Atheism, Missions, Justification, Intelligent Design

Listen to the The Apologetics.com radio interviews on “A Friendly Conversation with Bob the Atheist.” Part 1 (aired 9/30/06) and Part 2 (aired 10/7/06).

Gene Cook interviews John Teehan on the topic “The Evolutionary Basis for Religious Ethics” (aired 10/25/06).

The Seduction of Christianity Today is the theme of a conference sponsor by The Berean Call, Nov. 3-5 2006, Bend OR.

The Case for the Creator is now out on DVD.

Audio from The Northbrook Conference Fall 2006 is online. Featured speaker was Jim Hamilton on the topic “The Church: Temple of the Holy Spirit or Tower of Babel.” Jim is the author of a new book titled God’s Indwelling Presence: The Holy Spirit in the Old And New Testaments (B&H Publishing Group, 2006).

A Literary,Theological, And Canonical Analysis Of The Book Of Jonah, Samuel Saldivar (Ph.D.), Bob Jones University, 2006;

A Systemization Of The Separatist Principles Of Henry Barrow And John Greenwood Taken From Their Ecclesiastical Writings, 1587-1593, Charles M. Barrett (Ph.D.), Bob Jones University, 2006;

The Ministry of Israel To The Nations: A Biblical Theology Of Missions In The Era Of The Old Testament Canon, Kevin P. Oberlin (Ph.D.), Bob Jones University, 2006;

A Critical Comparison Of The Ecclesiology And The Kingdom Perspective Of McGavran And The Missional Church Movement As Applied To The Korean Context, Sangwoo Cho (Th.M.), Calvin Theological Seminary, 2006.

Developing Biblical Discernment: Balancing The Transformation Of Culture With The Call For Personal And Corporate Holiness, Charles W. SWANSON (Th.M.), Calvin Theological Seminary, 2006.

Inter-Religious Dialogue In The Religious Situation Of Korea: The Need, Basis And Principles, Young S. Song (Th.M.), Calvin Theological Seminary, 2006.

Rediscovering the Natural Law in Reformed Theological Ethics. Stephen J. Grabill (Eerdmans, September 2006; ISBN#: 0-8028-6313-2).

Interpreting the New Testament Text: Introduction to the Art and Science of Exegesis. Darrell L. Bock and Buist M. Fanning (Crossway, September 2006; ISBN#: 1-5813-4408-2).

Dante: A Brief History. Peter Hawkins (Blackwell, September 2006; ISBN#: 1-4051-3052-0).

Virtue and the Voice of God: Toward Theology as Wisdom. Daniel J. Treier (Eerdmans, October 2006; ISBN#: 0-8028-3074-9).

Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament: Volume XV. Eds. G. Johannes Botterweck, Helmer Ringgren, Heinz-Josef Fabry (Eerdmans, October 2006; ISBN#: 0-8028-2339-4).

God the Holy Trinity: Reflections on Christian Faith and Practice. Ed. Timothy George (Baker Academic, October 2006; ISBN#: 0-8010-2765-9).

Restoration of Reason: The Eclipse and Recovery of Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. Montague Brown (Baker Academic, October 2006; ISBN#: 0-8010-3154-0).

Justification in Perspective: Historical Developments and Contemporary Challenges. Ed. Bruce L. McCormack (Baker Academic, October 2006; ISBN#: 0-8010-3131-1).

Christian Scholar’s Review,Vol. XXXVI, No. 1 (Fall 2006)
“Beyond Worldview Analysis: Insights from Hans-Georg Gadamer on Christian Scholarship”, by Roger P. Ebertz;
“At Home in Our Bodies: Implications of the Incarnation for Embodiment and Christian Higher Education”, by M. Elizabeth Lewis Hall and Erik Thoennes;
“Intelligent Design as a Theistic Theory of Biological Origins and Development”, by Robert A. Larmer;
“Non-Reductive Physicalism – A Dissenting Voice”, by James B. Stump;
“Thinking Aloud in Public: Michael Polanyi as Public Intellectual-A Review Essay”, by Craig E. Mattson;
“A Response to Brian Ingraffia’s Review of Myron B. Penner, ed., Christianity and the Postmodern Turn: Six Views”, by R. Scott Smith.

