The Scriptorium Daily

Month: February 2011

  • The Structure of Matthew’s Gospel

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    Fred Sanders
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    The Gospel According to Matthew is intricately structured. A simple outline can capture the basic shape of the book well enough to assist a good reading, but a little more attention shows that this book has several layers of order, all helpful. Consider some of the layers of organization in Matthew, starting with the simplest…

  • Reading Habits at the Gospel Coalition

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    Fred Sanders
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    This week John Starke at The Gospel Coalition Blog ran a series of brief interviews about reading habits. They asked Carl Trueman, Bradley Green, and me to say a few words about what we read, how we pick books, what we’re reading, and so on. Here’s my key advice: The most important advice I can…

  • A Theology of California? (Call for Papers)

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    Fred Sanders
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    Is there such a thing as a theology of California? I have long suspected that there is, or at least that Christians living in California need to be equipped with a functional theological account of what this state is and what it means for the human spirit. I don’t imagine that every state rises to…

  • What Happened in Thessalonica

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    Fred Sanders
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    The New Testament gives two different accounts of what happened when Paul and Silas preached the gospel in Thessalonica. One tells the external events, but the other gives the spiritual and theological meaning. Acts 17 has a fairly brief report (sandwiched in between the longer reports on the work in Philippi and Athens): Paul went…

  • Brief Notice: Scott Bessenecker's Living Mission

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    Greg Peters
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    I recently finished reading a new book edited by Scott A. Bessenecker entitled Living Mission: The Vision and Voices of New Friars (InterVarsity, 2010). Given my propensity toward all things monastic, I was mostly drawn to this book by its subtitle and was eager to read up on these so-called new “friars.” This designation is…

  • The Trinitarian Theology of Bill Bright

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    Fred Sanders
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    I have argued that “evangelical Christians have been in reality the most thoroughly Trinitarian Christians in the history of the church.” It’s a cheeky thing to say (the review in Christianity Today called the claim “a strong one, but… not capricious”), I suppose, since it doesn’t map onto current evangelical self-understanding. But I tried to…

  • Think Bigger: There's Not a "Trinity Verse" –and That's a Good Thing

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    Fred Sanders
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    In the current (Winter 2011) issue of Biola Magazine, I’ve got a brief article that describes the Biblical case for the doctrine of the Trinity. Here’s the intro: The Trinity is a biblical doctrine, but let’s admit it: There’s something annoying about how hard it is to put your finger on a verse that states…