Hanging Up the Resource Blog

In 1999 I started up the Resource Center for Theological Research. One of the purposes of this organization was to get into the hands of the average Christian (i.e. those not attending Bible Colleges or what have you)  good resources so they can be equipped to engage the culture.

I opened up rctr.org and began the Resource Index, designed to gather together in one place, theology and apologetics resources (e.g. books, audio, articles, etc.).  This has grown over the years and many people link to particular pages of this site on their own blogs and Websites (thank you). 

I also started the Resource Report, which catalogued new resources produced in the areas of theology, apologetics and philosophy.  When I started this, most people did not have access to the material I included, without paying for it.  As technology changed, the Resource Report changed to the Resource Blog.  Technology continues to change and everything I include in the Blog can be accessed online, free of charge. It just takes a little work on your part.

Well, it has come time to hang up the resource blog.  One reason I’m hanging this up is due to the fact that I have not graduated college yet.  What does that have to do with the blog?  I spend too much time on things like this, and neglect was really needs to be done.   My family is also growing (baby #3 due any day), which is going to limit more of my time. Archives of past blog entries from 2004-2006 will stay online here.

My RCTR.ORG site will stay and I’ll continue with the Resource Index as time allows.

Lord willing, as I spend more time on studying and writing papers, I’ll be able to put some things together that will benefit the body of Christ.

For those who benefitted from the blog over the years, I apologize for dropping this, but this day should have come a long time ago.

Atheism, Ethics, Gospel of John, New Testament

TAG: So Basic, It’s Often Honestly Misunderstood (or is it due to a desire for autonomy?)”, Ronald W. Di Glacomo (posted 11/26/06).

The Future of Atheism is the theme of the 2007 Greer-Heard Point-Counterpoint Forum scheduled for February 23-24, 2006. Speakers include Alister McGrath, Daniel Dennett and others.

The Case for a Creator will be an event held in Chase Gymnasium at Biola University, December 7, 2006. Speakers include Lee Strobel, JP Moreland, William Lane Craig, Jonathan Wells among others.

Reconciliation Blues: A Black Evangelical’s Inside view of White Christianity. Edward Gilbreath (InterVarsity Press, December 2006; 0-8308-3367-6).

The Promise of Scriptural Reasoning. Eds. David Ford and C.C. Pecknold (Blackwell, December 2006; 1-4051-4630-3).

Doubting: Growing Through the Uncertainties of Faith. Alister McGrath (InterVarsity Press, January 2007; 0-8308-3352-8).

John 1-10 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture). Joel C. Elowsky (InterVarsity Press, January 2007; 0-8308-1489-2).

Biblical Interpretation: A Journal of Contemporary Approaches, Vol. 14, No. 5 (2006)
“Transcending the Boundary of Death: Ecclesiastes Through a Nabokovian Lens”, Michael Carasik.
“La Cohérence narrative de 2 Rois 3: Une Réponse à Jesús Asurmendi”, André Wénin.
“Narrative Surprise in Biblical Parallels”, Baruch Alster.
“In Go(l)d We Trust: Literary and Economic Currency Exchange in the Debate over Caesar’s Coin (Mark 12:13-17)”, Alan H. Cadwallade.
“Paul and the Introspective Conscience of Martin Luther: The Impact of Luther’s Anfechtungen on His Interpretation of Paul”, Stephen J. Chester.

Biblical Theology Bulletin, Vol. 36, No. 3 (Fall 2006)
“Once Upon a Kingdom”, David M. Bossman.
“Rethinking John’s Social Setting: Hidden Transcript, Anti-Language, and the Negotiation of the Empire”, David Reed.
“Worship in the Fourth Gospel: A Cultural Interpretation of John 14-18 (Part 1)”, Jerome H. Neyrey.
“Performance Criticism: An Emerging Methodology in Second Testament Studies (Part 1)”, David Rhoads.

Churchman, Vol. 120, No. 3 (2006)
“The Passions of the Marian Martyrs: Lessons for the Anglican Communion”, Andrew Atherstone.
“A Conceptual Foundation for using the Mosaic Law in Christian Ethics – Part 2″, Zoe Holloway.
“Forty Years On: An Evangelical Divide Re-visited”, Andrew Grills.
“New World, New Temple, New Worship: the Book of Revelation in the Theology and Practice of Christian Worship – Part 3″, Martyn Cowan.

Novum Testamentum, Vol. 48, No. 3 (2006)
“‘The Lilies of the Field’ Reconsidered: Codex Sinaiticus and the Gospel of Thomas”, Dirk Jongkind.
“Das Weltgericht und die Matthäische Gemeinde”, Joong Suk Suh.
“The Written Torah and the Oral Gospel: Romans 10:5-13 in the Dynamic Tension between Orality and Literacy”, Akio Ito.
“Living in the Shadow of Cain Echoes of a Developing Tradition in James 5:1-6″, John Byron.
“Zur Neuübersetzung des Thomasevangeliums in der Alandschen Synopse”, Paul Schüngel.

Modern Theology, Vol. 22, Is. 4 (October 2006)
“Setting Free The Mother Bird: On Reading A Strange Text”, Rachel Muers.
“Towards a Non-Possessive Concept of Knowledge: On the Relation Between Reason and Love in Aquinas and Balthasar”, David C. Schindler.
“Balthasar and Gnostic Genealogy”, Cyril O’ Regan.
“Scholasticism, Modernism and Modernity”, John Milbank.

Scottish Journal of Theology, Vol. 59, Is. 4 (November 2006)
“Preventing genocide: the role of the church”, Nico Vorster.
“Re-examining the Johannine Trinity: perichoresis or deification?”, David Crump.
“The constructive use of ‘vernacular religion’”, W. Graham Monteith.

The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology, Vol. 10, No. 3 (Fall 2006)
“Learning from John Today”, Stephen J. Wellum.
“Getting Up to Speed: An Essential Introduction to 1 John”, Barry Clyde Joslin.
“The Setting of 2 John and 3 John”, John Polhill.
“Persevering in Christ and Tests of Eternal Life”, A. B. Caneday.
“Sin and Perfection in 1 John”, Colin G. Kruse.
“A Linguistic Overview of 1 John”, Randall K. J. Tan.

