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  • Converts, Clones, and Disciples

    In “Converts, Clones and Disciples”, Bill Leonard outlines and describes the basic history of Christian conversion in the American evangelical context. Tracing the history of the conversion experience from its American origins in New England Puritans through the Great Awakenings and Nineteenth Century transformation, Leonard outlines five modern approaches to conversion that are employed in…

  • Book Review: How We Got the New Testament (Porter)

    The question “How did we get the New Testament?” continues to underlie many contemporary theological issues, for rarely do we discuss the social concerns of our day without recourse to the words of Jesus, the Biblical narrative, or history of Christianity. Understanding the history of the New Testament, then, may not only demonstrate the integrity…

  • Recommended Reading: August 29-September 4

    Looking for just one thing to read this weekend? Check out Homoousias and the Dignity of Children by John Ehrett. For those of you with additional reading time on your hands, check out the following suggestions, gleaned from around the internet. Think I missed something important? Let me know in the comments section below.

  • Looking Ahead to Fall 2015

    Greetings dear readers! After a busy and exciting summer, I’m looking forward to another informative (and similarly busy) fall term here in Saint Louis. As promised a couple of weeks ago, this post is intended to a) share what went on with me this summer and b) look ahead to what’s going on this fall.…

  • The Value of (Television) Narratives

    At the risk of shocking some of my readers, I want to start this article with a confession: I was raised in a household that did not watch television. Or, at least, did not watch television that was anything other than the Olympics, Presidential speeches, or the occasional Chicago Cubs playoff collapse. Although the primary…

  • The Marcion Problem: Select Bibliography

    Over the past several months, I have been running a series entitled “The Marcion Problem,” where I have been examining Marcion of Sinope’s influence on the development of the New Testament canon. In light of yesterday’s final post in this particular series, I felt it worthwhile to post my select bibliography from this project. As…

  • The Marcion Problem: Conclusions

    This post is the final in the series examining Marcion of Sinope and his influence of the formation of the New Testament canon. By way of closing both our section on modern perspectives on Marcion as well as this series as a whole, I offer the following conclusions. First, upon the review of the various…

  • Book Review: From the Library of C.S. Lewis (Bell and Dawson)

    When I received James Stuart Bell and Anthony P. Dawson’s From the Library of C.S. Lewis: Selections from Writers Who Influenced His Spiritual Journey, I was not sure what to expect. Upon my reading I was pleasantly surprised by both the breadth and depth of the selections employed by Bell and Dawson to introduce and…

  • Recommended Reading: August 22-28

    If you read one article this week, look at Catacomb Time? by George Weigel. For those of you with additional reading time this weekend, check out the following suggestions from around the blogging world. And–as always–if you think there is something else I should have included on this list, let me know in the comments…

  • Blogging at the Beginning of Term

    This pretty much sums up how I feel about blogging at the beginning of academic terms: