Month: June 2014
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Preachers and Leaders 3: Preaching as congregational leadership: a venerable history
The regular sermon, according to key figures from church history including Chrysostom, Augustine, Calvin, Cranmer and Perkins, is the key means by which shepherd-leaders fulfil their responsibility to ensure that the truth of God’s word is guarded, learned and obeyed among their congregations.
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The social context of Romans 2:17–29: the Jewish synagogue
In my book, I argue that Romans 2:17-29 is set in the Jewish synagogue.
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Preachers and Leaders 2: The speech of shepherd-leaders in the New Testament
In a number of places across the New Testament, we see a certain pattern of congregational leadership. Christian congregations often include certain people who are described as carrying a weighty responsibility. This responsible leadership role is based on and derived from the word of the apostles, which in turn is grounded in the Old Testament…
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Romans 2:17-29 is an argument about Jewish Identity
In my book, I argue at length that Romans 2:17-29 is not primarily an argument about salvation, but rather an argument about Jewish identity and vocation.
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Preachers and Leaders 1: A separation of preaching and leadership?
Among the many important issues and questions that have been raised during recent debates about women and preaching, one that has received perhaps too little attention is this: What exactly is this thing we call a ‘sermon’ or ‘preaching’? Preaching is the public component of the speech of a congregational shepherd-leader to the congregation under…
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Preachers and Leaders Preface: The publication history of Hearing Her Voice
This post is an online preface to my essay “Preachers and Leaders”, defending the essay and the book in which it appears against a particular charge relating to the publication history of one of the books which it interacts (*Hearing Her Voice* by John Dickson)
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The “obedience of faith” in its prophetic context (Romans 1:5)
In my book, I argue that Paul’s phrase “the obedience of faith” in Romans 1:5 can be better understood when read in the context of prophetic (Isaianic) motifs.