Prophecy and realismHi Andrew, I too have enjoyed the interchange. What I appreciate about your reading of the texts is a strong concern for the redemptive-historical context, as well as the...
John Owen and Federal TheologyFederal Theology (Covenant Theology) is at the heart of the relationship between humanity and God. John Owen (1616-83) was the finest proponent of this theology and we have much to learn from his...
Some thoughts on the definition of 'emerging church'The vigorous debate between the Orthodox/Catholics and the ‘emerging church’ that has been going on recently (see below for the links),
which has been at times very illuminating and at...
Is that third horizon just a mirage?Mike Morrell has articulated a good question about the thesis of The Coming of the Son of Man and Re: Mission. It comes down to this: Given the...
The particularity of the people of GodMike Morrell prompted me initially to respond to Kevin Beck’s This Book Will Change Your World, and has now posted some thought-provoking comments....
Emmanuel Katongole and A Future for AfricaI have started reading Emmanuel Katongole’s A Future for Africa: Critical Essays in Christian Social Imagination as preparation for the Amahoro...
One of theOne of the more peculiar objections that John Piper raises against Wright’s understanding of Paul’s ‘gospel’ is that the announcement that Jesus is...
Katongole: How postmodernism hurts AfricaIn ‘Postmodern illusions and performances’, the fourth essay in A Future for Africa, Emmanuel Katongole argues that postmodernism is unlikely to...
The limited ambitions of the people of GodWilliam Cheriegate asked me to expand on the following remark in my post on Transmillennialism – not least for the benefit of those who ‘grew up in...
Sweet and Viola: A Jesus ManifestoLeonard Sweet and Frank Viola have recently issued A Magna Carta of Restoring the Supremacy of Jesus Christ, a.k.a. A Jesus Manifesto for the 21st...