New Blackfriars, Vol. 87, Is. 1012 (November 2006)
“Reclaiming Leisure”, Fergus Kerr.
“Self and World”, Stephen Theron.
“Homosexuality, Seen in Relation to Ecumenical Dialogue: What Really Matters to the Catholic Church”, Philippe Bordeyne.
“Saint Catherine of Siena’s Pedagogy of the Cross”, Perry J Cahall.
The Meaning of the Visit of the Magi”, Frank Mobbs.
“What the Problem with Aquinas Isn’t”, Mark T. Nelson.
“Metaphysical Foundations for Natural Law”, Owen Anderson.
“Credible Belief in Fides et Ratio: II The theology-psychology dialogue”, Peter Hampson.
“Recent Thomistica IV”, Fergus Kerr.

Modern Reformation, Vol. 15, Is. 5 (November/December 2006)
“Govern Well or Be Governed? The Christian and the Civil Authorities in Romans 13″, Brian J. Lee.
“Mercy Ministries: Two Perspectives”, Randy Nabors and Bill Smith.
“Creeds and Deeds: How Doctrine Leads to Doxological Living”, Michael Horton.
“Independence Day”, Paul Zahl.

Journal for the Study of the New Testament, Vol. 29, No. 2 (December 2006)
“Psalms and the Baptist”, F. Gerald Downing.
“Paul and Roman Stoicism: Romans 12 and Contemporary Stoic Ethics”, Runar M. Thorsteinsson.
“Paul’s Stoicizing Politics in Romans 12-13: The Role of 13.1-10 in the Argument”, Troels Engberg-Pedersen.
“‘The Offering of the Gentiles’ in Romans 15.16″, David J. Downs.
“‘Being Saved without Honor’: A Conceptual Link between 1 Corinthians 3 and 1 Enoch 50?”, Ronald Herms.
“The ‘Gospel’ and the ‘Word’: Exploring Some Early Christian Patterns”, Michael W. Pahl.

Studies in Christian Ethics, Vol. 19, No. 3 (December 2006)
“Truth, Knowledge and Communication: Thomas Aquinas on the Mystery of Teaching”, Vivian Boland.
“Moral Theology on Earth: Learning from Two Thomases”, Romanus Cessario.
“Sacramental Characters”, Mark D. Jordan.
“The Way of Aquinas: Its Importance for Moral Theology”, D. Stephen Long.
“Nature as Reason: A Thomistic Theory of the Natural Law”, Martin Rhonheimer.
“A Response to Martin Rhonheimer”, Jean Porter.
“Reply to Jean Porter”, Martin Rhonheimer.
“The Infallibility, Impeccability and Indestructibility of Synderesis”, Luc-Thomas Somme.

Pneuma, Vol. 28, No. 2 (2006)
“My Chance Meeting with Heinrich Ott”, Frank D. Macchia.
“Reflective Speech: Glossolalia and the Image of God”, Blaine Charette.
“Redeemed or Destroyed: Re-evaluating the Social Dimensions of Bodily Destiny in the Thought of Charles Parham”, Leslie D. Callahan.
“Re-envisioning the Pentecostal Understanding of the Eucharist: An Ecumenical Proposal”, Wesley Scott Biddy.
“‘March Forward to Hope’: Yonggi Cho’s Pentecostal Theology of Hope”, Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen.
“A Final Round with Larry Wood”, Donald W. Dayton.
“Pentecostal History from Below Should be Fair to Missionaries Also”, Joseph L. Castleberry.
“Grasping the Global Reality: A Review of Allan Anderson’s An Introduction to Pentecostalism“, David D. Daniels.
“When is a Pentecostal a Pentecostal? The Global Perspective of Allan Anderson”, Michael Wilkinson.
“The Hazards of Writing a Book on Global Pentecostalism”, Allan Anderson.
“Pentecostalism and the Possibility of Global Theology: Implications of the Theology of Amos Yong”, Wolfgang Vondey.
“Performing Global Pentecostal Theology: A Response to Wolfgang Vondey”, Amos Yong.
“David Coffey’s ‘Did You Receive the Holy Spirit When You Believed?‘ A Review Essay”, Donald L. Gelpi.

Political Theology, Vol. 7, No. 4 (October 2006)
“Pride, Sensuality and Han: Revisiting Sin from the Underside”, Susan L. Nelson.
“Reinhold Niebuhr: Public and Private”, Marion Pauck.
“Tomas Garrigue Masaryk (1850-1937): European Politician and Christian Philosopher”, Ian M. Randall.
“Now More than Ever: Terrorism, Asymmetric Warfare, and the Just War Tradition”, Douglas McCready.
“Five Rules for Teaching Social Justice”, Joe Pettit.
“Two Reformers: Martin Luther and Mary Daly as Political Theologians?”, Caryn D. Riswold.
“Wise as Serpents?: Can Christian Organizations Make a Claim for “Secular” Funding without Losing their Integrity?”, Nigel W. Oakley.

Anvil, Vol. 23, No. 3 (2006)
“Being a Christian in the North East”, Liz Hoare.
“Charismatic Christianity and the appeal of Celtic Pneumatology”, Nigel Scotland.
“Myths of Celtic Christianity”, Gavin Wakefield.
“Thomas Cranmer’s Theology of the Heart”, Ashley Null.

Journal of Early Christian Studies, Vol. 14, No. 3 (Fall 2006)
“Clement of Alexandria and Early Christian Music”, Charles H. Cosgrove.
“Rhetoric of Martyrs: Listening to Saints Perpetua and Felicitas”, Erin Ronsse.
“Towards a Miraculous Economy: Christian Gifts and Material “Blessings” in Late Antiquity”, Daniel Caner.

Journal of Contemporary Religion, Vol. 21, No. 3 (October 2006)
“Migrant Religiousness and Social Incorporation: Tamil Hindus from Sri Lanka in Germany”, Martin Baumann and Kurt Salentin.
“Secularisation, Wales, and Islam “, Paul Chambers.
“Locating Contemporary British Paganism as Late Modern Culture”, Tom Hope and Ieuan Jones.
“Silence, Charisma and Power: The Case of John de Ruiter”, Paul Joosse.
“The Living Words of the Living Master: Sants, Sikhs, Sachkhand Nanak Dham and the Academy”, Louisa Cox and Catherine Robinson.
“Pluralism and Voluntarism in the English Religious Economy”, Rob Warner.

