NT Wright on the Resurrection

In honor of easter, two vids from N.T Wright on resurrection. The first one gives a short snippet of some of his thinking on eschatology from his book "suprised by hope", the 2nd video is more of the apologetics angle, where he talks about whether a scientist can believe the resurrection.

Bible Q and A website

I have been reading the book of Job devotionally recently and as I am in the last few chapters now I was curious about how to read and interpret the figure of Elihu. Is elihu to be thrown in the same group as Job's friends or is he to viewed as a mouthpiece of God, a messenger preparing the way of the Lord. Confused by this, after finishing my quiet times I did what most 21st century biblical readers have done in their time....I googled my question. Upon doing so I found this great website: a biblical hermeneutics q and a website.

I didnt get a chance to flip through it in detail, but it helped me think through Elihu (gave reason for both sides) and flipping through some of the pages allowed me to see that there was quite a bit of other good questions and answers, I would recommend that it is worth taking a look.

NT Wright on new book "Paul and the Faithfulness of God"

I have really enjoyed N.T Wright's writings in the past few years, and have even launched myself into his huge "christian origins and the question of God" series. Thus far, I have only read things by Wright concerning Jesus, the gospels and the resurrection. I have yet to read anything he has had to say concerning Paul. I have heard people I respect and listen too say that "his work on Jesus is amazing but his stuff on Paul you should stay away from." I believe the controversy of Wright and Paul is mainly concerning his views of justification, a view that gained popular light in the evangelical world when it went in a back and forth tussle with Piper a few years back. Anyways, because of the controversy I have always stood afar from his thoughts on Paul, but with his new book out I decided I would listen to this lecture about the book and justification. It's worth the listening too!

A history of fundamentalism and evangelicalism

I read this great blog by Justin Taylor today about 10 key events of fundamentalism and evangelicalism in the 21st century. It is enlightening to see the history of the discussions that I still going on today, to see the roots of questions like "inherency and evolution..." and the liberal vs conservative divide that has gone back over the past hundred years (and certainly it could be traced back even before that).
It is well worth the read for all young people like me who have grown up hearing the questions but maybe not fully appreciated the history of the discussion they are involved in.

A working definition of Theology- faith seeking understanding

Tomorrow in our Bible school we will be discussing "what is theology and why is it important'? I enjoyed reading through the introduction of Alister Mcgrath's basic theology as I have thought threw this question.

Mcgrath begins in his preface by saying that (1) Theology= Talking about God and (2) Christian Theology = talking about God in a Christian way. He goes on to say that: “The study theology is to thus think systematically about the fundamental ideas of Christianity. It is intellectual reflection on the act, content, and implications of the Christian faith.”.....“Theology can be thought of as the Christian discipleship of the mind”

This reminded me of a simpler version of Karl Barth's opening thesis in his Church Dogmatics:

"As a theological discipline dogmatics is the scientific self-examination of the Christian Church with respect to the content of its distinctive talk about God" (Vol.1:1 pg.3)


The quote that has stuck with me the most from Mcgrath's book is one he quotes from Anselm of Canterbury:

Theology is “faith seeking understanding” '(Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109)

Luther's Commentary on Galatians

Going through Galatians in SBS today. Found Luther's commentary on Galatians online at several different sources....here is one of the easier ones to access, don't even need to download. Though if you would like it on PDF or kindle version, that is easy to find online as well.


just go to the following link luther on galatians and then click on the book of galatians and it will give you luther's comments chapter by chapter

Sorrow and Joy Poem by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Sorrow and Joy
By Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Sorrow and Joy:
startled senses striking suddenly on our
seem, at the first approach, all but impossible
of just distinction one from the other:
even as frost and heat at the first keen contact
burn us alike

Joy and Sorrow,
hurled from the height of heaven in meteor fashion,
flash in an arc of shining menace o’er us.
Those they touch are left
stricken amid the fragments
of their colorless, usual lives.
Imperturbable mighty,
ruinous and compelling,