As readers of this blog will know, I’ve been struggling for some time now with what, if any, impact the so-called “New Perspective on Paul” should have on Reformed theology. In that struggle, my instincts have kept me away from the extremes–on the one hand those who seem to welcome the NPP wholly and uncritically, [...]

Blue Like Jazz by Don Miller. Thomas Nelson, 2003.
I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn’t resolve. But I was outside the Bagdad Theater in Portland one night when I saw a man playing the soxophone. I stood there for firteen minutes, and he never opened his eyes.
After that I liked jazz music.
Sometimes you [...]

So ends our first year at Wesminster Theological Seminary. Final exams ended last week. The sense of freedom and exhilaration one has upon laying down one’s pencil at the end of the last exam (especially if one has five in a week!) is about as close to a high as a seminary student can legally [...]

A few gems from my Doctrine of God notes (note to self: studying theology can be worship!):
What matters supremely, therefore, is not, in the last analysis, the fact that I know God, but the larger fact which underlies it – the fact that he knows me. I am graven on the palms of his hands. [...]

The new frame-poythress.org website is beginning to fill in a bit. Dr. Vern Poythress has posted a couple dozen of his essays, articles, and reviews on the site. The goal of the site is to eventually contain all of the output of theologians Vern Poythress and John Frame.

I recently heard about a remark by N. T. Wright that he considered Westminster Theological Seminary (Philadelphia) to be at the center of opposition to him. This strikes me as a little funny, since all of harshest critics I have read are non-WTS affiliated persons. Without a doubt, there are faculty here who are critical [...]

A month or so ago I mentioned, almost as an aside, that Karyn and I will be going to civil-war torn Sudan this summer to aid some Christian brothers and sisters there. Karyn has posted a full report on the purpose and goals of the trip.

Just finished the Hebrew exam. It was much more challenging than the Greek, but I’m sure I at least passed. I know exactly what I got wrong, and it’s “good enough.”
The thing is, I wish I wasn’t just settling for good enough; I really do want to know these languages well. But a combination of [...]

My classmate Kyle gets it bang on in this post. I know all these people. I may even be married to one of them :ducks:

In less than two hours I begin the first of five final exams over the next week. Greek today, Hebrew tomorrow (Dear Dr. Green, reader of this blog, have I ever told you that you’re my favorite teacher? No? Well, if you’re still writing that exam…you are my favorite teacher, so fair and compassionate, so [...]