Dec 4, 2010

McKnight on Jesus vs. Paul

  
You can read Scot McKnight's Christianity Today article entitled "Jesus vs. Paul" here.
 

Dec 3, 2010

Köstenberger’s Guide to the Best of 2010

   
Andreas Köstenberger’s provides his list the best books of 2010 here.
 

One Challenge of Using Old Testament Commentaries in Sermon Preparation

  
John Starke has posted on one challenge of using Old Testament commentaries in sermon preparation. Namely, the reticence that many commentators appear to have.in discussing the Christological implications of a given passage. Read John's post here.
 

An Overview of 1–2 Kings

   
Matt Capps has a nice overview of 1–2 Kings here.
  

Dec 2, 2010

Free Audio Download of Book on Handel's Messiah

  
Christianaudio.com is offering free audio downloads of Calvin Stapert's book Handel's Messiah: Comfort for God's People. For more details and instructions go here.
   

Dec 1, 2010

Chemists and Archaeologists at Tel Megiddo

   
See this article on chemists and archaeologists working together at Tel Megiddo.
 

More Is Not always Better

  
See David Murray's plea for profound simplicity in preaching.
  

Nov 30, 2010

Rob Plummer's Blog

  
Check out Rob Plummer's blog here.

HT: Denny Burk
  

Passage Length for Preaching

   
Peter Mead has some helpful advice here for deciding how long of a passage should be preached in a single sermon. As a general rule, and all things being equal, I would suggest that the passage used in a sermon needs to be long enough to be meaningful and short enough to be doable.
 

A Lack of Accountability

  
See this article concerning the lack of accountability among Christians.
 

Nov 29, 2010

Free Church Kit for the ESV

  
The Crossway blog has links to sign up for free church kits for the ESV. Check it out here.
 

Nov 28, 2010

Old Babylonian Mathematics

   
See this interesting article on Old Babylonian mathematics.
 

Journal for the Study of the New Testament 33:2

  
The latest issue of the Journal for the Study of the New Testament is out. Here is a list of the articles and links to abstracts.

Introduction
Jonathan Roberts and Christopher Rowland
Journal for the Study of the New Testament 2010;33 131-136
http://jnt.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/33/2/131

Wirkungsgeschichte, Reception History, Reception Theory
Mark Knight
Journal for the Study of the New Testament 2010;33 137-146
http://jnt.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/33/2/137

Wirkungsgeschichte and Visual Exegesis: The Contribution of Hans-Georg Gadamer
Martin O'Kane
Journal for the Study of the New Testament 2010;33 147-159
http://jnt.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/33/2/147

Effective-History and the Hermeneutics of Ulrich Luz
Mark W. Elliott
Journal for the Study of the New Testament 2010;33 161-173
http://jnt.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/33/2/161

Sachkritik in Reception History
Robert Morgan
Journal for the Study of the New Testament 2010;33 175-190
http://jnt.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/33/2/175

Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation: Textures of a Text and its Reception
David B. Gowler
Journal for the Study of the New Testament 2010;33 191-206
http://jnt.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/33/2/191

Hope for a Troubled Discipline? Contributions to New Testament Studies from Reception History
William John Lyons
Journal for the Study of the New Testament 2010;33 207-220
http://jnt.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/33/2/207