In my last post (Framing Justice Theologically), I posited the following thesis: “Justice–fairness, though important to God and to God’s people, is nevertheless incomplete. God’s justice is larger than simply fairness or equity. God’s justice…
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Framing Justice Theologically (A Primer on Justice and Missions, Part 1)
About half way into my ethical and theological reflections on Urbana 15, I realized that I needed to preface my response to the challenging messages by Michelle Higgins and Christena Cleveland and InterVarsity’s courageous choice to…
The Apocalyptic Paul and Divine Initiative
This past Thursday Sept. 25th, on the 2nd day of the 2014 Nils W. Lund Memorial Lectureship, Dr. Beverly Gaventa, Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Baylor University, gave two lectures on Paul’s letter to…
Preview of Fire in My Soul: Essays in Honor of Seyoon Kim
At the request of Wipf & Stock, I am dedicating a post on the newly published Festschrift entitled: Fire in My Soul: Essays on Pauline Soteriology and the Gospels in Honor of Seyoon Kim. Here…
(Re)defining Righteousness Language
Right before the Thanksgiving holiday, I attended the Society of Biblical Literature meeting held in Baltimore. I gave a paper for the Biblical Lexicography section entitled: “Greek Words and Roman Meanings: (Re)mapping Righteousness Language in Greco-Roman…