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Elliot has raised some pertinent questions about the continuing relevance of some basic Christian beliefs, given a narrative-historical understanding of the New Testament. They deserve a more substantial answer than I can provide right now, but here’s an outline of how I think we may manage the tension between continuity and change. A recent post on “A revised missional theology” covers some of… (Read more...)
A. J. Derxsen appears to be a rather conservative, Reformed American blogger, so I’m a bit surprised he bothered to read and comment on my post “Who is Daniel’s son of man?” But he did, and I appreciate it, and here’s an attempt to address the counter-assertions made in his brief critique. It’s far from an adequate response given the amount of scholarship on the subject and the range of opinions… (Read more...)
It’s a while since I’ve posted anything here. Been a bit too busy. So I thought I’d post this response to Elliot’s recent comment—just to keep the site ticking over. He has some good reflections on my defence of the historical reading of Jesus’ apocalyptic language against criticisms made by Dale Allison in his chapter on “Jesus & the Victory of Apocalyptic” in Jesus & the Restoration… (Read more...)
I did something like this a few years back—now updated (what are we to make of the Quiet Revival, etc.?) and better focused. It will be a six week series of online sessions on what I would basically describe here as a narrative-historical missional theology. In other words, how does the church in the West align its constructive engagement with the world (mission) with the story of God and his… (Read more...)
The question of Israel and the land—and the extent of the land—is very much on our minds these days. A while back, Ian Paul posed the question: “Does the State of Israel have a divine right to the land?” It’s a measured piece, and it got me wondering—not for the first time—how this issue might look in narrative-historical perspective. He appends a defence of the view that when Paul says that “all… (Read more...)