The Faith of Jesus Christ, Paternoster

The Faith of Jesus Christ:Exegetical, Biblical and Theological Studies (page 3).

Edited by Michael F. Bird and Preston M. Sprinkle

The Faith of Jesus Christ represents an attempt to grapple with one of the most perplexing problems in Pauline studies, namely that of the phrase pistis christou. Issues of considerable theological import hinge on how we interpret it (does it mean ‘faith in Christ’ or ‘the faithfulness of Christ’?). The topic is now well rehearsed in contemporary scholarship and this volume sheds new light on the question by presenting rigorous exegetical studies from both sides of the debate. It also brings creative new proposals to bear on the problem, and orients the discussion in the wider spectrum of historical, biblical and systematic theology.

The Faith of Jesus Christ represents the most penetrating and comprehensive attempt to date to grapple with the significance of Jesus’ faithfulness and obedience for Christian salvation and the extent to which it is represented in key biblical texts.

Contributors include Francis Watson, Douglas Campbell, Stanley Porter, David DeSilva, Paul Foster, Richard Bell, Joel Willitts, Mark Seifrid, Barry Matlock, Michael Bird, Andrew Pitts, Mark Elliott, Ardel Caneday, Peter Bolt, Bruce Lowe, Bill Salier, Debbie Hunn, Ben Myers, and Preston Sprinkle. Foreword by James D.G. Dunn.

Michael F. Bird is Tutor in New Testament at Highland Theological College, Scotland; Preston M. Sprinkle is Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies, Cedarville University, USA Apr 09 / 978-1-84227-641-9 / £14.99 (est.) / 229 x 152mm / 208pp (est.) / World (excluding North America) / Biblical Studies/New Testament

The book is to be published by Hendrickson in the USA.

The essay that I wrote for the book came out of some of the research that I did while at Tyndale House during my sabbatical during the winter-spring of 2007.

TH Newsletter

Check out the 2009 edition of the Tyndale House Newsletter.

Tyndale Bulletin Now Online

This is a wonderful way to start off a new year. We may now access online back issues of the Tyndale Bulletin, beginning with 1956.

Thanks to David Instone-Brewer and all at Tyndale House for tackling and completing this massive project. When I was studying at Tyndale House two years ago, at this time, the folks were clearing out closet space by removing boxes of back issues and giving them away as they were beginning the digitizing process.

This project provides a great resource for scholars world-wide. Thanks Tyndale House!

Free online access to all SAGE journals

Free online access to all SAGE journals until October 31, 2008

You can now register for free online access to over 500 SAGE journals with content available from 1999–current, until October 31, 2008!

Earlier this year, SAGE celebrated the launch of the 500th journal site on the SAGE Journals Online platform. SAGE Journals Online provides users access to one of the largest collections of social science, humanities, and scientific, technical, and medical content in the world.

You can register here.

New Book Published

I just received word that A Cloud of Witnesses: The Theology of Hebrews in its Ancient Contexts has just rolled off the presses. This book, edited by Nathan McDonald, Trevor Hart, Richard Bauckham, and Daniel Driver (once all of the University of St. Andrews), derived from papers presented at the University of St. Andrews Conference on Hebrews and Theology held in July 2006.

I was invited to contribute my essay to the book, which I was pleased to do. My essay is "The Eschatological World Already Subjected to the Son: The Οἰκουμενῆ of Hebrews 1:6 and the Son’s Enthronement."

Global Implosion and the Korah Effect

Far more serious and far more terrifying than the "global freeze" scare of the late 1970s and early 1980s or the "global warming" fright that presently holds activists, politicians, scaremongers among the media, and moonbat educators in its grip is the issue no one, and I mean no one, is talking about or expressing any concern about it. The issue is "global implosion." Far more serious than any scare or fright attached to rumors that fossil fuels are quickly being depleted is the horror that looms beneath our feet.

The earth is imploding. Sinkholes all around the world are harbingers of horrors to come. The "Korah Effect" threatens humanity. Because of humanity's greed, earth's fossil fuel resources are becoming depleted at alarming rates. Consequently, the earth is fighting back, swallowing up large portions of land, gulping down houses, devouring vehicles, all to warn humans that they will also be swallowed alive like Korah, Dathan, Abiram and their whole families. See Numbers 16.

Scientists are sounding the alarm, but no one in the media is willing to carry the story. Earth scientists are making urgent appeals to world government leaders, but no one gives them an ear. President Bush callously turns a deaf ear to these scientists who warn that all mineral mining, all drilling for oil, all drilling for natural gas, and every other form of mining for earth's treasures must stop immediately. Otherwise, the earth will continue to implode at alarming rates.

Some scientists theorize that only those portions of earth's surface where no mining or drilling is or has taken place may not suffer implosion. However, scientists admit that they are merely speculating. Even those places untouched by mining and drilling may implode. They warn that if individuals seek safety by fleeing their at risk regions to areas of earth's surface that have experienced no history of mining and drilling, the added weight of refugees may put extra strain upon those regions as well, causing even those areas to implode.

Sweden already has begun measures to move an entire town. Reuters reports,

The Arctic town of Kiruna, Sweden's northernmost municipality, is under threat as cracks caused by decades of iron ore mining slowly erode its foundations.

Such is the fate of humans worldwide. The earth is collapsing because of human greed. Mining must cease immediately. Leave the diamonds in the earth. Stop looting the earth's coal resources. Iron ore should forevermore remain where it lies under the earth's surface. Oil must stay in the earth to support the earth's surface. Stop cutting, scraping, digging, drilling, and scarring the earth. If we do not stop, earth will swallow us all alive, just like with Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. We will all be doomed.

Will we survive to see another April 1?

Time Saving Tyndale House Toolbar

Take a look at the latest addition to the Tyndale Tech blog. FInd posted information about the new Tyndale Toolbar . It is a wonderful tool for doing research, especially biblical research. Download the toolbar here. The only toolbar that I have used, until now, is Google's. I have downloaded the Tyndale House toolbar and have been using it for a week or more. I recommend it. It is a great time saver.