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Briefly Noted: The Wreck of Western Culture

Don’t say you were never told. John Carroll’s The Wreck of Western Culture is one of the most underappreciated volumes published in recent memory.[1] Readers beware, however. Carroll’s book is for readers who like their coffee strong (the book is more like a Green Eye than a Café au Lait), … Read More »

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Helpful Tips on Publishing Scholarly Monographs

I need to begin this post with a caveat: I have never written a monograph. There are many reasons for this, chief among them my propensity toward distraction and boredom. Simply put, at this season in my life I can’t think of a single historical topic to which I want … Read More »

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Holy War in the Bible (Eds. Heath A. Thomas, Jeremy Evans, & Paul Copan)

SEBTS professors Heath Thomas and Jeremy Evans are at it again. This time, they have co-edited with Paul Copan a new book Holy War in the Bible: Christian Morality and an Old Testament Problem (IVP, 2013). Essay contributors include Stephen B. Chapman (Duke University), Daniel Heimbach (SEBTS), Glen Stassen (Fuller … Read More »

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Book Recommendation: The Young Shepherd

Many young pastors have found themselves in over their heads during their first couple of years in pastoral ministry. Just last week, I spent some time praying with one of my students who is pastoring his first church and facing a very difficult shepherding situation. While Christian colleges and seminaries … Read More »

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Some Reflections on the Seminary, the Church, and the Academy

Should the theological school be considered an “academic” enterprise? Or is it a “churchly” endeavor? Yes and yes. Or, so says Richard Mouw in his recent monograph, The Challenges of Cultural Discipleship. In the next-to-last chapter, “The Seminary, the Church, and the Academy,” Mouw argues that the theological school is … Read More »

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Inexpensive E-Books on Global Missions

This week, Southeastern Seminary is celebrating our annual Global Missions Week. This is always one of the most exciting weeks on the SEBTS campus. IMB personnel have set up booths all over the bottom floor of the Jacumin-Simpson Missions Center. Chapel services, led by preachers Nik Ripkin, Tom Elliff, and … Read More »

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Briefly Noted: Was Hitler Ill?

Was Hitler ill? You bet he was, but not in any sense that would exonerate him or make him less responsible for his actions. In a recent edition of London Review of Books, Richard J. Evans reviews Was Hitler Ill? by Hans-Joachim Neumann and Henrik Eberle.[1] Neumann and Eberle survey … Read More »

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Paige Patterson Is Not a Traitor

Recently, I was accused of “treason” in an online comment by an employee of a Cooperative Program-supported college in Georgia.  My crime? I’m general editor of The Gospel Project, a curriculum that quotes Wesleyans, Anglicans, and Presbyterians. Apparently, in this person’s mind, quoting people from other denominations is sufficient evidence to … Read More »

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Briefly Noted: Why Scholars Tend to Be Awful Writers

Hmmff. In a recent blog post, “On Writing Well,” Stephen M. Walt (Professor of International Affairs, Harvard University) tackles the question of why academic writing is often quite poor.[1] Walt believes there are some real reasons why academic writing suffers, but this is not because either “no one encourages future … Read More »

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Briefly Noted: The Redemptive Nature of Laughter (Or, Why an Atheist Can and Can’t Get Jokes)

Now this one caught my attention. In a recent edition of Times Literary Supplement Tim Lewens reviews Daniel C. Dennett’s recent book on the nature of humor, Inside Jokes: Using Humor to Reverse-Engineer the Mind.[1] It caught my attention because Dennett is an atheist, which I think uniquely handicaps him … Read More »

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