This Week in Word from the Bird
Who crucified Jesus? Did Justin Martyr believe in the Trinity? Nicene Creed as Story of the Faith. Amos 9 quoted in Acts 15.
Monday: Did the Jews Kill Jesus? (Free Sign-Ups)
A new book by J. Christopher Edwards casts an uncomfortable light on the Christian tradition, beginning in the New Testament, of blaming the Jews for the death of Jesus.
Tuesday: Was Justin Martyr Trinitarian? (Aviary Members)
Dan McClellan has been challenging some popular takes on how Justin proves the Trinity and since these folks have been quoting my book Jesus among the Gods, I get caught in the crossfire. In fact, McClellan accuses me of retrojecting Nicene theology onto Justin, which I’m very emphatic that I don’t do!
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Wednesday: Creeds as the Story of Our Faith (Free Sign-Ups)
The Nicene Creed is the New Covenant story in nuce, the story of God’s being, God’s grace towards us in his Son, how we enter into that story by faith, the story that explains why we worship, and how we relate to others as members of the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic church.
Thursday: Luke, James, and the Strange Citation of Amos 9 (Aviary Members)
Amos 9:11-12 is one such passage that promoted the notion of Israel “possessing” the nations in the sense of subjugating them. But that is now how it works in Acts 15, so what is going on here?
Friday: New Video of the Week (Free Sign-Ups)
The latest episode of Ask N.T. Wright Anything.