In short, don’t be a parrot! In an oft-referenced essay, “Luke-Acts, A Storm Center in Contemporary Scholarship,” W. C. van Unnik recalls advice he gave to a young scholar-to-be who inquired what issues he might study which would be in vogue: So I said to my young friend that the proper thing for him to… Continue Reading
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Hurtado on Camping's Predictions
Larry Hurtado recently reflected on the false rapture prediction of Harold Camping. He is troubled by three things: (1) that some believers can justify such predictions given the fact that the biblical text indicates Jesus himself does not know the time of his coming; (2) that the media gave so much attention to the issue;… Continue Reading
John Piper Interviews Rick Warren on Purpose Driven Life
Rick Warren and John Piper are among the most influential pastors in the United States (and possibly the world). Piper and Warren are similar in theological perspective but take different approaches to ministry (and quite different approaches to preaching in particular). I believe Warren’s approach to preaching and academia is largely influenced by his sense… Continue Reading
Try this exam!
Couldn’t help but share David Rattigan’s “rejected exam paper,” which I learned about from Mark Goodacre’s NT Blog. Like Goodacre, I particular find #6 funny: 6. Briefly solve the synoptic problem (3-4 lines max). Explain why the problem still baffles scholars today, and suggest what should be done to them. But #7 isn’t bad, either:… Continue Reading
Long Time No Blog
In more ways than one! Not only have I not been posting (studies are keeping me quite busy, along with my ministry position), but my site as a whole was down for sometime. The kind folks who host the site troubleshot the issue, and so I think it’s time to rekindle the blog. Continue Reading
Access to MJT and my recent article
It appears that the Midwestern Journal of Theology is available online through the Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Library catalog. The latest (Spring 2010) edition is out, and here’s a link to the entire journal issue via the online catalog (pdf format). In my article, “The Rhetorical Function of Chiasmus in Acts 2:2-4,” [p. 66-77] (yes,… Continue Reading
Personal Blog
Okay, here’s the second attempt to maintain a ‘non-academic’ blog @ joshlmann.com. Continue Reading
Hurtado Blogging
Welcome Larry Hurtado to the blogosphere… See his latest. From his ‘about’ page: This blog site is a space where I offer comments, analysis, and something of my own contributions to the study of earliest Christianity. I’ll interact with the treatment of early Christianity in the work of other scholars, and also in the popular… Continue Reading
So this is what I'm drinking!
Somehow it escaped my notice that last October some of the faculty at MBTS selected the coffee blend I’ve been drinking for a couple of semesters (and it’s not too bad). From The Midwestern (Winter 2010), page 16: After sampling dozens of coffees brewed from beans and roasts from around the world, the team [of… Continue Reading
Tozer's prayer
One of the highlights of Tozer’s Pursuit of God is the prayers he attaches to the end of his chapters. One I recently reread: O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more. I am painfully conscious of my need for further grace. I am… Continue Reading