Wesleyan Theological Journal, Vol. 41, No. 2 (Fall 2006)
“Sola Scriptura and the Wesleyan Quadrilateral”, by Don Thorsen;
“John Calvin’s Five-Point Misunderstanding of Romans 9: An Intertextual Analysis”, by Charles Edward White;
“A Catholic-Orthodox-Wesleyan Exploration of Sacrament and Ecclesiology”, by Eric Manchester;
“John Wesley and the ‘Servant of God’”, by Laura Bartelis Felleman;
“The Via Negativa in the Life and Writing of Phoebe Palmer;
“The Rise of Women Ministers in the Nineteenth-century Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church”, by David Swartz;
“The Influence of Personalism on the Theology and Education of H. Orton Wiley”, by James Matthew Price;
“The Historical Developement of Wesley’s Doctrine of the Spirit”, by Winfield H. Blevins;
“Some Recent Trends in Wesley Scholarship”, by Henry D. Rack;
“The Redemption and Sanctification of Human Gender and Sexuality: A Constructive Wesleyan Proposal;
“Icon of the Holy Trinity: A Spirit-Christology as Necessary Prolegomena of Ecclesiology”, by K. Steve McCormic;
“A Wesleyan Needle in a Cinematic Haystack: Seeking Sanctification in Contemporary Films”, by Thomas E. Phillips.

Biblical Interpretation: A Journal of Contemporary Approaches, Vol. 14, No. 4 (2006)
“The Fantasy of Genesis 1-3″, by Roland Boer;
“The Ghostly Prelude to Deutero-Isaiah”, by Francis Landy;
“Wohl dem, der deine kleinen Kinder packt und sie am Felsen zerschmettert”: Zur Auslegungsgeschichte von Ps 137,9″, by Siegfried Risse;
“Espaces Géographiques et Théologiques en Rm 1:1-15 et 15:14-33: Regard Narratologique sur la «Topologie» Paulinienne”, by Alain Gignac.

Resurrection, Sin, Plantinga, Miracles

This Friday, Reggie Finley will interview Gary Habermas and Mike Licona live on The Infidel Guy Show on the topic of The Resurrection of Jesus. Show begin at 8pm EDT.

A Pastor friend of mine has a new blog. If you are ever in the Bedford PA area, I encourage you to visit his Church.

Barry Hofstetter posts some Notes on Hebrews 1:3 (posted 10/21/06).

October 26-28, Biola will be holding seminars featuring J. P. Moreland on Spiritual Formation & the Life of the Mind.

Faith Defenders with Robert Morey has recently released a DVD titled The Christian and Conspiracies.

How My Mind Has Changed and Stayed the Same: Excerpts from the 2005-2006 Christian Thought Colloquium”, Vernon Grounds, Gordon Lewis, Bruce Shelley and Bruce Demarest (pg. 12-15).

Listen to Kris Lundgaard’s lectures on “The Enemy Within: The Christian’s Ongoing Fight with Sin.” The audio is from the 2006 conference at Omaha Bible Church.

Robert Bradshaw recently uploaded The New Testament and Jewish Lectionaries by Leon Morris.

Teaching Christian Discipleship Keys: Using Pietism’s Model For Spiritual Growth, Der-Jen Caleb Chou (D.Min.), Ashland Theological Seminary, 2006;

The Pastor As Change Agent: A Study Of Role, Character, And Personality, Andrew J.O. Wright (D.Min.), Ashland Theological Seminary, 2006;

Re-Thinking Titus: Implementing A Grammatical Methodology Of Interpretation, Davis C. Perry (M.Div.), Baptist Bible Graduate School of Theology, 2006.

CLC Journal of Theology, Vol. 46, No. 3 (September 2006)
“Exodus in the New Testament (conclusion)”, by David Lau;
“Exegesis of Psalm 22:1-18″, by Paul Tiefel, Jr.;
“A Red Herring in the WELS Fellowship Doctrine”, by Bertram J. Naumann;
“Ministering to Those with Bipolar Depression”, by Terrel Kesterson.

Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture, Vol. 75, No. 3 (September 2006)
“Miracles, Early Modern Science, and Rational Religion”, by Peter Harrison;
“The Covenantal Quietism of Tobias Crisp”, by David Parnham;
“Hesitant Steps: Acceptance of the Gregorian Calendar in Eighteenth-Century Geneva”, by Jennifer Powell McNutt;
“The Quiet Crusade: Moody Bible Institute’s Outreach to Public Schools and the Mainstreaming of Appalachia, 1921-66 “, by Adam Laats.

Philosophia Christi, Vol. 8, No. 1 (2006)
“Historical Arguments and Dwindling Probabilities: A Response to Timothy McGrew”, by Alvin Plantinga;
“On the Historical Argument: A Rejoinder to Plantinga”, by Timothy McGrew and Lydia McGrew;
“The Counterattack of the Resurrection Skeptics: A Review Article”, by Stephen T. Davis;
“Epistemic Relativism and the Possibility of Religious Epistemology”, by Timothy Mosteller;
“Cartesian Anxiety, Perspectivalism, and the Truth: A Response to J. P. Moreland”, by Myron B. Penner;
“Trinity Monotheism One More: A Response to Daniel Howard-Snyder”, by William Lane Craig;
“Natural Uniformity and Historiography”, by John Beaudoin;
“What is Naturalism?”, by Philip E. Devine;
“Does Plantinga Have His Own Defeater?”, by Bruce R. Reichenbach and Adam W. Nugent;
“Omniscience as a Dispositional State”, by Andrew Cullison;
“Ducking Friendly Fire: Davison on the Grounding Objection”, by William Lane Craig.

Science, Presuppositionalism, Plato, Trinity

What is the Relation of an Eternal God to a Temporal World?, by Michael Follin. Here and here are Powerpoint Presentations on this topic.

Here is a Dictionary of Christology.

Listen to D.A. Carson in an Emerging Conversation (HT – John Divito).

Read Vern Poythress’ new book Redeeming Science: A God-Centered Approach (Crossway, 2006).

An Atheist tries his hand at refuting presuppositional apologetics in Atheism, Reason, and Morality: Responding to Some Popular Christian Apologetics, by D. Gene Witmer.

A Christian takes a stab a presuppositionalism in Some Brief Critical Thoughts on Presuppositionalism, by Richard G. Howe.

Gene Cook interviews (10/23/06) Doug Groothuis on “Was Jesus a Philosopher?”

Listen to an interview with (host) Reggie Finley – Infidel Guy and (guest) Phil Fernandes – Institute of Biblical Defense.

Bruce Ware gives a faculty address (10/18/06) on the topic “Equal in Essence, Distinct in Roles: Eternal Functional Authority and Submission among the Essentially Equal Divine Persons of the Godhead.”

The Challenge of Human Rights: Origin, Development, and Significance. Jack Mahoney (Blackwell, October 2006; ISBN#: 1-4051-5241-9).

Christian Theology (4th Edition). Alister McGrath (Blackwell, October 2006; ISBN#: 1-4051-5360-1).

The Blackwell Companion to Protestantism. Alister McGrath and Darren Marks (Blackwell, October 2006; ISBN#: 1-4051-5746-1).

A Companion to Plato. Hugh Benson (Blackwell, October 2006; ISBN#: 1-4051-1521-1).

Review of Religious Research, Vol. 48, No. 1 (September 2006)
“Religion and Anti-Islamic Attitudes”, by Stephen D. Johnson;
“Christian Conservatism and Militarism Among Teacher Education Students”, by Robert L. Williams, Stacy L. Bliss and R. Steve McCallum;
“The Effects of Organizational Characteristics on the Adoption of the Contemporary Worship Style among Taiwanese Congregations”, by Hui-Tzu Grace Chou and Raymond Russell;
“Research Note: Beyond the Ordinary and Adventist Congregations”, by Roger L. Dudley;
“Church as Contested Terrain: Voice of the Faithful and Religious Agency”, by Laura M. Leming;
“Recent Research on Catholic Parishes: A Research Note”, by James D. Davisdon and Suzanne C. Fournier;
“Retirement Issues for Roman Catholic Priests: A Theoretical and Qualitative Investigation”, by Kevin L. Ladd;
“Research Note: Sexual Misconduct, Non-sexual Touch, and Dual Relationships: Risks for Priests in Light of the Code of Pastoral Conduct”, by Michael N. Kane.

