Just a Moment

Mo at The Lepreblog is worth checking out. Sharp insights and Irish wit.

Food for Life

Scott writes on Biblical Theology for New Zealand's Younger Generation. And puts it into practice Rehoboam's Folly - 1 Kings 12v1-15. The big question I had when I'd finished Goldsworthy's defining book - Gospel & Kingdom was HOW? WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IN A SERMON? HOW DO I DO THIS IN MY OWN BIBLE STUDY? Emailing him with that question landed me on the BeginningWithMoses.org Team.... Gotta keep asking the questions though. This stuff is simply too important not to.

"But the thing that broke my heart, is that although these students were thirsty for more I realised that their churches don’t offer this type of food....How will we respond? What will we do to make the message of the Bible known to the next generation? Surely the church today has an amazing opportunity to further God’s kingdom in this way. But what is needed for the task?" (Scott Mackay)

Preaching Group

First Book Groups... now welcome to the Preaching Group - run by a few ex-UCCF Staff by the look of it. See also Steve Palframan's Sermons
Time for you guys to do us some Biblical Theology Briefings methinks.

Globetrotting in the Summer Time

David Gibson is globetrotting doing research for his PhD.
Dave Bish is also quite busy at the moment.
Hence this blog has gone a bit quiet. We will return!

Meanwhile - be reminded - BeginningWithMoses.org is not updated in July or August. But we will be back with avengance in September 2005. Still there are vast quantities of articles to there to keep you busy for now! Get yourself up to date!

New Blogger and Belgium-bound missionary Etrangere is linking to us!

Graeme Goldsworthy on Biblical Theology

9Marks are flagging up this article: What is the discipline of Biblical Theology by one of our site advisors, Graeme Goldsworthy.

On site we also have these from Goldsworthy:
In Articles:
The Kingdom of God and the Old Testament
Hermeneutics and Christ

In Books:
Andrew Evans reviews
Graeme Goldsworthy's
Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture
Graeme Goldsworthy reviews
Michael Goheen & Craig Batholemew's
The Drama of Scripture

(anyone got a better photo of Graeme Goldsworthy?)

Get Married

Carl Trueman writes in The Wages of Spin (see blog for Saturday 11 June: Singing the sorrow) about the divorce that has occurred between the church and the academy (theology). It's basically about how the church needs to be more theologically informed and the academy more church oriented.

I think Trueman is right that there is a breach. It is so common for the pew punter to separate knowledge and experience ('Professors at universities and seminaries may have lots of fancy words, but I just have simple faith in Jesus'), while it is just as common for academic theologians to relegate gospel experience and prioritise competence and respectability.

Trueman's book is a great read. The first part is called 'Evangelical Essays' with chapters including:

- Reckoning with the Past in an Anti-Historical Age
- The Undoing of the Reformation?
- The Princeton Trajectory on Scripture
- Warfield on the Glory of Christ.

Part Two is called 'Short, Sharp Shocks' with chapters including:

- The Importance of Evangelical Beliefs
- What can miserable Christians sing?
- The Marcions Have Landed!
- Boring Ourselves to Life
- Why you shouldn't buy the big issue
- Evangelicalism through the looking Glass

Bookshop?

Paul muses about Christian Bookshops. Where do you get your books? What future for Christian bookshops?