Ecotheology: The Journal of Religion, Nature and the Environment, Vol. 11, No. 3 (September 2006)
“Globalization and Sustainability: A Humanist Agenda”, Nina Witoszek.
“Environmental Justice: Some Starting Points for Discussion from a Perspective of Ecological Economics”, Hans Diefenbacher.
“Environmental Justice and the Economy: A Christian Theologian’s View”, Celia Deane-Drummond.
“The Gender of Generations: Future Generations and the Social Maternal”, Rachel Muers.
“Atmospheres of Synergy: Towards an Eco-Theological Aesth/Ethics of Space”, Sigurd Bergmann.
“Environmental Philosophy in Christianity and Buddhism: Meeting Places for a Dialogue”, Anders Melin.

Conversations in Religion and Theology, Vol. 4, No. 2 (November 2006)
“Limits to Conversation”, Ian Markham.
“Jacob’s Wound: Homoerotic Narrative in the Literature of Ancient Israel – Theodore W. Jennings”, Richard Coggins.
“Servant Leadership: Jesus and Paul – Efrain Agosto”, James W. Thompson.
“Theology in the Public Square: Church Academy and Nation – Gavin D’Costa”, Ian S. Markham.
“Hellfire Nation: The Politics of Sin in American History – James Morone”, Stephen H. Webb.
“Easing the Gravity Field: poems of science and love Beyond the Bitter Wind: Poems 1982-2000 – Christopher Southgate”, John Arthur Nunes.
“Zen Buddhism: Beliefs and Practices – Merv Fowler”, Jane Compson.
“Godless Moralists and Faithful Philosophers: Theism, Atheism, and the Objectivity of Ethics”, Maria Antonaccio.
“Bound by the Bible: Jews, Christians and the Sacrifice of Isaac – Edward Kessler”, Rabbi Stephen Fuchs.
“Living within the Ring of Fire (Diary of a Gay Man in America)”, Craig M. Nowak.

Numen, Vol. 53, No. 3 (2006)
“Triumphator and Ancestor Rituals Between Symbolic Anthropology and Magic”, Jörg Rüpke.
“Red (Herring?) Comments on a New Theory Concerning the Origin of the Triumph”, H.S. Versnel.
“Notes on Pompeian Domestic Cults”, Michael Lipka.
“Interested Companionship”, Christoph Uehlinger.

Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, Vol. 18, No. 4 (2006)
“Culture: What Does One Do with it Now?”, Catherine Bell.
“The So-Called Cognitive Optimum and the Cost of Religious Concepts”, Gregory D. Alles.
“How Does the Cognitive Science of Religion Stack Up as a Big Theory, à La Hume?”, Theodore Vial.
“To Perform, or Not to Perform? A Theory of Ritual Performance Versus Cognitive Theories of Religious Transmission”, Robert A. Yelle.
“Bruce Lincoln’s “Theses on Method”: Antitheses”, Tim Fitzgerald.
“Considering the Rationality of Ritual Behavior”, D. Jason Slone and Joel Mort.

Baptism, Resurrection, Morality

The recent (Oct. 2006) James White and Bill Shishko debate is now available online, Part 1 and Part 2 (HT – John Divito).

The Resurrection of Jesus Christ: Fact or Fiction? is the theme of the Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s Collegiate Conference. The conference will be held Friday and Saturday, Jan. 12-13, 2007. Featured speaker will be Gary Habermas.

Faith and Philosophy, Vol. 23, No. 2 (April 2006)
“Human Rights, Moral Obligations, and the Divine Commands”, Ton van den Beld.
“The Paradox of Public Secularism: A Critical Assessement of Robert Audi’s Religious Commitment and Reason”, Erik. A. Anderson.
“Pride and Preference: A Reply to MacDonald”, William E. Mann.
“Neo-Cartesianism and the Problem of Animal Suffering”, Michael J. Murray and Glenn Ross.
“De Se Knowledge and the Possibility of an Omnicient Being”, Stephan Torre.
“God and the Moral Order: A Reply to Layman”, Peter Byrne.
“God and the Moral Order: Replies to Objections”, C. Stephen Layman.

Evangelical Quarterly, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 4 (October 2006)
“The Peril of Modernizing Jesus and the Crisis of Not Contemporizing the Christ”, Michael F. Bird.
“Something in Common? the Human Person as Moral Agent in Individual and Coroorate Expression”, Anna M. Robbins.
“Fellowship in the Gospel: Scottish Baptists and the Relationships with Other Christian Churches 1900-1945″, Brian r. Talbot.

Evangelical Review of Theology, Vol. 30, No. 4
“Justice, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation: the Reconciliatory Cross and Forgiving Justice”, James R. A. Merrick.
“Justice, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation: A Brief Rejoinder”, Don McLellan.
“Regensburg Redux: Have Colson and Neuhaus Succeeded Where Bucer and Contarini Failed”?”, George W. Harper.
“Eucharist then, Scripture now: How Evangelicals can Learn from an Old Controversy”, Anthony McRoy.
“Human Rights and Islam–Is the ‘Clash of Civilizations’ already Pre-programmed?”, Rolf Hille.
“On Prayer and Forgiveness”, James Danaher.

The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Vol. 68, No. 4 (October 2006)
“Who is the Real Ei? A Reconstruction of the Prophet’s Polemic in Hosea 12:5a”, R. Scott Chalmers.
“Did Israel Believe That Redemption Awaited Its Repentance? The Case of Jubilees 1″, David Lambert.
“Gospel as Conquest: Mosaic Typology in Matthew 28:16-20″, Kenton L. Sparks.
“‘I Fill Up What is Lacking in the Afflications of Christ’: Paul’s Vicarious Suffering in Colossians”, Jerry L. Sumney.
“The Structure of James”, Mark E. Taylor and George H. Guthrie.

