvation history cannot be played off against each other in...

December 18, 2011

Celebrating Advent with a Young Family

We've come to the beginning of the fourth week of Advent. We've been celebrating it...

December 18, 2011

Practices of the Church 3: Baptism

I've been reading John Howard Yoder's book Body Politics: Five Practices of the Christian Community...

December 18, 2011

Some thoughts on Canon and a Video by D.A. Carson

I've always mused over the question: Did the church "discover" or "create" the canon? On...

December 18, 2011

Peter Hitchens’ Tribute to Christopher Hitchens

Over at MailOnline, Peter Hitchens (an evangelical Anglican) writes a tribute to his brother Christopher...

December 17, 2011

The Pastor – My Favorite Book This Year

Eugene Peterson, the author of the Message, published this year a memoir of his 25...

December 17, 2011

Top 3 Apps for Teachers

I now use an iPad for my preaching and teaching. Here are my top three...

December 17, 2011

Richard Longenecker’s Personal Library for Sale

Over at Dove Booksellers, items from Richard Longenecker's personal library are available for purchase. It...

December 16, 2011

Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011)

British-born journalist and atheist writer Christopher Hitchens has passed away in Houston, Texas from a...

December 16, 2011

Bruce McCormack on the Diminishing Value of Reading Theology Blogs

Bruce McCormack (Charles Hodge Professor of Systematic Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary) wrote this on...

December 16, 2011

Apocalyptic and Salvation-History in Romans

It was ironically in a 1 Corinthians commentary, that I found this gem of a...

December 15, 2011

Ten Steps to Better Preaching

Over at Sydney Anglicans is a short but helpful article on 10 Steps to Better...

December 14, 2011

Cutting Student Numbers at Greek Bible College

Check out this hilarious video from the Greek Bible College who found a creative way...

December 14, 2011

Communion Book for Children

As I'm okay with paedo-communion, I was naturally intrigued to see that SPCK had published...

December 13, 2011

Craig Keener on CT about “It’s Okay to Expect a Miracle”

Crossway College was blessed to have Prof. Craig Keener (Asbury Theological Seminary) visit both of...