This Week in Word from the Bird

Posts for 12-16 Sept

Monday: Story of My Books # 9 - Jesus is the Christ (Free Sign-Ups)
Book # 9 was on the topic of messianism again in Jesus is the Christ: The Messianic Testimony of the Gospels. This time, I was not focusing on whether the historical Jesus thought he was the messiah or not. Rather, I was looking at how the evangelists each make “messiah” a key category in their christology.

Tuesday: Biblical Critical Theory (Free Sign-Ups)
One book I’m looking forward to reading soon is Chris Watkin’s Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible’s Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Culture and Modern Life, coming out on Nov 16, and you GOTTA listen to his interview with John Dickson.

Wednesday: Once More, Is Patriarchy Good for Churches? (Free Sign-Ups)
I don’t want to taint all complementarians with the same brush, but I do think they need some prompting to call out the more dangerous and unwhole expressions of complementarianism.

Friday: Luke and the Delay of Christ's Return (Free Sign-Ups)
Much scholarship has argued that Luke was dealing with the failure of Christ to return as soon as expected. Kind of like 2 Peter 3: “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised?” I’m not convinced that such a problem was really motivating Luke’s theology and focus.