N.T. Wright’s New Book, “Paul and the Faithfulness of God “

N.T. Wright, one of my favorite NT scholars, is working on the fourth volume (“Paul and the Faithfulness of God “) of the series of Christian Origisn and the Question of God. I’m impatiently waiting for this volume to release. I hope  Wright would give serious attention to Campbell’s  groundbreaking research, “The Deliverance of God: [...]

Reviews of The Deliverance of God

Loren Rosson III did an excellect review of Douglass Campbell’s The Deliverance of God. Other reviews are  here and here .

SBTS Panel (Part II) – N.T. Wright and the Doctrine of Justification

Panel – N.T. Wright and the Doctrine of Justification (Part II) By Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr., Dr. Denny Burk, Dr. Tom Schreiner, Dr. Mark Seifrid, Dr. Brian Vickers
 
You might find Seifrid’s past lecture on Justification by faith helpful. IT is important!

The Justification Debate: A Primer

FROM CHRISTIANITY TODAY
The Justification Debate: A Primer
Two of the world’s most prominent pastor-theologians on justification—and what difference it makes.
John Piper and N.T. Wright, compiled by Trevin Wax
(Wax’s chart is also available to download. Click on the link to do so.)  
 
“Since Christianity Today’s August 2007 cover story, “What Did Paul Really Mean?” Piper and [...]

St. Augustine and Justification by Faith

 In No “Gospel” For Augustine, Perry argues forcefully  and rigorously that the most esteemed Church father in Protestant Christendon did not embrace one of the most stressed doctrines of grace, that of justification by faith.
He begins the essay by stating that
“Protestants of the Classical Reformation variety think of Augustine as their historical anchor. When responding to the objection that [...]

Adrian Rogers on Paul and James, Justification by Faith and Justification by Works

One of the things I  enjoy doing besides reading is to listen to sermons online. The late Adrian Rogers, former Pastor of the famous Bellevue Baptist Church (Memphis, TN)  was  one my favorite preahers. He is still!
Today I listened to a sermon he preached several years ago ” The Autopsy of a Dead Faith.”  Speaking [...]

James Cone and the Doctrine of Justification

Here’s a quote from Rod’s helpful post (James Cone’s Doctrine of Justification: Divine Righteousness in Post-Colonial Perspective) on the subject matter.
“It is important to note that God’s righteousness refers not so much to an abstract quality related to his Being in the realm of thought—as commonly found in Greek philosophy—but to his activity in human [...]

Understanding N. T. Wright’s View of Justification

Understanding N. T. Wright’s View of Justification
Wright stresses that justification is not anthropocentric, as much it is concerned “me” and “my salvation,”  “you” and your salvation,” as it is traditionally resounded in Reformed Theology.  Rather, justification is theocentric and cosmic in scope. Wright espouses a theocentric justification in opposition to an anthropocentric justification. In particular, [...]

Paper proposal Accepted at ETS

I’m pleased to announce  that my paper proposal has been accepted by ETS for the November conference in New Orleans. I will be speaking on “The Ethics of Justification and the Question of Race.” The schedule is as followed:
10:10 – 1o:50
Celucien Joseph (The University of
Texas in Dallas)
“The Ethics of Justification and the
Question of Race”
 
A preliminary [...]

Trevin Interviews Michael Bird

At Kingdom People, Trevin Wax interviews our own doctor : Michale Bird.  Michael talks about his new book on Paul (“Introducting Paul: The Man, His Mission and His Message“) justification, the New Perspective on Paul,  Christ’s righteousness (the very title of this blog [:)), the doctrine of imputation, Paul’s understanding of the Gospel and salvation, [...]