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N. T. Wright’s Paul and the Faithfulness of God
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The Apostle Paul: From A Polite Bribe to The Final Verdict
Last November at SBL in Boston, I had the privilege of sitting down with filmmaker...
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I suppose I could have spiced up the title of this post even more and...
November 22, 2015
Gets The Last Word, The Dark Side Does Not
As I was preparing the PowerPoint for my conference paper which I read yesterday, I...
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October 17, 2015
Is the Oldest Christology also the Highest?
Ron Huggins asked an interesting question in an interesting way recently.Some view Galatians as the...
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Review of Ronald Charles, Paul and the Politics of Diaspora
I am grateful to Fortress Press for having sent me a gratis review copy of...
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June 16, 2015
I had the pleasure of hearing Paul Gitwaza speak on Saturday at the licensing ceremony...
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February 27, 2015
I asked students whether Peter (as in the apostle) was married. Some decided to Google...
February 24, 2015
There was a showing of the movie Apostle Paul: A Polite Bribe at the Society...
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December 08, 2014
Pretend to be Paul the Time Traveler Day
A commenter drew my attention to the video above, in which apologists for Pauline authorship...
November 2014
November 15, 2014
N. T. Wright on Paul and the Invention of Christian Theology
Via Mark Goodacre's NT Blog
November 14, 2014
A Polite Bribe Q and A at Butler University
I was delighted that Robert Orlando was able to come to Butler to make a...
November 05, 2014
A Polite Bribe at Butler University
A Polite Bribe: See the Movie, Meet the Filmmaker A showing of the critically-acclaimed film...
October 2014
October 02, 2014
Someone recently heard me make reference to "Saul of Tarsus" and they thought I said...
October 02, 2014
A student in my Paul class is making a Facebook profile for Paul the Apostle....
September 2014
September 16, 2014
Gets the Last Word, the Dark Side Does Not
Via Episcopal Church Memes on Facebook.
September 03, 2014
I recorded the class I taught yesterday, introducing Paul the apostle and the interpretation of his...
September 02, 2014
I previously mentioned the word cloud that students made using PollEverywhere on the first day...
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August 23, 2014
The Doctor Stands Before The Redeemer
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August 15, 2014
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March 10, 2014
St. Paul’s Letter to the Bergmans
March 06, 2014
Fortress Press featured the above video on its website, which has N. T. Wright, Richard...
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February 12, 2014
Paul’s First Powerpoint to the Corinthians
Via Corinthian Matters and First Things, I learned of the above, which is a translation...
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January 29, 2014
Mark Goodacre and Robert Orlando: Polite Bribe Pre-Screening Interview
Via Mark Goodacre's blog
January 29, 2014
From theologygrams. This is too fantastic for words!
January 15, 2014
In a recent conversation on the blog, the common conservative Evangelical conversation point was brought...
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December 28, 2013
N. T. Wright on Christology and Monotheism
Johnny Walker and Scot McKnight have posted about Tom Wright's treatment of monotheism and Christology in...
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