Archive - September 2010

Serving Pizza and Making Copies

Desire: Have you ever had a desire for something deeper than yourself? Of course, as a Christian, we all have. Has that desire been so strong and so internally compelling that it scared you? Has a desire like this driven you to pursue God in a way...

Latest Updates

Added links to the following papers by Mark D. Nanos under the category From the New Perspective (thanks to Mark for providing the links): ‘Broken Branches’: A Pauline Metaphor Gone Awry? (Romans 11:11-24) ‘Callused,’ Not ‘Hardened’: Paul’s...

Rebuilt Houses

I started seminary as a 32 year-old who experienced some serious personal trials. By the grace of God I had been set free from both pornography and self-gratification as well as gluttony and laziness. I had served in a ministry helping men find...

Latest Updates

Updated the links to Mark D. Nanos’ A Rejoinder to Robert A.J. Gagnon’s “Why the ‘Weak’ at Rome Cannot Be Non-Christian Jews”, Paul and Judaism, The Local Contexts of the Galatians: Toward Resolving A Catch-22, and The Social Context and...

I Keep My Eyes Open During Prayer

On my first day of class, my professor began class with a prayer. While students closed their eyes, listening to the professor’s plea for wisdom in our studies, my eyes remained wide open. Was it because that pile of new textbooks near me...

Winners of the Kindle Contest

We are a bit late posting our winners. Our deepest apologies for the delay. Thanks to all who entered. We pray for your seminary journey to be one of great transformation. We’ll post the first article on Monday, September 6. And, the winners...

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