In this episode of The Two Cities podcast we are joined by Dr. Beverly Roberts Gaventa, who is Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Baylor University (Waco, TX), and the author of When in Romans: An Invitation to Linger with the Gospel According to Paul (Baker, 2016). Over the course of our conversation we talk about Dr. Gaventa’s current research on Romans for the New Testament Library series, noting some distinctive features of her reading...
I had the privilege of participating in a symposium put on by the Oikonomia Network back in January 2019 in Dallas, TX. The proceedings from our respective biblical and theological colloquia have now been compiled into a brand new volume published by Wipf & Stock, in their Pickwick imprint, called Human Flourishing: Economic Wisdom For A Fruitful Christian Vision of the Good Life, edited by Gregory Forster and Anthony R. Cross. Here is a link...
We are thrilled to officially launch The Two Cities Podcast. You can find it on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor, Breaker, Radio Public, and a few other podcast platforms. Please subscribe and write us a review as it helps spread the word! Today we are launching three episodes to kick off the podcast. Here are the short descriptions of each episode. Episode 1 – Parasite (Movie Review) – Parasite (dir. Bong Joon-ho) is a...
My new article in Journal of Biblical & Theological Studies is now officially out. The paper is entitled, “Eschatological Emphases in 1 Thessalonians and Galatians: Distinct Argumentative Strategies Related to External Conflict and Audience Response.” In this article I am addressing a couple of different issues at once. To begin, there is the issue of the chronological ordering of Paul’s letters. Most scholars tend to think that 1 Thessalonians is the earliest and most primitive example of...
As I study and research I came across the Apocalyptic Perspective. This “new trend” in Biblical theology is quite appealing. It provides a new way of thinking about salvation, redemption, creation, and most importantly good and evil. It seems that it all started with Bultmann who thought that myth should be interpreted not cosmologically but anthropologically, creating the cosmological vs anthropological debate. But then Käsemann disagreed and argued that anthropology was cosmology and that the...
The September 2013 issue of the Journal for the Study of the New Testament is now available online and will be in print shortly. My article on the meaning of the Greek word ΠΑΣΧΩ in Galatians 3.4 is included in the volume (“Suffering In Vain: A Study on the Interpretation of ΠΑΣΧΩ in Galatians 3.4,” JSNT 36.1 [2013]: 3-16). If your College/University/Seminary has access to JSNT then you can download the .pdf file by navigating this link...
I’m nearly halfway through the first college course I’ve ever taught at Lincoln Christian University (the Las Vegas extension). Since the course is on Galatians, which is what my PhD research at the University of St Andrews under Prof. N. T. Wright focuses on, I thought it might be a good idea to provide a few comments on the commentaries I find most helpful for those of our readers who are planning on working through...
It was Easter Sunday in 1972. My grandfather was preparing to sing an Easter cantata with his church choir when he suffered a stroke and collapsed. On the following Sunday, he went to be with the Lord. I never met my grandfather, but I’ve heard countless stories from my mother about what a wonderful man he was, full of joy, gentle-natured and filled with the love of his Savior. Four years ago, on the night...
I don’t remember ever saying this, but here goes. I’ve never been more confident of my salvation. I’ve never felt so secure. I’ve never been so satisfied in Christ. And yet, at the same time, I’m more aware of my sin, ready to acknowledge it, even willing to tell people about it. Sound like a paradox? Welcome to the Christian life. I’m convinced that a true understanding of the gospel allows these two truths to...
I can recall growing up being told that I should avoid ‘looking like the World.’ The idea was more assumed than ever really explained. Consistently though I was told I was out of line in regards to music. At the Christian school I attended in Jr. High and High School we were told that electrical instruments were evil; the most vile of all being the drums. The problem was that I was a budding electric...
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