In January, Bob Yarbrough and Don Carson spoke at the EFCA’s theology conference: “Understanding the Complementarian Position: Considering Implications and Exploring Practices in the Home and the Local Church” (TGC report). The MP3s are well worth listening to.

In a Q&A someone asked Don Carson about William Webb’s redemptive-movement hermeneutic, and Carson replied that it is unconvincing. Carson followed up with an email (see this 3-page PDF): “As for bibliography,” writes Carson, “the literature is pretty extensive, but the two most substantive review articles evaluating Webb’s book are” these: (more…)

There’s almost always at least one person who is more gifted than you are at something.

• It may tempt you to be sinfully discontent with your gifts and jealous of others.
• It may fuel godly ambition.
• It may fuel humility and thankfulness.

Would you believe that this happens in seminary—where people are taking classes about the Bible and theology?

It does. (more…)

If you’ll be within driving distance of Albuquerque on March 9–11, you may want to consider attending the 2012 Clarus Conference with D. A. Carson and Fred Zaspel (conference schedule).

And if you know anyone near Albuquerque, you may want to let them know about it.

My friend Ryan Kelly is hosting it again: (more…)

This book has been in the works for a long time, and it releases this month:

D. A. Carson. The Intolerance of Tolerance. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012. 186 pp.

It’s outstanding. I read it several times last year and enjoyed preparing the indexes.

• 30-page PDF. This includes the book’s front matter and first 25 pages.
• MP3s: part 1 | part 2. Don Carson has spoken on the intolerance of tolerance many times, often while evangelizing at secular universities. These two MP3s are from March 2004.

Here’s the book’s broad outline:

Ch. 1. Introduction: The Changing Face of Tolerance (more…)

Don at my home during my first of four years at TEDS (2006–2010)

I thank God for this man.

As I say at the end of this essay,

I thank God for gracing me with gifts to the church like Carson. . . .

I am excited that Carson is only in his mid-sixties and that he is in good health. If Jesus does not return and Carson’s health continues, Carson will very likely equip the church with dozens of more books and articles. His magnum opus will be a two-volume ‘whole-Bible’ BT. He explained to me that he needs about twenty more years to do this well. He first desires to finish his commentaries on John’s letters, Galatians, Hebrews, Revelation, and Ezekiel. Carson is one of those exceptional figures who is equipped to contribute an outstanding integrative BT that would serve as a reliable foundation for ST that is more genre-sensitive and aware of the Bible’s storyline. (pp. 273–74)

I regularly pray that God would preserve his health and sustain and even increase his productivity.

Related:

1. Don Carson’s Festschrift (at the occasion of his 65th birthday)
2. D. A. Carson’s Theological Method
3. D. A. Carson Publications
4. D. A. Carson MP3s Now Hosted by TGC

This essay appears in the latest issue of SBET:

Andrew David Naselli. “D. A. Carson’s Theological Method.” Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology 29 (2011): 245–74.

It revises a paper I submitted to Kevin Vanhoozer at TEDS in December 2006 for his PhD seminar “Advanced Theological Prolegomena.” I told some friends in the class at the time that I’d like to publish my essay in about five years, which would give me more time to better understand Don Carson’s theological method.

Here’s the outline:

1. Carson’s Background: Some Factors That Influence His Theological Method

1.1. Carson’s Family
1.2. Carson’s Education
1.3. Carson’s Professional Experience
1.4. Some Other Background Factors

2. Carson’s Corrigible Presuppositions

2.1. Carson’s Metaphysics: God
2.2. Carson’s Epistemology: Chastened Foundationalism (more…)