Markus Bockmuehl lectures at Cambridge University (see his website: New Testament Teaching Resources ) and he has a new book out entitled: S...

Several things prompt me to write a post on the controversial topic of Israel and Palestine. I was spurned on by the intriguing post of Ben ...

Faith thus receiving and resting on Christ and his righteousness, is the alone instrument of justification; yet it is not alone in the perso...

One superb site I just found is called Text Excavation run by Ben C. Smith which contains an excellent listing of primary sources for ancie...

See if you can guess the places where I'm going next week: 1. A conference associated with the name of the guy on the left and I look fo...

"Greet Andronicus and Junia ... who are outstanding among the apostles": To be an apostle is something great. But to be outstandin...

For those in denominations fighting over issues pertaining sexuality and the Bible in the PCUSA, United Methodist Church, or the Episcopalia...

I should probably take the time to mention my wife's blog The Bird's Nest which could probably be subtitled: "The Britificatio...

Almighty God, you have given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplication to you; and you have promised through you...

It is often thought that the Gospels were written for isolated and introspective communities. So Matthew was written for a 'Matthean com...

For translations of all of the patristic citations and papyri fragments associated with the Gospel of Peter see the site Text Excavation . E...

In reading through John 1.49-51 I was amazed how the Christological titles Son of God, King of Israel and Son of Man all occur in such clo...

I have had a lull in blogging since the frenzy of marking began about 3 weeks ago. So I'm back, at least until I go on my summer holiday...

In an article on the Gospel of Mark ( RTR 2005) I argued that Mark is an apology for the cross and that Mark wants his readers to believe th...

What function does the parousia (second advent or return of Christ) have in sections of the NT? I am convinced that it is not simply an enco...

After teaching a course on Jesus and the Gospels which focuses on Luke's parables and another course on Luke-Acts, it has really driv...

For an appreciation of the work of Adolf Schlatter see the post by Andreas Kostenberger at his blog Biblical Foundations .

For two studies that deal with the works of F.C. Baur and Walter Bauer see: I. Howard Marshall, "Orthodoxy and Heresy in Earlier Christ...

According to E.E. Lemcio "Unifying Kerygma of the New Testament," JSNT 33 (1988): 3-17; idem, JSNT 38 (1990): 3-11, the kerygmati...

If I had to ever so briefly summarize the history of twentieth-century NT research in Britain it would have to be based around three guys ca...