The Old Perspective on Paul
Most modern NT study of Paul tends to be myopic. The “history of exegesis” tends to go back to the 1970s and occasionally a little farther. This isn’t my assessment, it’s Tom Wright’s. I agree with...
View ArticleOn Replying to Moralists (2)
Part 1 When I say “moralists” I mean primarily the doctrine that God justifies the sanctified because they are sanctified or that we are justified by grace and cooperation with grace. This is the...
View ArticleDoctrine Without Scripture?
It appears that Mike Bird has offered some criticisms of our May 2004 faculty Statement on Justification. I reply below: Michael, I imagine that you are referring to the statement adopted by the...
View ArticleGuy Waters Analyzes NTW's Reply to Piper
The American edition of the book is not out yet, but Guy Waters (and the fellows at Christ the Center) have the British edition and they have analyzed it carefully. As always Guy does an admirable job...
View ArticleC. E. Hill on N. T. Wright
This review of What Saint Paul Really Said. Was Paul of Tarsus the Real founder of Christianity? (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997) first appeared online in 2001 back on the Third Millennium site. In view...
View ArticleCalvin in the Hands of Anglican Revisers (1)
N. T. (Tom) Wright has published a new volume articulating again his proposed revision of the way Paul’s doctrine of justification should be understood. The volume is Justification: God’s Plan and...
View ArticleWorks of the Law as Boundary Markers?
Have I not over-emphasised the social and national dynamic behind Paul’s language and seriously underplayed Paul’s analysis of the radical helplessness of the human situation and his concern for the...
View ArticleGerald Bray Critiques N. T. Wright
In a strongly-worded editorial in The Churchman. (HT: Marty Foord).
View ArticleHorton Reviews Wright
This hitherto unpublished review is appearing on the new WHI blog.
View ArticleWright Misses the Trees for the Forrest
So says Kevin DeYoung. When one knows a priori what a passage has to mean, in light of a grand theme that one has discovered in Scripture, before one ever gets to a given passage actual biblical...
View ArticleWright Caricatures Opposing Views
So says Mike Horton as he continues he review of Wright’s latest: “As typical throughout this volume, Wright both caricatures the opposing view and transforms an important insight into the main point....
View ArticleHorton on Wright's Biblicism
Mike continues his review and critique of Tom Wright’s latest.
View ArticleNew Audio: Exposition of the Nine Points (Pt 1)
Today, in the Adult Class at OURC I began a series of talks explaining the “Nine Points” of “pastoral advice” adopted by URCNA Synod Schereville in 2007. Here is the first 30 minute talk:
View ArticleHelm on Wright and the Reformation
Here is the fourth part of Helm’s review of Wright’s latest.
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