Category: Biblical Studies
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The Final Judgment of Believers in Christ: When does it happen? What is the point?
Read more: The Final Judgment of Believers in Christ: When does it happen? What is the point?Photo credit: “the Last Judgment” by oriana.italy is marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0. A review of the scholarly literature reveals a surprising variety of views on when Christians and non-Christians are judged and why. Some, such as Professor Robert Wilkin, argue that “believers and unbelievers will appear at separate judgments.” The Role of Works at the Final…
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The Mary We Forgot with Professor Jennifer Powell McNutt (Podcast)
Read more: The Mary We Forgot with Professor Jennifer Powell McNutt (Podcast)In this episode we’re joined by Jennifer Powell McNutt, who is the Franklin S. Dyrness Chair of Biblical and Theological Studies and Professor of Theology and History of Christianity at Wheaton College and the author of the book that we discuss in this episode, The Mary We Forgot: What the Apostle to the Apostles Teaches…
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Judgment Seat of Christ Revisited Once Again: Is This The Icing On The cake?
Read more: Judgment Seat of Christ Revisited Once Again: Is This The Icing On The cake?Photo Credit: “Lefkadia The Judgment Tomb – VI (37242295582)” by Egisto Sani from Italy is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. Those readers who have followed my series of posts on this blog know that my rendering of the Judgment Seat of Christ passage from 2 Cor. 5:10 is at odds with the conventional view. My reading would go…
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If God Loves Judgment, Shouldn’t We Love It Too?
Read more: If God Loves Judgment, Shouldn’t We Love It Too?Photo Credits: “Michelangelo – The Last Judgment, Sistine Chapel, The Vatican” by Randy OHC is licensed under CC BY 2.0. This short article examines two verses from the Psalms and traces their English translations over the centuries. The point is not to quibble with the various translations. All the renderings of these passages quoted in this article are…
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Acts of the Apostles with Professor Steve Walton (Podcast)
Read more: Acts of the Apostles with Professor Steve Walton (Podcast)In this episode we’re joined by Professor Steve Walton, Senior Research Fellow in New Testament at Trinity College, Bristol, and the author of the book that we’re discussing in this episode, Acts 1–9:42 in the Word Biblical Commentary series (published by Zondervan Academic). In our conversation, Prof. Walton shares with us how he got to…
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Divine Judgment in the Gospel of Mark with Dr. M. John-Patrick O’Connor (Podcast)
Read more: Divine Judgment in the Gospel of Mark with Dr. M. John-Patrick O’Connor (Podcast)In this episode we’re joined by Dr. M. John-Patrick O’Connor, who is Associate Professor of New Testament at Northwest University, and the author of the book that we’re discussing in this episode, The Last Will Be First: Divine Judgment in the Gospel of Mark (published by Baylor University Press). In our conversation we discuss the…
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John of History, Baptist of Faith with Professor James McGrath (Podcast)
Read more: John of History, Baptist of Faith with Professor James McGrath (Podcast)In this episode we’re joined by Prof. James McGrath, who is Clarence L. Goodwin Chair in New Testament Language and Literature at Butler University, and the author of the book that we’re discussing in this episode: John of History, Baptist of Faith: The Quest for the Historical Baptizer (published by Eerdmans). In our conversation we…
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Engaging Jesus with Our Senses with Dr. Jeannine Hanger (Podcast)
Read more: Engaging Jesus with Our Senses with Dr. Jeannine Hanger (Podcast)In this episode, we’re joined by Dr. Jeannine Hanger, who is Associate Professor of New Testament at BIOLA University and Talbot School of Theology, and she’s the author of the book that we’re discussing in this episode, Engaging Jesus with Our Senses: An Embodied Approach to the Gospels (published by Baker). In our conversation we…
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One Spirit with Dr. Kris Song (Podcast)
Read more: One Spirit with Dr. Kris Song (Podcast)In this episode we’re joined by one of our very own co-hosts here at The Two Cities podcast, Dr. Kris Song, who is an instructor in New Testament at Bethel Seminary and the author of One Spirit: Pneumatology and Unity in the Corinthian Letters (published by Baylor University Press). In our conversation we talk about…

