Some Thoughts on Ralph Winter (1924-2009)

A few weeks back I received the latest copy of Missions Frontiers, a magazine that ships to my apartment every other month.  The first thing I would read, like probably all of its subscribers, was Ralph Winter’s editorial.  In this past issue, for the first time in the 30 years of the publication, Winter did [...]

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Mercy and Justice in Perfect Harmony

In his book, Defending God: Biblical Responses to the Problem of Evil, James Crenshaw seeks to search the Bible for an adequate response to the problems of evil and “God’s perceived injustice” (p.18).  Here I wish to address the common thread which Crenshaw himself notes as unifying his work: “the abiding tension between justice and [...]

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Andersen on Lessons Learned in Job

After hearing an excellent sermon today partly based on Job, I was inspired to look at Francis I Andersen’s excellent commentary on Job in the Tyndale Old Testament series.  Although I think he downplays the rebuking aspect of God’s speeches in chapters 38-41 too much, I found this quote helpful (though relegated to a footnote [...]

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The Authority of Experience

The scene is my first class in Systematic Theology at Gordon-Conwell.  The professor, Dr. Richard Lints, begins his lecture.  His first point, (at least, the first I remember), is that the theological project is not a matter of studying God, or putting God under the microscope, as it were.  Instead, good theology ultimately winds up with [...]

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Christian Carnival CCLXXVII: Boston Edition

For the first time, we here at BBG are proudly hosting the Christian Carnival, with a special Bostonian flare.  The Carnival is a collection of posts from around the blogosphere regarding a variety of topics written from a Christian viewpoint.  Without further ado, here are the posts with a tour of our fine city (note: [...]

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Book Review: The Revelation of Saint John by Ian Boxall

Special thanks to Kathy of Hendrickson Publishers for a review copy of this book.  I should note that paperback volumes of the Black’s series will be released in the relatively near future.  I have a hardcover copy. I have a confession to make.  When I first saw this commentary a couple years back, I asked [...]

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Why I Am A Premillennialist: Some Thoughts in Progress

I originally posted this on my old blog, but since I’ve been working through Revelation again I decided to post it again here.  As I read back over this, I’m still convinced that these are valid points that need to be considered, though they are still thoughts in progress. One of the most debated passages [...]

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Book Review: Christianity and Western Thought, Vol.2

In the second volume of the Christianity & Western Thought series, co-authors Steven Wilkens and Alan Padgett set out to capture the major philosophical ideas and personalities of the 19th century. Considering the wealth of material encompassed by such an endeavor, the task is a formidable one. The text begins by declaring Immanuel Kant to be [...]

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Christian Carnival 275

I just wanted to let our reader(s) know that the latest Christian Carnival is up at Minority Thinker, including one of our posts from here at BBG.

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