Since my last article on this topic drew a number of comments (I was expecting only one or two), maybe it is worth writing more…
Admittedly my writings may not always be everyone’s cup of tea. Here I almost guarantee to reduce my audience quite substantially. Indeed, I may be…
A very brief intro to a major topic: Like most issues in theology and philosophy, this can be a quite complex topic. I do not…
Some preliminary thoughts on replacement theology: This is quite an important theological topic and debate that has especially been reinvigorated because of the latest Hamas/Israeli…
Some key volumes on political theology and the like: Let me say at the outset that this is a very selective reading list. The truth…
The clash of kingdoms is real: Political Theology, as the term implies, has to do with thinking theologically about politics. Or, putting it the other…
Crossway, 2013. (Available in Australia at Koorong) Covering a topic like this will get at least two immediate reactions: Impassa-what? Perhaps most folks will not…
Systematic theology, as the name implies, is simply a systematised presentation of biblical theology. Theological themes and concepts are scattered throughout the Bible, so the…
Important new books in the areas of theology, biblical studies, apologetics, ethics and related fields continue to emerge, and I try to keep up with…
This is another in an irregular series on new books worth noting – this time just on theology and biblical studies. Of course hundreds of…
Baker, 2008. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) This is certainly the newest and perhaps most comprehensive New Testament theology to come from the conservative/Evangelical…
Every once in a while I am asked about what I am currently reading. For those interested in such things, I occasionally put out an…
Eerdmans, 2001. There have been a number of helpful New Testament introductions written for the Evangelical community, including the older volume by Guthrie and the…
Many former God-haters have either converted or passed on: There is an old religious joke about a few quotations graffitied on a bathroom wall. The…
We must never put asunder what Scripture joins together: The progressive Christians of today, like the theological liberals of old, seek to convince us that…
More thoughts on God’s knowledge and foreknowledge: Having done some recent articles on issues concerning divine knowledge, another set of passages is raised by those…
A century ago this important work appeared: OK, I am a bit off by a few weeks, or a few months, but we can still…
Some superb insights as to what is happening in Israel now: The is no shortage of commentary on what is now happening in the Middle…
How to think – and not think – about war, peace, and justice: With the conflict in Israel once again bringing to the fore issues…
What we must know about Bonhoeffer and political resistance: The German Lutheran pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) did not just theorise about politics and…