BY FAITH WE UNDERSTAND

Proof of what is unseen.

ABOUT MARK WARD

BY FAITH WE UNDERSTAND

Proof of what is unseen.

ABOUT MARK WARD

Carson’s Summary of the Meanings of “Biblical Theology”

D.A. Carson gives a helpful big summary of biblical theology in the Dictionary of the Later New Testament and its Developments. I read and marked it up on Logos. I recommend it. D.A. Carson gives a helpful small summary of biblical theology—or at least the way people use the term—in his book Christ and Culture Revisited: "Biblical theology" has become a highly disputed expression. Some use it to refer to the theology of individual biblical books or corpora (e.g., the theology of Matthew, the...

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The Lexham Syntactic Greek New Testament

I have some portions of the Lexham Syntactic Greek New Testament in the version of Logos Scholar's Gold I purchased two years ago. I confess that I have not found a pressing need for the Lexham SGNT, though I would like to! Recently two people asked me what I thought of it, and I have to admit that use of the LSGNT is one of those things I've tabled till need drives me. I believe I'm aware of what it does, and when that killer question comes up which only the LSGNT can help me answer, I'll use...

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A Must-Read

You're reading a blog, which almost proves that you've simply got to read this piece on the blog medium's message by Andrew Sullivan, or at least this summary, which would lead you to this article on PBS, which might lead you to this one in the NY Times. UPDATE: And here's the Atlantic article that started Sullivan on this tack. (HT: Andy Naselli).

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N.T. Wright on “God” and “god”

If you have sharp eyes you may have thought me guilty of a horrible typo in my recent N.T. Wright post. I left "god" uncapitalized in my quote from The New Testament and the People of God. Perhaps I should have added a [sic], because Wright is the culprit, not me! Here is his justification for the apparent sacrilege: I have frequently used ‘god’ instead of ‘God.’ This is not a printer’s error, nor is it a deliberate irreverence; rather the opposite, in fact. The modern usage, without the...

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Valuable Dissertation Interaction

I got some helpful replies to my dissertation post from some of you good readers, including one from a theologically careful friend who said, Interesting topic. My first thought: Is this methodologically flawed? It seems kind of like attempting to suck "the theology of x" out of a writer's occasional letter. I'm sure you've thought through this. I'm curious what your answer is. I replied: I see significant continuity between your objection and that of Dr. X (and, after I started this e-mail...

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