2. The Christ of Culture Summary: Christians who take this view "seek to maintain community with all believers. Yet they seem equally at home in the community of culture" (Niebuhr, 83). Exemplars (some partial): Gnostics, Abélard, culture-Protestantism, John Locke,...
Mark Ward
Christ and Culture Revisited: Carson’s Summary of Niebuhr’s Taxonomy (1)
Here is a summary of Carson's summary of what is, in sum, the most influential taxonomy of relationships Christians take to culture. I'm speaking, of course, of H. Richard Niebuhr's book Christ and Culture. And Carson's book is, of course, Christ and Culture...
How Can We Know That We Know What We Know?
Here is a quick summary of some of N.T. Wright's epistemological proposal in his 1992 The New Testament and the People of God. The excerpts below are fairly standard stuff in evangelicalism now, I'd say, but I found all of it quite helpful. After this material Wright...
Proverbs 20:11
Legend: "PN:" = "Personal Note" Proverbs 20:11 reads in the KJV, Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. But translations can differ widely in their rendering of this verse. It seems like the NET and HCSB are safe in...
Reader’s Hebrew Bible from Zondervan
If you know Hebrew (or are learning), you've got to check this out. I know the author—he's a few feet from me at this moment! He asked me to help a bit with production of the volume, but I was studying for comps... Anyway, check it out.
TNIV & Popularity Contest
DISCLAIMER: I'm still not in favor of the TNIV's systematic and subtle—what can I call it?—twisting of gender renderings. Please see Grudem for more. But I do think educated American Christians should use the multiple translations at their disposal, and I am...
Essential IVP Reference Collection for Logos $80
I don't think you'll find a better price than this on this: Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels Dictionary of Paul and His Letters Dictionary of the Later NT and Its Development Dictionary of NT Background IVP Bible Background Commentary: OT IVP Bible Background...
The ESV Study Bible and Seminarians
The new ESV Study Bible, out in October, looks very cool. I just love the creativity (including design sense!) and energy Crossway is showing in their production and promotion of the ESV. And there's substance, too. (Sometimes I forget about that briefly in my delight...
Five-Point Macism
Sometimes a good blogger must cannibalize his e-mails for content. Sometimes mediocre bloggers must do the same. Five-Point Macism I was recently asked: "I've never taken the plunge into Mac World because of all the investment I've made into PC software. So I can...
American Idol Sings Shout to the Lord
One of the most powerful choral experiences I have ever had was when the choir from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poland stopped by BJU and gave an impromptu concert in the student center. I stood right in front of them and heard them sing powerfully and skillfully in...