This review was originally published in the Fall, 2009, Midwestern Journal of Theology. Why Johnny Can’t Preach. By T. David Gordon. New Jersey: P&R Publishing, 2009, 108 pp., $9.99 on Amazon. Dr. Gordon was diagnosed with stage III cancer. Uncertain of how long he had left to live, he wrote what he thought could be …
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Richard Gaffin on the Resurrection
Why was Jesus raised from the dead? What does it mean? What does it have to do with redemption? What is its relationship to the doctrine of Justification? I ask, because Romans 4:25 puzzled me when I first read it. I remember reading it back in 1997. I remember it like yesterday. I was stunned. …
Review of The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity
Jenkins, Philip. The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity. New York, New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. 306 pp. $14.95. Jenkins seems to disparage his friend’s view of “Christian” as referring to one who has been converted to Christ. Jenkins dismisses this as a “North American” type of Christianity (p. 100) despite the fact …
The Trail of Blood
I was recently given a famous book called The Trail of Blood. For me, it was a book that only belonged to folklore. I heard of it, but I never met one. I knew about it, and I knew people followed it, but I had never seen one. I thought I had to belong to …
Genesis: Before Abraham Was and the Documentary Hypothesis (1)
This series came in seven installments: an Intro, then Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Because I am preaching through Genesis it seems fair to introduce the Old Testament documentary hypothesis (sometimes called the JEDP theory), its relationship to Genesis studies, and my reasons for rejecting it. Instead of working from scratch it …
Most Influential Books
I was asked: Name five books that have influenced the way you read scripture. Of course the Bible itself is the most influential book on how I read scripture (scripture interprets scripture), but the question was about non-Biblical books. Still, the scriptural books that most impact how I read the Bible are roughly as follows: …