Why Calvinism Misunderstands Biblical Election: What about Romans 9?
A lot of people assume Romans 9 obviously teaches the Calvinist doctrine of unconditional election. They think it means that God selected...
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Bodily Resurrection and Identity Formation in Paul
What does future bodily resurrection have to do with present life in the body? Do Paul’s pastoral goals shed light on his attitude toward...
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New Post: Resurrection Makes Us Holy (@OfficialSeedbed)
During my recent trip to Wilmore, Kentucky, I had the opportunity to film another episode for Seedbed‘s growing Seven Minute Seminary...
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The Dual Focus of the Resurrection
For Paul, the historicity of the resurrection of Christ and its “bodily” character are crucial. The historicity of the resurrection...
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Schweitzer’s Significance
Schweitzer’s extraordinary thesis throws light on almost every aspect of Paul’s theology. It accepts and makes sense out of the Pauline...
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Did Paul Write Letters or Speeches?
Several points should be made here. First, Paul’s letters are remarkably dissimilar from typical letters in the ancient world. They don’t...
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Embracing Eschatology
With great confidence (and financial expenditure), May 21, 2011 is declared to be the day of Jesus’ return. Or the rapture. Or whatever....
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A Novel Idea?
What the ancient church teachers least wished for a theology was that it would be “fresh” or “self-expressive” or an embellishment of...
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Eschatology is Everything
Consider, for Paul that justification is the present faith-anticipation of the eschatological verdict. Sanctification is the Spirit-life...
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Pauline Eschatology: A Question on the History of Interpretation
Such was not always the case in critical studies of Paul, though. Indeed, it was not until the early 20th century that Pauline...
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SBL Restricts Student Participation
Along with other student members of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), I recently received an email letter from John F. Kutsko,...
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Across the Big Pond
I took my first trip to England earlier this fall to get started on my PhD in New Testament at the University of Gloucestershire. I flew...
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Studies in Gloucestershire
Today is an exciting day. This morning I mailed off my letter of acceptance for an offer to do Ph.D. studies at the University of...
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