Andy Naselli

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Andy Naselli

Bob McCabe on Ecclesiastes

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Robert V. McCabe presented “An Overview of Ecclesiastes” (a twelve-page article) last week at the 2007 Mid-America Conference on Preaching at Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary. In addition to providing an annotated outline of Ecclesiastes, he fills out the following outline of the book’s message:

A. Life in a sin-cursed world cannot be fully comprehended by man.

  1. The subject of the book is found in the recurring theme emphasizing the enigmatic nature of life in a sin-cursed world.
  2. The subject of the book is also found in its polarity of themes reflecting the enigmatic nature of life in a sin-cursed world.

B. Life in a sin-cursed world can be judiciously enjoyed by man.

  1. The significance of the exhortation to judiciously enjoy life is demonstrated by its repetition.
  2. The foundation of the exhortation to judiciously enjoy life is one’s relationship to God.
  3. The motivation for the exhortation to judiciously enjoy life is the judgment of God.

Related: Check out Dr. McCabe’s blog, “Fearing God in a Hebel World.”

Wayne Grudem Endorses Mitt Romney

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Today Wayne Grudem published an article and participated in an interview in which he makes a strong case that conservative evangelicals should back Mitt Romney.

  1. “Why Evangelicals Should Support Mitt Romney,” by Wayne Grudem.
  2. “Dr. Wayne Grudem on another Evangelical endorsement of Mitt Romney,” interviewed by Hugh Hewitt.

Related: “Mitt Romney vs. Rudy Giuliani” and “Bob Jones Endorses Mitt Romney“

Collin Hansen’s CT Article on The Gospel Coalition

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This morning Christianity Today posted Collin Hansen’s article on The Gospel Coalition: “Tethered to the Center: The Gospel Coalition is committed to core evangelical beliefs and wide-ranging cultural engagement.”

Related links (listed in the “theological writings” section of my recommended resources):

The Gospel Coalition (D. A. Carson, Tim Keller): articles, audio/video (plenary talks, interviews, workshops, and a panel discussion), foundational documents

Bob Jones Endorses Mitt Romney

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In light of my recent post on Mitt Romney, this news is especially interesting!

  1. “Bob Jones Dean Endorses . . . Romney!” The Wall Street Journal Online.
  2. “Bob Jones III endorses Romney for president,” The Greenville News (today’s lead story: the top headline on the front page).
  3. “Romney nabs two nice names,” In the News at MittRomney.com.
  4. “BJU Statement on Political Endorsements” (currently listed on the front page of www.bju.edu): “Bob Jones University has never officially endorsed political candidates and that policy has not changed. In endorsing Gov. Mitt Romney for president, Dr. Bob Jones III and Bob Taylor are speaking personally. As private citizens, we all have the privilege and responsibility to examine the options and come to a choice of conscience. It is in this role that these administrators have chosen to endorse Gov. Romney. Dr. Jones III’s and Dr. Taylor’s statements reflect their views as private citizens and not the view of Bob Jones University as an organization.”
  5. “Dr. Albert Mohler On The Significance Of Bob Jones III’s Endorsement Of Mitt Romney,” interviewed by Hugh Hewitt.
  6. “Why Evangelicals Should Support Mitt Romney,” by Wayne Grudem.
  7. “Dr. Wayne Grudem on another Evangelical endorsement of Mitt Romney,” interviewed by Hugh Hewitt.

Review of McCune’s “Promise Unfulfilled” with a Response from McCune

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The following review and rejoinder is available as a twelve-page PDF.

[I prepared the following book review for John Woodbridge’s “History of Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism” course in fall 2007 at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Special thanks to Rolland McCune for reading my review and providing a lengthy response at such short notice. His rejoinder is included below with his permission. –Andy Naselli]

McCune, Rolland D. Promise Unfulfilled: The Failed Strategy of Modern Evangelicalism. Greenville, S.C.: Ambassador International, 2004. xvii + 398 pp.

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Promise Unfulfilled is the most penetrating book-length evaluation of the “new evangelicalism” (about fifty years after its genesis) by a self-identified fundamentalist. McCune (b. 1934) is former president and current professor of systematic theology at Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary. He testifies, “I first heard that there was such a movement called ‘new evangelicalism’ when I entered Grace Theological Seminary in the fall of 1957. . . . In 1967 I began teaching on the seminary level and annually lectured on the new evangelicalism. This book”—McCune’s first—“is a partial harvest of all my years of research, study, and teaching on the subject” (p. xv).
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Dan Wallace: “Manuscript Discoveries from Summer 2007 Expeditions”

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Dan Wallace‘s post this morning, “Manuscript Discoveries from Summer 2007 Expeditions,” is exciting!

[T]he Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts (www.csntm.org) sent out two teams on expeditions this past summer—one to Patmos and one to an eastern European country. The expeditions accomplished far more than we thought they would: 25,000 images shot with high-resolution digital cameras, more than sixty manuscripts photographed altogether. Not only that, but we discovered several manuscripts that are up till now unknown to western scholarship. . . .

In addition to the new discoveries, CSNTM also ‘rediscovered’ several manuscripts that had been presumed lost decades ago. . . .

Finally, of the manuscripts that we discovered this past summer there seem to be one or two that are significant as far as the original wording of the New Testament is concerned. I can’t tell you more yet, but soon will (we are hoping to make an announcement to the media in the winter).