Archive for April, 2007

Jesus Christ on the Today Show 08/25/06What do you make of this, guys? Testimony to human gullibility? How would you disprove it?  

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 Nicky Gumbel responds to Dan Brown in a challenging discussion at

Some important connections with early church Christology.

 Jesus Christ in History and Tradition

  It is tempting to by-pass the history of the ways in which Jesus Christ has been interpreted in order to bring the Christ mystery into immediate dialogue with our contemporary situation. However, since we carry the history of our tradition with us, it is important that we acknowledge the way that it shapes our lives and understanding. We are, if you like, part of a living, changing Jesus tradition that influences both the questions we ask and the answers we give to the Jesus event. We are part of an ongoing story. (more…)

Spanning New Testament Studies and Systematic Theology

Check out this important book edited by 

Joel B. Green and Max Turner at

Customer Review:

I like this book because it has helped me immensely on why I should continue reading my Bible.

The central thesis of this collection is to argue for the need to find a biblical hermeneutics that will contribute to theological understanding–this being the supreme purpose of the whole enterprise of Christian biblical studies. This might not sound worth mentioning to millions of Christians around the world especially to this part of the globe. But according to the authors, there have been a long parting of the ways between biblical studies and the quest for religious truth (ie theology). Biblical scholars can have no religious commitment and the result of scholarly works can have no meaning for the life of the church. This is the problem the authors want to fix. The solution offered is termed “theological hermeneutics”. (more…)

Women who got the call

Posted: April 23, 2007 in PENTATEUCH

Here is a further installment towards your “Role of Women in the Pentateuch“ assignment entitled  women-who-got-the-call.doc

“Completely Free”

Posted: April 20, 2007 in Uncategorized

A serious clip from “The Passion of the Christ” with Big Daddy Weave backing music.



Steve Harvey welcomes Christ

Posted: April 20, 2007 in Uncategorized

More on the CONTEMPORIZING CHRIST thread. Check this out:

CHRISTOLOGY SEMINARS

Posted: April 19, 2007 in CHRISTOLOGY

Notes for the Christology (Year 3) class. I’ve attached lecture notes for jesus-in-mark.doc , together with jesus-in-luke.doc, jesus-in-john.doc and matthews-jesus.doc. I append the two powerpoint lectures the-virgin-birth.ppt and jesus-in-the-gospels.ppt. Let me know if any links don’twork.

The assignment is now ready for your strenuous efforts! It’s a simple project: 2000 words on the Development of Christology from CHRIST TO CONSTANTINE (100AD-325 AD). Enjoy!

PEOPLE PROFILES 2

Posted: April 19, 2007 in MODERN CHURCH HISTORY

 

mch-people-profiles-2.doc  This is another compilation of student assignments on the “movers and shakers” of the last three centuries of church history. Some good stuff here. Well done guys!

CHRISTOLOGY IN FILM

Posted: April 18, 2007 in CHRISTOLOGY

This is a scholarly  article entitled the-messianic-figure-in-film-mcever.doc by Dr McEver to prepare for May’s Christology lecture