Romans
Kindle edition of The Future of the People of God (invalidates Reformed reading of Romans):
I have just discovered that the Kindle edition of The Future of the People of God is now available from Amazon in the US, UK, France and Germany. Thank you, Wipf and Stock. Thank you very much. The one solitary review on amazon.com says: “This book is an examination of Romans through the...
(22 Oct. 2011)
Peter Leithart's review of The Future of the People of God:
I sent Peter Leithart a copy of The Future of the People of God: Reading Romans Before and After Western Christendom because I felt that it offers an interesting New Testament preface to his book Defending Constantine. Peter has now reviewed the book on his blog. He provides a...
(27 Jul. 2011)
Tim Gombis on the New Perspective (and why it doesn't go far enough):
The limitations of the New Perspective on Paul in its standard form can be illustrated from a piece by Tim Gombis. Tim strongly affirms the New Perspective and nicely expresses his bemusement over the “fear-mongering and hysteria” that the approach has generated in certain quarters. But...
(11 Jul. 2011)
Matthew Montonini's review of The Future of the People of God:
I hope it’s not too immodest to draw attention to a review of my book The Future of the People of God by Matthew Montonini that begins:
Many books one reads, especially in the area of biblical studies, are solid and sane, but very few have the potential to shift entire...
(2 Jul. 2011)
My small contribution to the SBL International Meeting in London:
I will be at the Society of Biblical Literature International Meeting in London next week. First time to go to one of these things. I will be presenting a paper in the Paul and Pauline Literature section on Monday afternoon on “Sibylline Oracles and the Judgment of the Greeks”, but the...
(27 Jun. 2011)
Paul’s argument about the atonement of Israel in Romans 3-4:
This is a close examination of the place of Romans 3:24-25 in Paul’s argument about the fate of the Jews in chapter 3 as a whole. It is a response to objections made to my post on atonement that when Paul speaks here of a redemption in Christ Jesus, etc., he does not discriminate between Jews...
(17 Jun. 2011)
Rob Bell and the Apostle Paul on the moral, intellectual and spiritual bankruptcy of the people of God:
Now that much of the fuss over Rob Bell’s book has died down, and the spotlight of pre-emptive inquisition has shifted to Francis Chan’s as yet unpublished Erasing Hell: What God Said About Eternity, and the Things We Made Up, I have downloaded the Kindle edition of Love Wins and...
(26 May. 2011)
The historical justification of the people of God by faithfulness:
Aaron Darrisaw has asked about Stephen Westerholm’s critique of the New Perspective on Paul. I don’t have access to Westerholm’s book at the moment (I’m sitting in Damascus airport), so I can’t comment directly on his analysis. However, I could have a bit of a...
(9 Apr. 2011)
Seeing Differently (and Daniel Kirk's review of The Future of the People of God):
I started out to write a response to some questions by Jim Hoag about my understanding of Romans 8 and then came across an excellent review of The Future of the People of God by Daniel Kirk. Since Jim’s comments and Daniel’s critique converge on the same issues, albeit from different...
(2 Dec. 2010)
The salvation of humanity or the salvation of Israel?:
Paul’s statement in Romans 3:21-26 that the future justification of God has been revealed in anticipation in the present time through the faithfulness of Jesus for all who believe is clearly of central importance for our understanding of “salvation” in Paul. Discussion has centred...
(26 Nov. 2010)