Debate and Conference

I really like keeping the format of the blog and not straying from it, but since it is my blog I guess I can do what want!  Perhaps I will even delete this post after a few days.

Stay tuned to this Website http://www.rctr.org/conference.htm for the details of our 2007 conference on the theme God: The Precondition for Intelligibility, August 31 & September 1, 2007. The conference will be held (tent.) at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Lancaster PA.

Friday night will feature a debate between a Christian and an Atheist, on the existence of God. Saturday’s conference will feature various individuals from a presuppositional apologetic perspective, dealing with topics related to Christian theism and atheism.

If you would do me a favor, please pass on the word (i.e. the site above) about the debate and conference. I would appreciate all the help you can give by getting the word out.

ELOHIM, Justification, Childhood, Historical Jesus

Listen to an interview between (host) Todd Wilken and (guest) John Warwick Montgomery as they discuss “Who is Jesus?” Part 1 and Part 2.

Watch and listen to Michael Heiser refuting Zacharia Sitchin, Jordan Maxwell, and others on the meaning of Hebrew ELOHIM.

Listen to interviews with Norman Geisler, Ergun Caner, Winfried Corduan and others. These interviews spring from the 2006 Stand for Truth conference.

Listen to the debate that never was…between the Caner brothers, James White and Tom Ascol.

Essential Concerns Regarding the Emerging Church, by Brett Kunkle (presented at the 2006 ETS Meeting).

Anthony J Stiff makes some comments and is looking for others in his blog entry on the Peter Enns, Lane Tipton discussion that took place at ETS.

Check out the new Website of The Baptist Center for Theology and Ministry (HT – Reformed Baptist Thinker).

The Earliest Christian Artifacts: Manuscripts and Christian Origins. Larry W. Hurtado (Eerdmans, November 2006; ISBN#: 0-8028-2895-7).

Darwin and the Nature of Species. David N. Stamos (Suny Press, November 2006; ISBN#: 0-7914-6937-9).

Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony. Richard Bauckham (Eerdmans, November 2006; ISBN#: 0-8028-3162-1).

The Baptist River: Essays on many Tributaries of a Diverse Tradition. Ed. W. Glenn Jonas, Jr. (Mercer University Press, November 2006; ISBN#: 978-0-88146-030-8).

Metaphysics, Theology, and Self Relational Essays. Harold Oliver (Mercer University Press, November 2006; ISBN#: 978-0-88146-027-8).

Jesus And Solitude In Prayer–A Study Of Matthew 6:6 And Its Applications To The Personal And Professional Life Of Clergy, Joseph S. Batluck (D.Min.), Erskine Theological Seminary, 2006.

A Non-Hierarchical Pauline Theology Of Marriage From Ephesians 5:21-23, Paul Hill (M.A.), Johnson Bible College, 2006.

An Exegetical Study Of God’s Love In The First Epistle Of John 4:7-12, Clive M. Cowell (M.A.), Multnomah Biblical Seminary, 2006.

Triune Impassibility: The Assured Victory Of The Suffering Persons, Josh R. Butler (M.A.), Multnomah Biblical Seminary, 2006.

Certain Comfort In An Uncertain Age: Preaching The Heidelberg Catechism In A New Day, Bert DeJong (D.Min.), Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2006.

An Exploration Of The Impact Of Dispensationalism On End Time Topics, Daniel R. Heeringa (D.Min.), Reformed Theological Seminary, 2006.

Jonathan Edwards On Justification By Faith Alone: An Analysis Of His Thought And Defense Of His Orthodoxy, Jonathan Huggins (M.A.), Reformed Theological Seminary, 2006.

Paul, The Law, And The Dawning Of The Messianic Age: An Eschatological Proposal For The Law/Faith Contrast In Galatians 2:15-21, Stephen R. Turley (M.A.), Reformed Theological Seminary, 2006.

Shaping The Future: The Role Of The Local Church In Nurturing A Christian Worldview, Kenneth W. Bush (D.Min.), Reformed Theological Seminary, 2006.

The Relationship Between Faith And Works: A Comparison Of James 2:24 And Ephesians 2:8-10, Jeremy T. Alder (M.A.), Reformed Theological Seminary, 2006.

International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church, Vol. 6, No. 3 (October 2006)
“Origen of Alexandria on the mystery of the pre-existent Church”, by John A. McGuckin.
“Worship and Theology: Lancelot Andrewes in Durham, Easter 1617″, Kenneth Stevenson.
“The Korean Christian movement towards reunification of the two Koreas: a review in retrospect”, Gil-Soo Han and Andrew Eungi Kim.
“Heaven below here and now! The Zionist Churches in Southern Africa”, Christoffer H. Grundmann.

Journal of Religion, Vol. 86, No. 4 (October 2006)
“Special Issue: Religion and Childhood Studies”, Catherine A. Brekus.
“Childhood Studies, Hermeneutics, and Theological Ethics”, John Wall.
“The Child, Religion, and the Academy: Developing Robust Theological and Religious Understandings of Children and Childhood”, Marcia J. Bunge.
“Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother? Child Marriage and Parental Consent in Calvin’s Geneva”, John Witte Jr.
“Decentering Sin: First Reconciliation and the Nurturing of Post-Vatican II Catholics”, Susan B. Ridgely.
“Whither the Children? Childhood in Religious Education”, Bonnie Miller-McLemore.
“Between Vulnerability and Agency: An Interdisciplinary Look at the Status and Value of Children”, M. Christian Green.

New Testament Studies, Vol. 52, Is. 04 (October 2006)
“Who Comes from the East and the West? Luke 13.28-29/Matt 8.11-12 and the Historical Jesus”, Michael F. Bird.
“Die Bedeutung der Synoptiker für das johanneische Zeugnisthema. Mit einem Anhang zum Perfekt-Gebrauch im vierten Evangelium”, Roland Bergmeir.
“Markion vs. Lukas: Plädoyer für die Wiederaufnahme eines alten Falles”, Matthias Klinghardt.
“Pagan Philosophers and 1 Thessalonians”, John Granger Cook.
“Psychologische Einsichten Quintilians in der Institutio Oratoria”, Peter Lampe.
“Pontius Pilate and the Imperial Cult in Roman Judaea”, Joan E. Taylor.
“The Reading ‘Who Wished to Enter’ in Coptic Tradition: Matt 23.13, Luke 11.52, and ‘Thomas’ 39″, Tjitze Baarda.

