The Crucial Pillars of the New Perspective Going back to the original question, what is the gospel according to Paul? N. T. Wright has made a career out of answering this question. In his research, Wright has identified several crucial pillars that uphold Paul’s fundamental framework for doing theology. These Read more…
(This post is an excerpt from my working manuscript provisionally titled Holiness in Fresh Perspective or Covenant, Cross, and Kingdom: Holiness in Fresh Perspective. All rights reserved) For too long we have read Scripture with nineteenth-century eyes and sixteenth-century questions. It’s time to get back to reading with first-century eyes and twenty-first century questions. Read more…
(This is an excerpt from my working manuscript, Holiness in Fresh Perspective). All Rights Reserved. The New Perspective highlights the corporate people of God as a central point of reference of Paul’s theology and thought. For Paul, God’s redemptive mission is for a people, through a people. This interpretive posture is Read more…
As already announced, I’m working on a manuscript titled Holiness in Fresh Perspective. The goal of the project is very specific: to situate the biblical doctrine of holiness within the new framework of understanding Paul’s thought and theology championed by N.T. Wright. N.T. Wright’s work has brought considerable depth to Read more…
The more of N.T. Wright I read the more excited I become. To start, I find that his critique of Piper is spot on with specific regard to the following items: 1. Neglect of the covenant as the context for God’s saving the world. This point resonates with me particularly Read more…
I wanted to share this with you. I read this just this morning in the Preface to N.T. Wright’s Justification: God’s Plan and Paul’s Vision and thought it was excellent. “Second, the question is about the means of salvation, how it is accomplished. Here John Piper, and the tradition he represents, have said Read more…
An Exegetical-Theological Analysis of Isaiah 52:13-53:12 Introduction Isaiah 52:13-53:12 is one of the most thoroughly treated texts of Old Testament studies. The text has received heightened consideration because it represents a unique Old Testament passage that speaks of a (seemingly) messianic figure who undergoes vicarious suffering for the atonement of Read more…
Walter H. Rose summarizes well in in stating that the Hebrew Bible understands the Messiah to be “a future royal figure sent by God who will bring salvation to God’s people and the world and establish a kingdom characterized by features like peace and justice.”[1] The long awaited Davidic King Read more…