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1 Corinthians 11: Hijinks over Headship (opens the original)
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I would never write a commentary on 1 Corinthians. Never. Not gonna happen.For a start, there already are so many good commentaries on 1 Corinthians: Fee, Rosner/Ciampa, Hays, Garland, Starling, and Thiselton. I can’t imagine myself adding anything of note to what they have already said.<div class="image2
Justification by Faith - Covenant and Eschatology (opens the original)
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William Lane Craig on Eternal Generation (opens the original)
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I awoke one morning to find that theological controversy had broken out over a recent video by eminent Christian philosopher and apologist William Lane Craig, in which he expressed agnosticism - not an outright denial - of the doctrine of the eternal generation of the Son.<img alt=""
Two NEW Books on Systematic Theology If You Want Something Different! (opens the original)
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I read, teach, and write in several areas: New Testament, Church History, and Theology (and increasingly AI in relation to education).I find it important to read widely, especially in theology, and to read people who are not your normal or natural pew-fellows.As an Anglican Calvinist, it is comfortable to read other Anglican Calvinists, so to expand my horizons I decided to read a couple of theology books that are out of my normal theological orbit.Subscribe nowFirst, some Pentecostal theology:
This Week in Word from the Bird (opens the original)
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It is reading week at Ridley, so grading week for me, and preparing programs for next year. In the meantime, a few things are coming your way this week.Subscribe nowFriends, while you are here, I’m trying to build my YouTube channels. So if you haven’t already subscribed to Early Christian History and AI for Academics, please consider hitting the subscribe but
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