Archive for November 2014
Peter Gentry on Daniel 9 and upcoming publications
Over at My Digital Seminary there is an interview with Peter Gentry on Daniel 9:24-27. At the end of the interview he lists the projects he is currently working on, all of which are of interest for biblical studies:
- My magnum opus is a critical edition of Ecclesiastes for the Goettingen Septuaginta. Hope to finish it this summer.
- Steve Welllum and I are producing a 250-page abridgement of KTC.
- I am translating from French the best study of Isaiah 7:14 ever written, showing that it is a direct prophecy of the virgin Mary.
- I am working on a discourse grammar commentary on Isaiah (In the Hearing the Message of Scripture series).
- In collaboration with others, I am writing state of the art information on Origen and his Hexapla.”
I’m particularly interested in “the best study of Isaiah 7:14 ever written.”
The Word of God in Our Mouths | Doxology and Theology
Over at the Doxology and Theology blog I have a post on The Word of God in Our Mouths. Here’s an excerpt:
The task of worship planning is a pastoral discipline. I say pastoral because the planning and leading of worship services is a matter of teaching good theology. Like any good pastor, we should desire to get the Word of God into our people at every point of the service, which means that we’re doing more than leading songs for our congregations: we’re putting words in their mouths. We’re causing our people to actually say specific words and to respond in specific ways. So what we do has great influence.
We’re giving our churches categories of understanding for doctrine and response. Through our liturgies we’re teaching them the gospel, the true nature and work of Jesus, and how we take part in the story of God reconciling all things through Christ. In this sense, our worship leading has more to do with formation/sanctification than it does with affection. There are some who plan services around what affects them emotionally. But our affections do not always change our actions. The truth of God does.
Read the rest here.
Josh Philpot 