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Matthew Lee Anderson is an Associate Professor of Ethics and Theology in Baylor University's Honors College. He has a D.Phil. in Christian Ethics from Oxford University, and is a Perpetual Member of Biola University's Torrey Honors College. In 2005, he founded Mere Orthodoxy.
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VIII. Conclusion My initial move was to outline interpretations of two exegetical issues, namely anthropology and justification, pointing out that a fundamental tension exists within exegesis of both issues, namely
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Dr. Fred Sanders is one of the smartest and most interesting people I’ve ever met. Conversations with him are stimulating and challenging. His last two posts at Scriptorium Daily have been exemplary in both these regards. From a prayer for […]
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While some people are certainly worse than I, I have been known to drop a ":)" or a ";)" in my emails. Most of the time, it is
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VII. Romans 4 with Reference to 5-8 In the preceding section I argued that the thematic similarities between Romans 4 and Joseph and Aseneth support my argument that "
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(Warning: because this is the heart of the argument, a lengthy post follows). VI. The Anthropology of Romans 4 It is perhaps easiest to begin outside of Paul’s writings
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This has to be one of the most bizarre reports I have read in some time: Remember the mammoths, say the clean-cut organisers at the youth camp’s mass wedding. “They became extinct because they did not have enough sex. That […]
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Romans 4.9-12 In this section of Romans 4, Paul engages either in actual dialogue or in a bit of dialectical rhetoric with an imaginary interlocutor. Moxnes thinks the
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V. Romans 4 Paul has just finished arguing that a man is only justified by faith, and not by “works of the law.” In Romans 4, Paul turns to Abraham as an example of this. Moo identifies two reasons for […]
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IV. Romans 3.20-31 Because Paul’s argument in Romans 4 is an extension of what he has already said, it is necessary to set up our analysis of Romans 4 by examining what Paul had just argued. The debate between traditional […]
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III. Individual vs. Communal: Traditional and New Perspective Approaches The competition of interpretations of Paul’s anthropology has its parallel in broader exegetical issues concerning the role of the Law
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The news that Dr. Barry Corey was going to be Biola's next president stirred no little controversy among Biola's interested parties. Dr. Corey was ordained by
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I. Methodological Remarks It is not out of alignment with the rest of Pauline scholarship at this point to offer remarks concerning methodological concerns and limitations. One need only peruse
