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Scot McKnight and some of the bibliobloggers we know will launch a new commentary series Regula Fidei (Rule of Faith). According to Michael Bird (who will write on Romans), each commentary will include “orienting the specific text to the “Big Story” of Scripture and dedicating 50% of the commentary to how we “live the story”.

[link: Jesus Creed, Euangelion]

Scot McKnight’s Pastor’s Wisdom series:

If you could start all over again, knowing what you know now, what would you focus on? Or, if you gave a young pastor some advice, what would you tell him or her to focus on?

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If you are going to read just one thing about your faith this week, please let it be this:

…..For 13 years I have been teaching a survey of the Bible at North Park University. I eventually learned that we cannot skip from Genesis 3 to either John 3 or Romans 3. We cannot skip from the Fall to the Cross. God chose, instead of sending his Son to redeem Adam and Eve in Genesis 4, to wait. And what God did between the time of Adam and Eve and Jesus Christ was to work redemption in the form of community. The Old Testament is about Israel; the New Testament is about Jesus and the church. The Bible is about God’s people, the community of faith. The church is not an institution that provides benefits for individual Christians so they can carry on their personal relationship with God until that church can no longer provide what they need. Instead, the church is the focus of God’s redemptive work on earth in the present age.

This is also my only wish that b/s who attends my God and the Bible class can/will eventually understand.

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In response to Simon Gathercole’s recent article on CT, Scot Mcknight has started a series to introduce the NPP (New Perspective on Paul) to common readers.

NPP, according to Scot, is “The most significant development, outside of historical Jesus studies, in biblical studies in the last 50 years.”

Be sure to read them all.

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Update (Aug 10 2007): Gathercole’s article is now online. [HT: Mark Goodacre]

基督，如光
照亮及引領我。
基督，如盾
覆庇我。
基督
在我之下，
在我之上；
在我左右，
環繞我。
這日，在我
心內與身外，
謙卑柔和，卻滿有能力。
在聽我說話的心中，
在向我說話的口中。
這日，在我
心內與身外，
謙卑柔和，卻滿有能力。
基督，如光；
基督，如盾；
在我左右，
環繞我。

Scot McKnight on preparing a sermon. (Here is part 2).

I am planning to write a post (or short series) on my views of preaching and why it matters to me (and all Christians) so much. It would be a long one and hope I can finish it in the next few weeks. Stay tuned!