Purpose Driven, Sam Harris, Monotheism, Hermeneutics

The Theistic Preconditions of Knowledge: A Thumbnail Sketch, James Anderson (2006).

Listen to a recent (11/14/06) chapel message by John Warwick Montgomery.

Cynthia Nielsen has posted her paper The Anti-Enlightenment Nature of Jazz: Embracing Particularity and Universality, Freedom and Form, Tension and Resolution she (recently) presented at a conference at Baylor University.

Doug Wilson responds to Sam Harris’ book Letter to a Christian Nation here, here, here, here, here, here.

Listen to an interview between (host) Todd Wilken and (guest) Chris Rosebrough as they discuss “The Purpose Driven Church & Liberal Theology.”

A debate took place between E. Calvin Beisner and David P. Gushee on October 30 on “Evangelicals & Global Warming.” Click here to purchase.

Listen to a recent sermon by Dr. Michael Rogers (my pastor) preached on the topic “Sexual Purity In An Obscene Society” (Mat. 5:27-30).

Why Take the Church Seriously?. Morris A. Inch (PublishAmerica, 2006; ISBN#: 1-4241-1985-5).

Matthew in the Messianic Tradition. Morris A. Inch (University Press of America, 2006; ISBN#: 0-7618-3525-3).

A Literary Review Of Texts In The Historical Paul And Political Paul Discussions, Stephanie L. Moore (M.Div.), Emmanuel School of Religion, 2006.

Faith In Christ, Moral Power, And Welcoming The Other: An Expanded Paraphrase Of Romans, Jason M. Murray (M.Div.), Emmanuel School of Religion, 2006.

Oneness Pentecostalism: The Historical And Theological Roots Of A Worldwide Restoration Movement Within Classical Pentecostalism, Anthony D. Lawson (M.A.), Emmanuel School of Religion, 2006.

Retributive Justice, Divine Child Abuse Or Restoration Of Relationships: A Study Of Reconciliation As A Metaphor of The Atonement In The Theology Of The Apostle Paul, Mikhail Medvedev (M.Div.), Emmanuel School of Religion, 2006.

The Divine Mooning, Or God’s ‘Elusive ‘ Revelation, As A Basis For Dialogue Between Critical And Pre-Critical Exegesis, William M. Smith (M.Div.), Emmanuel School of Religion, 2006.

The Process Of Spiritual Sight And Understanding (An Examination Of Mark 8:22-26 Within The Context Of Mark’s Gospel), Jeffrey S. Hinkle (M.Div.), Emmanuel School of Religion, 2006.

Two Wisdoms, Two Spirits, And Church Unity An Exegetical Analysis Of 1 Corinthians 2:6-16, Steven L. Page (M.Div.), Emmanuel School of Religion, 2006.

Ordained Servant: A Journal for Church Officers, November/December 2006
“Editorial: What Is the Church For?”, Gregory Edward Reynolds.
“The Spirituality of the Church”, D. G. Hart and John R. Muether.
“Machen and the Regulative Principle”, D. G. Hart and John R. Muether.

International Journal of Systematic Theology, Vol. 8, No. 4 (October 2006)
“The Glory of God in the Theology of Eberhard Jüngel”, Christopher Holmes.
“Looking for Personal Space in the Theology of John Zizioulas”, Paul Cumin.
“Can Narrative Christology Be Orthodox?”, Jonathan R. Wilson.
“Reaping the Right Fruits: Luther’s Meditation on the ‘Earnest Mirror, Christ’”, Dennis Ngien.
“Just War Theory, the Authorization of the State, and the Hermeneutics of Peoplehood: How John Howard Yoder can save Oliver O’Donovan from himself”, Justin Neufed.
“Scriptural Reading and Revelation: A Contribution to Local Hermeneutics”, Angus Paddison.

Journal of Religion & Society, Vol. 8 (2006)
“Religious Cosmologies and Homicide Rates among Nations: A Closer Look”, Gary F. Jensen.
“Religiosity, Secularism, and Social Health: A Research Note”, Gerson Moreno-Riaño, Mark Caleb Smith, and Thomas Mach.
“America, Left Behind: Bush, the Neoconservatives, and Evangelical Christian Fiction”, Hugh B. Urban.
“Non-Catholic Students Impact upon Catholic Students in Four Catholic High Schools”, J. Kent Donlevy.
“A Return to the Foundations of the Critically Oriented Theologies of Liberation”, Manuel Mejido Costoya.
“East is East, Except When It’s West: The Easternization Thesis and the Western Habitus”, Andrew Dawson.
“Between Judaism and Christianity: The Case of Messianic Jews”, Pauline Kollontai.
“Cradle, Manger, Granary: Carving the Body from the Nation’s Sacred Flesh”, Anamaria V. Iosif Ross.
“The Social Origins of Universalistic Monotheism: A Comparative Analysis of Paul and Muhammad”, Khaldoun Samman.
“Cyber Communion: Finding God in the Little Box”, Ally Ostrowski.
“‘It’s Not About Me’: Priests’ Perception of Occupational Meaning”, Corinne Lally Benedetto.
“An Outsider’s Notes on the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Revelation: Its Grand Climax at Hand!“, by Michael J. Gilmour.
“Evangelical Gender Ideology: A View from Christianity Today Readers”, Thomas V. Frederick and Jack O. Balswick.
“Beyond the Politics of Theological Despair”, Jeffrey W. Robbins.

History and Philosophy of Logic, Vol. 27, No. 4 (November 2006)
“Zermelo: Boundary numbers and domains of sets continued”, Heinz-Dieter Ebbinghaus.
“Symmetry and Paradox”, Stephen Read.
“Mathematical roots of phenomenology: Husserl and the concept of number”, Mirja Hartimo.

Partial-Birth, Adam, Psalm 110:1, Torture, Logical Empiricism

Greg Koukl comments on Partial-Birth Abortion over at Townhall “Morally Velocitized” (posted 11/14/06).

