This Week in Word from the Bird
Posts for 22-26 August
Monday: The Story of My Books # 6 - Are You the One Who is to Come? (Free Sign-Ups)
Book # 6 was another academic book, this time trying to answer the question: Did the historical Jesus claim to be the Messiah? Hence the title drawn from Matt 11:3 and Luke 7:19. Are You the One Who is to Come? The Historical Jesus and the Messianic Question, published in 2009.
Tuesday: Interview with Matthew Bates on Rom 1:3-4 (Free Sign-Ups)
I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Matthew Bates about Rom 1:3-4 and what it means for the study of primitive christology.
Wednesday: Postmortem Reflections on the New Calvinism (Free Sign-Ups)
My reflections on Brad Vermurlen’s book Reformed Resurgence: The New Calvinist Movement and the Battle Over American Evangelicalism (Oxford: OUP, 2020).
Friday: Why I am a Calvinist! (Paid Subscribers)
For me, Calvinism is about the scandalous grace of God that saves men and women who cannot save themselves. It’s not about the offer of salvation, it’s about God taking us from death to life by putting us into union with his Son.
I’ll be curious to see why you keep wanting to assert your Calvinist calling card, since these seem like basic Christian beliefs, agreed upon also by those who do not claim to be Calvinists. I know you don’t toe the typical Calvinist politico/culture line, so maybe this is why the assertions. I’ll read with interest.