Perspectives in Religious Studies, Vol. 33, No. 3 (Fall 2006)
“The Revelation of the Trinity”, by Fisher Humphreys;
“From Triadic Narrative to Narrating the Triune God: The Development of Patristic Trinitarian Theology”, by Steven R. Harmon;
“God in Three Persons: Baptist Unitarianism and the Trinity”, by Curtis W. Freeman;
“One the Triune God can Help: The Relation of the Trinity to Theodicy”, by Warren McWilliams;
“The Trinity and non-Christian Religions: A Perspective That Makes Use of Paul Tillich as Resource”, by Robison B. James;
“Participating in the Trinity”, by Paul S. Fidde.

Concordia Journal, Vol. 32, No. 4 (October 2006)
“Recte Administrantur Sacramenta ‘Sacraments Administered Rightly’ According to Augustina VII”, by James Alan Waddell;
“Reflections on the Death of God”, by David R. Maxwell;
“Jesus ‘Came Down from Heaven,’ Where Does That Leave Me?”, by Justin Rossow;
“Still a Place for Our Confessions?”, by John Frederick Johnson.

Jesus, Evil, Jonestown, Edwards, Natural Law

A new entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Self-Deception (published 10/17/06).

A new move on Jonestown (released Oct. 20) can be viewed here.

Nature and Scripture by Cornelius Van Til is online (originally published in The Infallible Word: A Symposium.

Listen to Peter Enns on Prov. 3:5-6 and 1 Peter 5:7.

Our Great God and Savior: Part I, by Dustin Segers.

Paul Copan was guest lecturer for the James D. Strauss Lectureship, Oct. 3-4 at Lincoln Christian College and Seminary. Copan’s topic was “Evil and the Cross of Christ.” Listen to Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and the Q&A.

Christ’s Mediatorial Function In God’s Giving Of Verbal Revelation To Man Throughout All Ages, Troy Manning (Ph..D.), Bob Jones University, 2005;

Epistemological Necessity Of Christocentric Soteriology: A Defense Of Religious Particularism In The Theology Of Jonathan Edwards, Yoh Shirato (Ph..D.), Bob Jones University, 2005;

Recovering The Historic View Of Baptist Origins: The Seventeenth Century Baptists’ Theological Identity Interpreted Through A Progressive Illumination Paradigm, Brenton H. Cook (Ph..D.), Bob Jones University, 2005;

The Full Assurance Of Hope: An Analysis Of Contemporary Opinions On Assurance Of Salvation In Light Of A Theology Of Hope In The New Testament, Matthew C. Hoskinson (Ph..D.), Bob Jones University, 2005.

Pro Ecclesia, Vol. XV, No. 3 (Summer 2006)
“King David and the Psalms of Imprecation”, by Gary A. Anderson;
“From Faith to the Text and Back Again: Martin Luther on the Trinity in the Old Testament”, by Mickey L. Mattox;
“Eucharistic Doctrine of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer”, by Ralph N. Mcmichael Jr.;
“Dechristendomization as an Alternative to Secularization: Theology, History, and Sociology in Conversation”, by Timothy Larsen;
“The Plurality of the One God and the Plurality of the Gods”, by Oswald Bayer.

New Blackfriars, Vol. 87, Is. 1011 (September 2006)
“English Catholics on the English Reformation”, by Fergus Kerr;
“The Confrontation Between the Lithuanian Catholic Church and the Soviet Regime”, by Vilma Narkute;
“Alive and Awake in Allah”, by Michael R. Miller;
“Credible Belief in Fides et Ratio: I Explanatory constraints in philosophy, science and religion”, by Peter Hampson;
“Natural Law and the Problem of Contraception: Some Neglected Perspectives”, by Christopher C. Knight;
“Freedom and Destiny in the Philosophy of Technology”, by David Lewin.