Listen to a recent (11/10/06) lecture from Fuz Rana on “Who Was Adam?”

Anthropomorphism Protestant Style, by Paul Helm (posted 11/1//06).

Joab, Nathan, And Uriah In 2 Samuel 11-12, Stephen R. Walkup (D.Min.), Denver Conservative Baptist Seminary, 2006.

Paul’s Theological Hermeneutic Of The Spirit In 2 Corinthians 3, Michael P. Hemenway (D.Min.), Denver Conservative Baptist Seminary, 2006.

Tobit A Notated Translation Of The Major Greek Recensions And The Qumran Texts, Kristen F. Rapp (M.A.B.S.), Denver Conservative Baptist Seminary, 2006.

Witness To The Withness: The Presence Of God Motif In Matthew, Reed Taussig (M.A.B.C.), Denver Conservative Baptist Seminary, 2006.

An Exegetical And Theological Analysis Of Malachi 2:10-16 And Its Implications For The Divorce Debate, Timothy B. Davis (Th.M.), Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary, 2006.

The Kingdom Of Christ And Of God: A Traditional Dispensationalist Argument For Inaugurated Eschatology, Kyle C. Dunham (Th.M.), Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary, 2006.

The Use Of Psalm 110:1 In The Early Church To A.D. 220: An Exegetical-Historical Argument For A Directly Messianic Interpretation, John Aloisi (Th.M.), Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary, 2006.

Theology Today, Vol. 63, No. 3 (2006)
“An Augustinian Look at Empire”, Charles T. Mathewes.
“Making Enemies: The Imagination of Torture in Chile and the United States”, William T. Cavanaugh.
“Developing a Jewish Theology Regarding Torture”, Edward Feld.
“What Can Christian Teaching Add to the Debate about Torture?”, Jeremy Waldron.
“Theology, International Law, and Torture: A Survivor’s View”, Dianna Ortiz.
“Against Torture: An Evangelical Perspective”, David P. Gushee.

Heythrope Journal, Vol. 47, No. 4 (October 2006)
“Mathesis and Analysis: Finitude and the Infinite in the Monadology Of Leibniz”, James Luchte.
“Rhetoric of Faith and Patterns of Persuasion in Berkeley’s Alciphron“, Costica Bradatan.
“The Lightning and the Earthquake: Kierkgaard on the Anfechtung Of Luther”, Simon D. Podmore.
“A Positive Phenomenology: The Structure of Maurice Blondel’s Early Philosophy”, Michael A. Conway.
“Act and Potency in Wittgenstein?”, Terrance W. Klein.

Religion and the Arts, Vol. 10, No. 2 (2006)
“Art, Prophecy, and Drama in the Choir of Salisbury Cathedral”, Matthew M. Reeve.
“Ekphrasis, Lorenzo Lotto’s Annunciation, and the Hermeneutics of Suspicion”, Jacqueline Olson Padgett.
“‘Fidelity to the Word’: Lonerganian Conversion Through Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale and Dante’s Purgatorio“, Gregory Maillet.
“Shadows and Illuminations: Spiritual Journeys to the Dark Side in “Young Goodman Brown” and Eyes Wide Shut, John Neary.
“Religious Community, Place, and the Spatial Arts: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives from Around the World”, John Renard.
“Epimetheus Unbound: Victorian and Modernist, Backward and Forward”, Marion Spies.

Erkenntnis, Vol. 64, No. 3 (October 2006)
“The Berlin School of Logical Empiricism and its Legacy”, Nicolas Rescher.
“Haag’s Theorem and its Implications for the Foundations of Quantum Field Theory”, John Earman and Doreen Fraser.
“Bootstrapping and Content Parts”, Ken Gemes.
“Constructive Empiricism and Epistemic Modesty: Response to van Fraassen and Monton”, Marc Alspector-Kelly.
“Gettier Cases without False Lemmas?”, Michael Levin.
“Shutting Dretske’s Door”, Nicholas Shackel.
“Information, Closure, And Knowledge: On Jäger’s Objection To Dretske”, P. Baumann.
“Information and Closure”, Fred Dretske.

Theonomy, Sexuality, Philosophy, Open Theism, Fides Quaerens Intellectum

Listen to an interview between (host) Todd Wilken and (guest) Peter Jones “Sexuality & Spirituality.” Part 1 and Part 2 (aired 11/12/06).

Exhaustive Knowledge and the Authority of Scripture, by Camden Bucey (posted 11/9/06).

Listen to a recent (11/11/06) debate between Jeff Kazules and Gene Cook, Jr. on “Does the Civil Magistrate have the responsibility to enforce the 1st table of the Decalogue?” Listen to the Q&A as well.

Mormonism and History, by Victor Reppert (posted 11/7/07).

Reasons for Faith: Philosophy in the Service of Theology. K. Scott Oliphint (P&R, November, 2006; ISBN#: 0-8755-2645-4).

Age of Reason, The: From the Wars of Religion to the French Revolution, 1570-1789. Meic Pearse (Baker Books, November 2006; 0-8010-1278-3).

Darwin Strikes Back: Defending the Science of Intelligent Design. Thomas Woodward (Baker Books, November 2006; 0-8010-6563-1).

Pages from Church History: A Guided Tour of Christian Classics. Stephen J. Nichols (P&R, November 2006; 0-8755-2636-5).

Philosophy of Science: An Anthology. Ed. Marc Lange (Blackwell, November. 2006; 1-4051-3034-2)

The Image Of God In Pauline Thought, Eric R. Montgomery (Th.M.), Dallas Theological Seminary, 2006.

The Nature Of Suffering In Hebrews 12:4-11, Joshua Lam (Th.M.), Dallas Theological Seminary, 2006.

The Place Of Inerrancy Within A Postfoundationalist Theology, T. Adam Van Wart (Th.M.), Dallas Theological Seminary, 2006.

The Value Of Theology: Philipp Jakob Spener’s Doctrine Of Sanctification, Scott W. Way (Th.M.), Dallas Theological Seminary, 2006.

Wealth And Godliness, Eric B. Holland (Th.M.), Dallas Theological Seminary, 2006.

What Does Psalm 32 Contribute To A Theology Of Forgiveness, T. Roche Coleman (Th.M.), Dallas Theological Seminary, 2006.

