I have to say that I had a great time with Prof Michelle Knight and Prof James Arcadi on the Foreword podcast of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. We recorded the episode a few weeks ago…
pastoral reflections
The NT Lund Lectures 2017: Grant Macaskill on the Mystery and Sufferings of Christ
Prof. Grant Macaskill, the NT Lund Lecturer for 2017 Today (Sept 28, 2017), the New Testament series for the Nils W. Lund Memorial Lund Lectureship was given by Dr. Grant Macaskill, the Kirby Laing Chair…
The OT Lund Lectures 2017: Brent Strawn on the Bible as Poetry, Not Narrative
Prof. Brent Strawn, the OT Lund Lecturer for 2017 This week we’re right in the middle of North Park Theological Seminary’s annual Lund Lectureship and Symposium on the Theological Reading of Scripture. Each year, for…
Paul as Pastor
Last week, I was at the Evangelical Covenant Church’s Midwinter 2017 Conference. With fear and trembling, I was asked to teach on the topic of leadership in the New Testament, and I ended up preparing…
Christmas Blessings 2016
Photo of a painting I purchased from a Christian artist during my trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo entitled “Nativity” © May 2015 As I was reading Luke 1 during our family “7 Day Countdown…
Back in Chicago after a Month in Jersualem
I returned to the States after a glorious April month in east Jersusalem at the Ecolé Biblique et Archéologique Française (or EBAF, for short). I’m still processing my experience in the midst of pushing forward…
Reflections on Urbana 2015 (Part 2: Ethical and Theological)
In my last post on Urbana 2015, I shared my personal and pastoral reflections on the messages and seminars I heard at the conference. Then as I started this post, I realized that I needed to preface my comments…