Executive Director of The Carson Center at The Gospel Coalition. Instagram @bgladd. Biblical Theology for life.
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I do a fair amount of traveling, and these two Anker products are at the top of my list. ✈️
The battery pack (Anker Nano Power Bank) can charge all my devices and comes with a retractable USB-C cable.🔋
The small AC adapter (Anker Nano Smart Display Charger) can charge my laptop, phone, etc. Also, it works well in planes where the electrical outlets are often worn out.🔌
I've been working on a commentary on Mark's gospel, so why not make a graphic of Mark's use of the OT?
209 OT references
🟩 = allusions
🟦 = quotations
Finalized my own graphic based on the cross-references of Connecting Scripture New Testament.
This plots 3,000 Old Testament allusions and 350 quotations in the NT.
🟥= quotations
🟦= allusions
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The Bible doesn’t command families to divide in worship. To present family members worshiping together as an obstacle to love for others neglects the mission of the family and God’s call to parents.
We don’t choose between our families or our mission. Building gospel-centered families is Great Commission ministry.
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Amill, of course:
"the kingdom of God is in your midst" (Luke 17:21)
What is your eschatological view? I’ve haven’t really decided honestly and it’s not a salvation issue. I actually don’t think anyone knows for certain. Compelling arguments on a few of them but I haven’t fully landed although I lean….
All I know is whatever God does he’s right and I want to be with him in the end 🙃
I LOVE this book—The Gospels Are Reliable History by Craig Keener 🚀
My endorsement: “I’m thrilled that we are witnessing a recent spate of books that argue for the historical reliability of the Gospels. Craig Keener’s latest, The Gospels Are Reliable History, summarizes and expands his previous work. This volume is clear and accessible, but his insights are rich. We can be confident that the Gospels are the product of eyewitnesses who lived in the period of living memory of Jesus. I do hope that pastors, students, and lay people will take the time to read this gem.”
This is so good 🤌🤌🤌
1.7 million views in 24 hours for my interview on Josephus and Jesus! Many thanks to @SatAmericaFNC and @kayleighmcenany for making the interview happen.
youtu.be/eXpyzmiF5-8?si=O4_w…
Thanks for picking up Connecting Scripture New Testament!
Four new books I LOVE that are really helpful for a pastor:
1) Craig Troxel’s With all Your Heart - Tackles how the mind, the affections, and the will are all to be utilized in loving Christ. Helpful for preaching and counseling.
2) Patrick Abrendroth’s The Ascension - Shows the importance and relevance of this “forgotten doctrine” on the Christian life. Great doctrinal study.
3) John Blanchard’s The Complete Gathered Gold - Literally a treasure trove of quotes relating to nearly every topic. Every pastor should own this and use in sermon preparation.
4) Christian Standard Bible - Connecting Scripture New Testament Study Bible - one of the most remarkable study Bible’s I have seen. Shows how the NT is dripping with illusions and references to the OT. Every note shows the OT connection. Every preacher should run and buy this resource.
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Want to learn more about Covenant Theology and how that relates to Israel?
Check out this podcast by Ligon Duncan and Nancy Guthrie. 🎙️
Note, too, that Ligon doesn't think the phrase "replacement theology" captures what covenant theologians believe.
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Found an earlier account!! 📰
1 Cor 15:5-7 “he appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve. Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers and sisters at one time; most of them are still alive, but some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.”
Written account of Jesus rising from the dead identified in 2,000-year-old manuscript, study suggests trib.al/XFIwGJj
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This research compares later Greek, Latin, Arabic and Syriac copies to reconstruct what Josephus may have written around AD 93–94; it did not identify an account in a 2,000-year-old physical manuscript. joe.co.uk/news/ancient-j… wsjfreeexpression.substack.com/p/unlocking-th…
The cheapest I've seen the hardcopy of my book, From Adam and Israel to the Church.
🔴 Recounts my journey out of dispensationalism.
🔴 Attempts to organize the people of God around the "image of God" motif.
🔴 Relates inaugurated eschatology to God's people.
🔴 Final chapter concerns the covenant community in the eternal state.
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🚨New Release!🚨
Christian Life in the Greco-Roman City by Jason Borges
I'm thoroughly enjoying this book!
Is the "church" (ἐκκλησία) in the OT? Yes! 👍🏻
LXX Nehemiah 13:1 "At that time the book of Moses was read publicly to the people. The command was found written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter THE ASSEMBLY OF GOD [ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ θεοῦ]"
1 Corinthians 1:2 "TO THE CHURCH OF GOD [τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ τοῦ θεοῦ] at Corinth"
See GK Beale, "The Background of ἐκκλησία Revisited," JSNT 38 (2015): 151-168
The people of God begin in Eden and continue into the new heavens and earth. One God, one people.
Much of the debate surrounds what the term "Israel" means. I'm convinced that the term primarily refers to one's status before God and secondarily to one's relationship to Abraham.
I trace the people of God through the language of "image." You can read that TGC essay here:
tinyurl.com/yc6tzxwk
I wrote a book on the subject, From Adam and Israel, in case you want something more substantive
I have a whole chapter on "Israel, the Gentiles, and Isaiah's Servant" in my Manger to the Throne volume.
See also my long discussion of the "mystery" of the Jews/Gentiles in Eph 3 in Hidden But Now Revealed.
I've been listening to some dispensational podcasts as of late, and I keep bumping up against a problem. 🚦
According to a lot of dispensationalists, an interpreter holds to dispensationalism or "replacement theology."
I'm a covenant theologian but I don't hold to replacement theology. The church doesn't replace Israel.
The church is the CONTINUATION of true Israel in Christ. NT believers are joined to OT believers as the covenant community. That's not replacement.