When Bad Things Happen To Innocent People: Open Theism And The Problem Of Evil, James R. Larsen (Th.M.), Dallas Theological Seminary, 2006.

Journal of Religion in Africa, Vol. 36, No. 2 (2006)
“Matriliny, Islam and Gender in Northern Mozambique”, Liazzat J.K. Bonate.
“Shared Legacies of the War: Spirit Mediums and War Veterans in Southern Zimbabwe”, Joost Fontein.
“My Matrimonial Bureau: Masculine Concerns and Presbyterian Mission Evangelization in the Gabon Estuary, c. 1900-1915″, Jeremy Rich.
“Missions and Empire”, David Martin.

Feminist Theology, Vol. 15, Is. 1 (September 2006)
“Faith on the Edge: Religion and Women in the Context of Migration”, Gemma Tulud Cruz.
“Women Clergy Working with Rituals”, Uta Blohm.
“Making of Our Lives a Study: Feminist Theology and Women’s Creative Writing”, Roxanne Harde.
“Rethinking Female Sainthood: Michèle Roberts’ Spiritual Quest in Impossible Saints”, Patricia Bastida Rodríguez.
“Speaking of God As a Woman Since the Enlightenment”, Ina Praetorius.
“Reclaiming Schleiermacher for Twenty-first Century Atonement Theory: The Human and the Divine in Feminist Christology”, Mary J. Streufert.

The Saint Anselm Journal, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Fall 2006)
“The Metaphysical Basis of the Difference between Men and Women”, Francesca Murphy.
“What Difference Does A Description Make? Some concerns about Francesca Murphy’s ‘The Metaphysical Basis of the Difference Between Men and Women’”, Agnes B. Curry.
“Saint Anselm’s Fides Quaerens Intellectum as a Model for Christian Philosophy”, Gregory B. Sadler.

Educational Philosophy and Theory, Vol. 38, Is. 5 (October 2006)
“Whose Literacy? Discursive constructions of life and objectivity”, Lynn Fendler, Steven F. Tuckey.
“Slash Writers and Guinea Pigs as Models for a Scientific Multiliteracy”, Matthew Weinstein.
“Shaking the Tree, Making a Rhizome: Towards a nomadic geophilosophy of science education”, Noel Gough.
“Levinas and an Ethics for Science Education”, David W. Blades.
“Science Education as Emancipatory: The case of Roy Bhaskar’s philosophy of meta-Reality”, Michalinos Zembylas.
“Postcolonial Interventions Within Science Education: Using postcolonial ideas to reconsider cultural diversity scholarship”, Lyn Carter.
“A Critique of Anxious Identity“, James D. Marshall.

Gospel of Judas, YHWH, Thomas Merton, Missions, Kant

Gene Cook interviews atheist John Loftus on the Nov. 8 edition of The Narrow Mind.

The Soulless Atheist, by Gary DeMar (posted 11/8/06).

The Judas Gospel. Nicholas Perrin (InterVarsity Press, August 2006; 0-87784-039-3).

Fabricating Jesus: How Modern Scholars Distort the Gospels. Craig A. Evans (InterVarsity Press, October 2006; 0-8308-3318-8).

Old Testament Theology, Vol. 2: Israel’s Faith. John Goldingay (InterVarsity Press, October 2006; 0-8308-2562-2).

Mary for Evangelicals: Toward an Understanding of the Mother of Our Lord. Tim Perry (InterVarsity Press, October 2006; 0-8308-2569-X).

Adopted into God’s Family: Exploring a Pauline Metaphor. Trevor J. Burke (InterVarsity Press, October 2006; 0-8308-2569-X).

The Blackwell Companion to the Bible and Culture. Ed. John Sawyer (Blackwell, October 2006; 1-4051-0136-9).

Parakalew In Hebrews 3:13, Roland P. Cox (Th.M.), Dallas Theological Seminary, 2006.

Representations Of YHWH In The Hebrew Bible, Allen C. Hamlin (Th.M.), Dallas Theological Seminary, 2006.

The Accomplishments Of Christ On The Cross In 1 Peter 2:24, Matthew L. Jones (Th.M.), Dallas Theological Seminary, 2006.

The Colloquy Of Marburg: Confessional Division Over The Unity Of Christ, Carlos N. Solis (Th.M.), Dallas Theological Seminary, 2006.

The Divine Proclamation Formula As The Basis For Renewal Of The Sinaitic Covenant: A Literary Exposition Of Exodus 34:6-7, Alexander R. Gonzales (S.T.M.), Dallas Theological Seminary, 2006.

The Midwest Christian Outreach Journal, Vol. 12 No. 3 (Fall 2006)
“The Resurrection: Watchtower-Style”, Joy Veinot.
“Thomas Merton: The Contemplative Dark Threat”, Jackie Alnor.
“The Labyrinth A Walk By Faith: Concerns about the Christian Use of Labyrinths”, Marcia Montenegro.
“The Error is Ehrman”, Randal Ming and Randall Birtell.

Word and World, Vol. XXVI No. 3 (Summer 2006)
“The Mission Matrix: Mapping Out the Complexities of a Missional Ecclesiology”, Richard Bliese.
“‘Stewards of God’s Mysteries’: Stewarding as a Model for Congregational Ministry”, Rolf A. Jacobson.
“Holy Friendship: Reimaging Ministry with Homebound Older Adults”, Janet L. Ramsey.
“Reexamining Relational Youth Ministry: Implications from the Theology of Bonhoeffer”, Andrew Root.
“Congregations and Public Life”, Ronald W. Duty.
“Service-Learning and the Spiritual Formation of College Students”, Mark WM. Radecke.

