Archive for the ‘Theological Education’ Category

What is Soteriology?

Posted: October 13, 2009 in Christianity, Church, God, Growing in grace, Searching for God, Soteriology, Theological Education, THEOLOGY
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1. The Subject Matter of Soteriology 1. What is Salvation? 2. History of Understanding Salvation 3. Contemporary Trends and Relevance of Soteriology 1. The Subject Matter of Soteriology (1) What is Soteriology? (i) Soteriology as an academic discipline is primarily a study of salvation, i.e., what it is, how it is acquired, and how it [...]

Using the Internet at Bible College (2)

Posted: March 4, 2008 in Biblical Interpretation, Church History, Early Christian thought, Early Church History, Enoch, Hermeneutics, NT apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, Theological Education
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Another instalment of academic sites of particualr interest to the postgraduate class.

Using the Internet at Bible College

Posted: February 19, 2008 in Bible, Bible Studies, College, NEW TESTAMENT, Old Testament, Theological Education
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A recent photo of dr-baker-in-his-study.jpg reminded me of the usefulness of internet research. Here’s a few pointers. Important websites (“meta-sites”) See the relevant links for Biblical Studies on the useful links pages. A particularly useful site for New Testament work is the New Testament Gateway. For Old Testament / Hebrew Bible, the iTankakh site, Ralph [...]

Ready to go? The second semester looms…

Posted: December 29, 2007 in INTRODUCTION TO CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE, Old Testament, PENTATEUCH, REFORMATION: HISTORY AND THEOLOGY, Theological Education, THEOLOGY
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Now that the next semester is looming (!) and the holidays all but gone, I present a short book list for those intending to take the courses I am offering in February. 1. PENTATEUCH This is a first year course: an over-all sketch study of the first five books of the Bible. The textbook is    [...]

James Packer on Why we need the Puritans: “A QUEST FOR GODLINESS”

Posted: October 12, 2007 in Calvinist, Christianity, Puritan, Puritan Theology, Puritanism, Reformed, Theological Education
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Horse Racing is said to be the sport of kings. The sport of slinging mud has, however, a wider following. Pillorying the Puritans, in particular, has long been a popular pastime both sides of the Atlantic, and most people’s image of Puritanism still has on it much disfiguring dirt that needs to be scraped off. [...]

Romans: Review on Esler

Posted: October 11, 2007 in Bible, College, NEW TESTAMENT, PAULINE EPISTLES, Romans, Theological Education
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Just a reminder that one of the course requirements of the Romans module is a reading and analysis of Philip Esler’s important book Conflict and Identity in Romans: The Social Setting of Paul’s Letter You can find the book at http://www.amazon.com/Conflict-Identity-Romans-Social-Setting/dp/0800634357 though have a look at http://abebooks.co.uk (where I got my cheaper copy) Here’s a [quite academic] [...]