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Here’s an expression that has the Pauline scholarly world in a stir: “works of the Law.” Let me break the options into two groups, with all sorts of variations overlooked, and suggest that how you understand this expression shapes how you understand nearly everything Paul says. Yep, it is that significant. What is your view?

Here are some pictures from two lovely cities we visited. We began the day, after a 4 minute train ride (which was better than a 45 minute drive to the same location), with a nice cup of latte in the centro. Then we noticed, to our surprise, Christopher Columbus (Cristoforo Colombo) pointing to Chicago. The…

As many of you know, our son (Lukas) is a scout for the Chicago Cubs. What do they do? Let me tell ya:

The first village of the Cinque Terra (five cities/places) that we visited was the farthest west, Monterosso. It was the largest, and had the only real beach. Here’s a few pics. (If you click on the thumbnail, it will open up to a big size picture and you can see more.)

Paul returns to his previous question: “Do we [Jews] have any advantage?” Previously, in 3:2, he said “Much in every way!” Now Paul says, “Not at all!” The advantage is that the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God. Now Paul says there is no advantage at all. Why? “Jews and Gentiles alike are…

In this last post on Russell Moore’s book on the kingdom, I want to look at the heart of his last chp and then offer some concluding observations.

Some of you live in a part of this good world of ours where the weather doesn’t change that much, so you have great weather all the time. Others of us know what the change of seasons means to our routines. What do you like most about summer?

Our villa was up that mountain about 75% of the way; in other words, off the top of this picture. The village is Camogli and it is pronounced “cu-mol-yi.” The second picture is of Kris having dinner at one of our favorite ristoranti.

The next chp of Russell Moore’s study of kingdom concerns ecclesiology: With the new unity being achieved beyond traditional dispensationalism and covenant theology, there arises the issue of what the church should look like. Once again, Moore has landed on a most important issue for emerging theology and for evangelicalism in a general sense.

Anyone who hears with the ears of a 1st Century Jew, regardless of what that person thought of Paul, would ask the question that opens up Romans 3: “What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision?” Again, Paul surprises.
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