Journal of Religion and Health, Vol. 45, No. 3 (September 2006)
“Mutant Spiritualities in a Secular Age: The ‘Fasting Body’ and the Hunger for Pure Immanence”, Jo Nash.
“Dominance Hierarchies and Health: Constructing Personal Zones of Spiritual Power and Healing in Modern Medicine”, Richard Hutch.
“Why Freud and Jung Can’t Speak: A Neurological Proposal”, Barbara Stevens Barnum.
“Religion and Madness”, David Berman.
“Traumatic Stress and Religion: Is there a Relationship? A Review of Empirical Findings”, Yung Y. Chen and Harold G. Koenig.
“Fruits of Health; Roots of Despair: William James, Medical Materialism and the Evaluation of Religious Experience”, Tadd Ruetenik.
“The Search for Non-Medical Treatment by Patients with Psychiatric Disorders”, Ahmet Tevfik Sunter, Hatice Guz, Aysen Ozkan and Yildiz Peksen.
“Polishing the Mirror: Mental Health from a Bahá’í Perspective”, Michelle Maloney.
“Why did Mary Shelley Write Frankenstein?”, Anthony F. Badalamenti.
“Opposing Trends of Religious Attendance and Religiosity in Predicting Elders’ Functional Recovery after an Acute Myocardial Infarction”, Kathryn Remmes Martin and Becca R. Levy.

British Journal for the History of Philosophy, Vol. 14, No. 4 (November 2006)
“A new account of Berkeley’s likeness principle”, Todd Ryan.
“Restoring Joseph Butler’s conscience”, Sahar Akhtar.
“The strange Italian voyage of Thomas Reid: 1800-60″, Brian P. Copenhaver and Rebecca Copenhaver.
“Kant on testimony”, Axel Gelfert.
“Kant and the perfect duty to others not to lie”, James Edwin Mahon.
“A reconstruction of Kant’s Ether Deduction in Übergang”, Bryan Hall.
“First thoughts: An unpublished letter from Gilbert Ryle to H. J. Paton”, Brian McGuinness and Charlotte Vrijen.
“Analysis and the concept: The Bosanquet-Pringle-Pattison Debate”, James Thomas.
“The duck/rabbit Hobbes”, Patricia Springborg.
“Enigmatic Bayle”, Thomas M. Lennon.
“Freedom and transcendental idealism”, Gary Banham.

Science, New Testament Theology, Liberalism, John 8:58

On Nov. 6, Gene Cook Interviewed Tim Morris on a new book he co-authored titled Science and Grace: God’s Reign in the Natural Sciences with Don Petcher (Crossway, 2006).

Who is Alvin Plantinga was the theme of the Nov. 4 audio broadcast of Apologetics.com Radio.

The audio of Westminster Theological Seminary Student Association forum on the Emerging Church held Oct. 26-28 is available for purchase.

Check out this game on the resurrection of Jesus based on The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus. Gary Habermas and Mike Licona (Kregel).

New Testament Theology by Frank Thielman is a new class being hosted at the Biblical Training Website.

Westminster and Contemporary Reformed Hermeneutics (html doc) is a lecture delivered by Richard Pratt, Jr. (July 2006).

My favorite Walter Martin lecture is posted online this month: “The Cult of Liberalism” Part 1 and Part 2.

“The Church of the Non-Believers”, Gary Wolf. Wired Magazine, Issue 14.11 (November 2006).

An Exegetical Interpretation Of Christ’s Command To Purchase A Sword In Luke 22:35-38, Jason A. Garrison (Th.M.), Dallas Theological Seminary, 2006.

Backgrounds Of Messiah’s Preexistence As Stated In John 8:58, Vladimir Pikman (Th.M.), Dallas Theological Seminary, 2006.

God-Fearers In The First Century, Emily L. Martin (Th.M.), Dallas Theological Seminary, 2006.

Our Silent Father: A Rhetorical Analysis Of Isaiah 63:7 – 64:11, K. Howard Joslin (Th.M.), Dallas Theological Seminary, 2006.

Pain In C.S. Lewis: An Evaluation Of ‘The Problem Of Pain’ And ‘A Grief Observed’, David Barshinger (Th.M.), Dallas Theological Seminary, 2006.

Pastoral Psychology, Vol. 55, No. 1 (September 2006)
“The ‘Reversal of Generations’ Phenomenon as Illustrated by the Lives of John Henry Newman and Abraham Lincoln”, Donald Capps.
“Religiosity and Spirituality: A Psychometric Evaluation of the Santa Clara Strength of Religious Faith Questionnaire”, Stacy R. Freiheit, Kaela Sonstegard, Alexis Schmitt and Christopher Vye.
“A Korean Feminist Perspective on God Representation”, Simone Sunghae Kim.
“Coming out stories framed as faith narratives, or stories of spiritual growth”, David J. Roseborough.
“Deeper Affinities: Fundamental Resonances Between Psychoanalysis and Religion”, Chris R. Schlauch.
“Relationality in Kohut’s psychology of the self”, Angella Son.
“The Transformation of Suffering”, Liza J. Rankow.
“Passion, Pain, and Purpose: One Man’s Response to the Passion of the Lord”, David P. Sharp.

Science & Christian Belief, Vol. 18, No. 2 (October 2006)
“The Bible and the Emergence of Modern Science”, Peter Harrison.
“Physical Infinities: a Substitute for God?”, Peter J Bussey.
“The BBC, the Victoria Institute, and the Theological Context for the Big Bang – Steady State Debate”, Craig Sean McConnell.
“Where is Natural Theology Today?”, John Polkinghorne.
“Paley Memorial Sermon”, Alister McGrath.

Dialog: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Vol. 39, Is. 3 (Fall 2006)
“The Prophet Elias Puzzle”, Samuel Brown.
“‘To Set in Order the House of God’: The Search for the Elusive ‘One Mighty and Strong’”, Bill Shepard.
“John T. Clark: The ‘One Mighty and Strong’”, Brian C. Hales.

Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 84, No. 3 (September 2006)
“Now is the time”, M. J. Cresswell.
“An objective counterfactual theory of information”, Jonathan Cohen and Aaron Meskin.
“Re-acquaintance with qualia”, John Bigelow and Robert Pargetter.
“Dretske on knowledge closure”, Steven Luper.
“Dialetheism, semantic pathology, and the open pair”, Bradley Armour-Garb and James A. Woodbridge.
“Moral realism and program explanation”, Mark T. Nelson.
“How does visual phenomenology constrain object-seeing?”, Susanna Siegel.
“When seeing is not believing: A critique of priest’s argument from perception”, Paul Kabay.