Princeton University’s WordNet defines society as “the fashionable elite.” If that’s true, then I have no idea why the Evangelical Theological Society accepted my application for membership. I’m neither fashionable nor elite. But neither, come to think of it, are most theologians. I am excited about being a part of this organization, however, [...]

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As promised, here are the other two books I mentioned on Friday. The first is The Other Calling: Theology, Intellectual Vocation and Truth (Malden, MA / Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2007) by Andrew Shanks, the Canon Theologian for Manchester Cathedral. Shanks identifies the true calling of an intellectual as a form of priesthood — Melchizedek [...]

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Two carts of new books rolled by this afternoon, out of which I have four to highlight. I shall give you two today and two more on Monday (I can’t be late for dinner tonight!).

I first heard Gordon McConville lecture during my M.Div. days when he came to my seminary to visit one of [...]

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