Looks interesting.

When ‘Bible Christians’ criticise the world in a manner that contradicts the mode of speech urged in Scripture (generosity, grace, respect, gentleness, blessing, etc), don’t they forfeit the mantle ‘Bible Christians’, just as much as would the gracious heretic? #Truth + #Grace

I agree with this take on the #LastSupperScandal. Remember, Peter was outraged when Jesus said He’d die; he shouted “never” when Jesus washed his feet. Outrage is understandable. Yet, Christ upended honour-shame. Critics cannot shame the Crucified One more than He shamed himself.

"Clergy don't choose who is in the flock but pastor all those entrusted to their care." - a "tenent" of Anglicanism from Southside Anglican's/Dioc. South. Cross' "8 tenets".

“May a merciful God preserve me from a Christian Church in which everyone is 'good.' I want to be in a church of the fainthearted, the failed, the feeble and the ailing . . . who believe in the forgiveness of sins.” — Martin Luther

Fascinating!

Book Review now on TMA: It is often noted that for all the emphasis which the Apostle Paul places upon evangelism in the book of Acts and the narration of his own endeavours, he seems to not have the same expectations for the audiences of his epistles.   tma.melbourneanglican.org.au/2024/08/solvin…

“Science takes things apart to see how they work. Religion puts things together to see what they mean.” — Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

An attempt to avoid the tribal echo chambers and outline the respective scholarly positions in a way that proponents from either side would recognise as their own. Happy for corrections. scottgoode.org/2024/09/01/an-…

After being locked out of this account for over a year, we have finally regained access. We are grateful to all who followed @CateclesiaInst to stay connected, but we are thrilled to recover this account and hopeful it will facilitate communication about great resources!

Great article on "life after life after death." thegospelcoalition.org/article/hope-l…

From my perspective, both Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic theologies tend to collapse ontological and ethical categories—the East in a preference for good creation overwhelming sin, while the West tilted toward confusing sin with creation. It seems to me that the Pauline

“Evangelism is only possible when the community that evangelises—the church—is a radiant manifestation of the Christian faith and exhibits an attractive lifestyle.” — David Bosch

Pauline marital theology is under-represented in the literature re the “order” of gendered relations. Super pleased to be starting as a PhD candidate with this proposed title: One Flesh: A Literary and Socio-Rhetorical Study of the Pauline (and Deutero-Pauline) Marriage Texts.

"The first phase was that as a historian I realised no society had been successfully organised on the basis of atheism. All attempts to do that have been catastrophic. That was an insight that came from studying 18th, 19th and 20th-century history." 5/17

A sneak peek into my doctoral research on Paul's marriage theology: why exploring the New Testament marriage texts could offer fresh insights into the evangelical gender debate. scottgoode.org/2025/02/03/how…

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If I had a dollar for every time a New Testament scholar identified a text as one of the most difficult to interpret in the letter or corpus.

This was one of the best discussions I have come across in its generosity, clarity, and nuance in discussing Egalitarian and Complementarian approaches to particular ministry roles.

Hot off the press. I just received my paper edition.