Analysis, Vol. 66, Is. 292 (October 2006)
“Fine-tuning is not surprising”, by Cory Juhl;
“How not to state T-sentences”, by Volker Halbach;
“Withdrawal and contextualism”, by Jonathan E. Adler;
“Conservatism, idealism and cardinality”, by Geoffrey Brennan and Alan Hamlin;
“Unknowable truths: a reply to Cook”, by Jennifer Duke-Yonge;
“Weak discernibility’, by Katherine Hawley;
“Structuralism and the identity of indiscernibles”, by Jeffrey Ketland;
“Lewis and Blackburn on quasi-realism and fictionalism”, by C. S. Jenkins;
“The Disappearing Act”, by Roy Sorensen;
“Conditional logic and the significance of Tooley’s example”, by Charles B. Cross;
“True colours”, by Jonathan Cohen, C. L. Hardin, Brian P. McLaughlin;
“The truth about true blue”, by Michael Tye.

Skepticism, OPC, Dembski, Holy Spirit

Gene Cook interviewed today (10/20/06) Michael Shermer on The Narrow Mind.

The Orthodox Presbyterian Church has recently put together a page listing congregations with audio sermons.

Here is a PDF file of a talk William Dembski gave on October 19, 2006 at Southern Evangelical Seminary titled The Reach of the Cross.

Criswell Theological Review, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Fall 2006)
“Interview with Tom Hatler”, by R. Alan Street;
A Response to the above by Wade Burleson is listed here;
“A History of Influence: The Charismatic Movement and the SBC”, by Edward Watson;
“Confession of a Post-Pentecostal Believe in the Charismatic Gifts”, by Roger E. Olson;
“Tongues and the Initial Evidence of Baptism in the Holy Spirit – A Pentecostal Perspective”, by Paul G. Chappell;
“The Incompatibility of a Christian Perspective and Sign Gifts”, by Barry K. Creamer;
“The Heart of a Baptist”, by Malcolm B. Yarnell, III.

John 1:1, Biography, Islam, Justification

• Check out the NeXt Bible Learning Environment from bible.org (beta version).
• “God Cannot Lie.” A Meaningless Statement?, by A.B. Caneday (posted 10/18/06).
• The audio biographies John Piper has put together are now online here (HT- Justin Taylor).
• John 1:1 and the deity of Jesus, or Arianism on the rise, by jps (posted 10/7/06).
• Eternal Word in an “Emerging World”? is the theme of An Emerging Church Forum to be held at Westminster Theological Seminary (East) October 26-28, 2006. Keynote speakers are Scot McKnight and Michael Horton.
• Listen to a discussion on “The Doctrine of Justification” with (host) Todd Wilken and (guests) Peter Bender, Joseph Fisher, Thomas Chryst and Karl Fabrizius.
• Here is a recent lecture by Kim Riddlebarger on “Signs of the Time.”
• Ken Sample recently finished a six week course on Islam and the audio can be heard by clicking here.

• Nonconformity To The World As Redefined By John Howard Yoder, Jane Yoder-Short (M.A.), Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries, 2005;
• A Discourse Analysis Of 1 John 1:1 – 2:11: A Proposal To Integrate Linguistics And Traditional Hermeneutics, Kevin M. Adams (M.Div.), Baptist Bible Graduate School of Theology, 2005;
• Isaiah 40 – 48: An Evaluation Of Open Theism, Gary L. Shultz (M.Div.), Baptist Bible Graduate School of Theology, 2005;
• The Application Of The Sermon On The Mount From A Dispensational Perspective, Eli H. Dowell (M.Div.), Baptist Bible Graduate School of Theology, 2005;
• The Dietary Laws Of Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14, Patrick L. McClure (M.Div.), Baptist Bible Graduate School of Theology, 2005;
• Unlimited Atonement: The Interpretation Of ‘The Propitiation For The Whole World’ In 1 John 2:2, Tomohiko Nishihara (M.Div.), Baptist Bible Graduate School of Theology, 2005.

• Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, Vol. 9, No. 3 (Summer 2006)
  “Eliminating All Empathy: Personalism and the ‘War on Terror’”, by Derek S. Jeffreys;
  “Greek Tragedies: From Myths to Sacraments?”, by Christopher D. Denny;
  “Chesterton: The Real ‘Heretic’: ‘The Outstanding Eccentricity of the Peculiar Sect Called Roman Catholics’”, by James V. Schall;
  “Man-Woman Complementarity: The Catholic Inspiration”, by Prudence Allen;
  “‘All for the Greater Glory of God’: Was St. Ignatius Irrational?”, by Daniel A. Dombrowski;
  “The Role of the Fine Arts in the Spiritual Life”, by Basil Cole and Jem Sullivan;
  “Graham Greene’s Catholic Conversion: The Early Writings (1923-29) and The Man Within“, by Michael G. Brennan.

• Logia: A Journal of Lutheran Theology, Vol. XV, No. 4 (Reformation 2006)
  “A Tribute to Gerhard Forde and Lou Smith”, by James A. Nestingen;
  “Lou Smith: In Memoriam”, by John T. Pless;
  “Funeral Sermon for Gerhard O. Forde”, by Steven D. Paulson;
  “Failing Structures, Vibrant Hopes”, by James A. Nestingen;
  “Part of the Problem Goes All the Way Down”, by Leonard R. Klein;
  “Fidelity in Ministry and Missions: A Letter to My Son”, by J. Larry Yoder;
  “The ELCA, Homosexuality, and the Orders of Creation”, by Jack D. Kilcrease III.

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Van Til, Dawkins, Scripture, Religion

Steve Hays has responded to John Johnson’s newest article title How a Muslim Could Employ Van Til’s Apologetic System: A Response to Frame and Hays.  Steve’s response is Here and James Anderson responds here.

Speaking of presuppositional apologetics, check out the recent interview of Michael Butler. Bulter was a student of Greg L. Bahnsen. See also this recent post by Dustin Seger A Primer for Presuppositional Apologetics.

 Listen to Gary DeMar and Joel Rosenberg debate about Bible Prophecy.

Albert Mohler posts on The Dawkin’s Delusion (Posted 9/26/06).

Joseph E. Torres looks at What’s God’s Time Frame.

Misunderstanding Paul?: Responding to the New Perspectives. J. Ligon Duncan (Crossway, October 2006; ISBN#: 1581347200).

Overcoming Sin and Temptation. John Owen, Eds. Kelly Kapic and Justin Taylor (Crossway, October 2006; ISBN#: 1581346492).

Interpreting the New Testament Text: Introduction to the Art and Science of Exegesis. Eds. Darrell Bock and Buist Fanning (Crossway, October 2006; ISBN#: 1581344082).

Listen to The Authority of Scripture by Bill Wilder (from Oct. 12, 2006).

The Journal of Theological Studies, Vol. 57, No. 2 (October 2006)
“The Relevance of the Old Latin Version for the Septuagint, with Special Emphasis on the Book of Esther”, by Jean-Claude Haelewyck;
“The Markan Community, Myth or Maze? Bauckham’s The Gospel for All Christians Revisited”, by Michael F. Bird;
“Nomina Sacra in Codex E”, by C. M. Tuckett;
“Vox clamantis in deserto: Rhetoric, Reproach, and the Forging of Ascetic Authority in Jerome’s Letters from the Syrian Desert”, by Andrew Cain;
“Divine Self-Invention: Leontius of Jerusalem’S Reinterpretation of the Patristic Model of the Christian God “, by Dirk Krausmüller.

Nova Religio, Volume: 10, Number: 2 (November 2006)
“Psychopathologies and the Attribution of Charisma: A Critical Introduction to the Psychology of Charisma and the Explanation of Violence in New Religious Movements”, by Lorne L. Dawson;
“The Social Construction of Prophecy in The Family International”, by Gordon Shepherd and Gary Shepherd;
“Jewish Yoga: Experiencing Flexible, Sacred, and Jewish Bodies”, by Celia Rothenberg;
“Scaling Heaven’s Gate: Individualism and Salvation in a New Religious Movement”, by Benjamin Ethan Zeller;
“The Study of UFO Religions”, by John A. Saliba.
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