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Quick thoughts from my Justification paper

January 3, 2011 in Scripture, Seminary, Theology, Theology as Life, Wright with 0 Comments

I am still working on the Baptism and the Nicene Creed article, there has been too much good reading to pass up! Just wanted to share a quick thought from the paper I just wrote on Justification and New Perspectives on Paul:

The main banner of the New Perspectives has been reading Paul the way he intended to be read. At various times throughout the twentieth century, that meant ensuring that Paul was read in his Jewish context. Perhaps in the twenty-first century it means protecting against the overcorrection towards which the Church is often so prone to bend.

Great reminder of the privilege of seminary study

December 2, 2010 in Seminary, Theology as Life with 0 Comments

Just received this great reminder in an email from Michael Milton, the Chancellor of RTS:

“As we finish up our work this semester and prepare for Christmas break, I want to challenge you to think about one thing: you are doing what most Christians will never have the opportunity to do. Most believers will be equipped by their pastors and Sunday school teachers or missionaries over a lifetime of learning. They will hear the Word preached to them week in and week out over the years. Yet you, our students, were chosen by God for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: to sit under pastor-scholars for an intensive time of study, vocational and spiritual formation, and preparation in Word and prayer, with added practical experiences at your church internships or counseling centers or other ministry sites, and with the added blessings of seminary collegiality.”

Tim Keller to Pastors: Study Well for your People

November 10, 2010 in Seminary, Theology, Theology as Life with 3 Comments

In reading through Dr. Tim Keller’s White Paper on Creation, Evolution and Christian Laypeople (available free here) I came across this quote from the introduction. What a great reminder to Pastors to study well for their people:

In short, if I as a pastor want to help both believers and inquirers to relate science and faith coherently, I must read the works of scientists, exegetes, philosophers, and theologians and then interpret them for my people. Someone might counter that this is too great a burden to put on pastors, that instead they should simply refer their laypeople to the works of scholars. But if pastors are not ‘up to the job’ of distilling and understanding the writings of scholars in various disciplines, how will our laypeople do it?

How much of a Pastor’s time should be spent studying and reading scholarly works?

Theology in Africa on the Rise?

October 24, 2010 in Seminary, Theology, Theology as Life with 5 Comments

Interesting thoughts on the future of Theological thought over the next few decades from one of my professors at RTS:

“…most of the good stuff will be coming from Africa and Asia”

I shared that thought briefly on Facebook and had some interesting (and funny) responses:

What do you think?

Also, I really want to check out the Africa Bible Commentary, written by over 70 African Scholars and released this past September. Any one picked up a copy yet and have any thoughts?

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