We at BtT are happy to congratulate both Andreas Köstenberger and B&H Publishing Group, as B&H announced today that Köstenberger is the new “Director of Acquisitions” for their academic program. Köstenberger takes this new post in addition to his roles as director of Ph.D. Studies and professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C, and editor of the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (JETS).
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For pastors, seminary students, and scholars who find themselves studying the concept of idolatry and/or the Pentateuch, Southeastern prof Tracy McKenzie’s recently released Idolatry in the Pentateuch: An Innertextual Strategy is a helpful and informative read.
Idolatry in the Pentateuch lays the foundation for exploring a significant strategy within the composition of the Pentateuch: In the last days, God will provoke Israel to jealousy by embracing another nation—a Gentile nation!
In the book, McKenzie begins … [Read More]
When I was preparing to enroll at Southern Seminary to begin my M.Div. studies, more than one person counseled me to not allow my zeal to fizzle while in seminary. While some of that counsel probably reflects my membership in a tradition that is still somewhat suspicious of theological education, I suspect that many other aspiring seminarians have received similar advice. And for good reason—each of us know of someone whose faith withered in seminary, … [Read More]
Andreas Köstenberger has unleashed an avalanche of books over the past decade, and none more significant than his recently released co-authored (with Scott Kellum and Chuck Quarles) introduction to the New Testament, The Cradle, The Cross, and The Crown (B&H, 2009).
Köstenberger, Kellum, and Quarles have given us a comprehensive introduction to the New Testament which not only matches the strengths of other evangelical introductory texts, but also provides several unique distinctive such as (1) a … [Read More]
In the wake of the SBC’s appointment of a Great Commission Resurgence Task Force last year, Broadman & Holman commissioned a book on the topic, The Great Commission Resurgence: Fulfilling God’s Mandate in Our Time. The 429 page treatise, edited by Chuck Lawless and Adam Greenway, has just now been released and is worth your time reading if you are interested in the SBC and GCR.
The Great Commission Resurgence includes essays written by pastors (David … [Read More]
During the two years I was a M.Div. student at Southern Seminary, one of my favorite professors was a young New Testament scholar named Rob Plummer. I took a fruitful year of Greek from Rob—I still remember some of the silly songs that he and my now SEBTS colleague Ben Merkle wrote to help us remember Greek paradigms. One of the things I liked best about those Greek classes was the way Rob’s heart for … [Read More]
Wayne is best known for being a practitioner, advocate, and teacher of expositional preaching. His most well-known books are probably his two preaching textbooks: The Twelve Essential Skills for Great Preaching, 2d. ed. (B&H Academic, 2006) and The Moment of Truth: A Guide to Effective Sermon Delivery (B&H Academic, 1999). Both of these textbooks are used in numerous seminaries and colleges. Wayne has also mentored dozens of doctoral students over the years, most of whom … [Read More]
Thou shalt not ignore this book. Or so say Walter Kaiser, Daniel Heimbach and scores of other reviewers who say that Mark Rooker’s recently published The Ten Commandments: Ethics for the Twenty-First Century is a must-read for theologians, pastors, Old Testament scholars, ethicists, and cultural commentators.
In the book, Rooker devotes a chapter to each commandment, discussing each one in its ancient context, showing how each commandment connects with other Old Testament and New Testament passages. … [Read More]
Now here is an interesting and worthwhile Little book. Francis Schaeffer: A Mind and Heart for God (P&R, 2010), edited by Bruce Little, is a collection of five essays on Schaeffer’s work and its continuing relevance in our world, written by arguably the four premiere Schaeffer scholars alive (all of whom knew Schaeffer well and two of whom are his sons-in-law): Udo Middlemann, Jerram Barrs, Ranald Macaulay, and Dick Keyes. It is 108 pages of … [Read More]
For those of you who were not aware, Kregel Academic & Professional has launched a new series of books edited by Southeastern’s own Ben Merkle. The 40 Questions series is unique in that each book in the series provides (1) a comprehensive summary of its subject; (2) while breaking the subject matter into short chapters (5-10 pages); (3) allowing the reader to find the answers to commonly asked questions without having to read the entire … [Read More]
