An edited manuscript of D. A. Carson‘s “The Gospel of Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 15:1-19)” is now available at The Gospel Coalition site. Carson preached this message in May at The Gospel Coalition’s first conference: video | audio.
Other resources at TGC site: articles (including an RSS feed for new articles), audio & video (including interviews), foundational documents.
Rick Phillips shares informative, witty thoughts on his recent trip to the annual Christian Booksellers Association.
The Gospel Coalition now has dozens of short video interview clips available. Four men, at least in the interviews posted so far, answer various questions: D. A. Carson, Tim Keller, John Piper, and Mark Driscoll. I reserved a few hours today to watch these, and it was well worth the time—regardless of whether one completely agrees with every viewpoint expressed. Some of the clips are especially thoughtful and moving, especially those by Carson and Piper. (Cf. TGC’s articles, audio & video, foundational documents, and stakeholders.)
Last night I finished reading an excellent resource: John Glynn, Commentary and Reference Survey: A Comprehensive Guide to Biblical Studies and Theological Resources (10th ed.; revised and updated; with a foreword by Darrell L. Bock; Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2007), 380 pp. (See also Glynn’s website, which includes a couple reviews of his book.) Glynn’s Survey is a superb source for tracking what works are available for biblical studies. Glynn is a bit thin on evaluation (Other than occasional interjections, about the extent of his evaluations is bolding his most recommended resources.), and nearly everyone will have some quibbles with his judgments. The book, however, is primarily a compilation of resources, not a commentary on resources. It it not, therefore, in the same category as, say, D. A. Carson’s New Testament Commentary Survey. Glynn lists the options for biblical studies in general, but Carson analyzes specific NT commentaries. Glynn devotes only one chapter (pp. 145-201) to NT commentaries, but Carson’s whole book is devoted to it. I’m grateful for Glynn’s useful tool.
Last month one of my close friends emailed me a link to a 14-minute video that serves as a preview for the recently released Planet Earth: The Complete BBC Series (also available in HD DVD and Blu-ray). After reading more about this BBC series, I became aware of another BBC series released a few years ago called The Blue Planet: Seas of Life.
Jenni and I had the opportunity to watch these series, and they are excellent! Over the last three years, we have checked out a few dozen nature DVDs from the library (e.g., many produced by IMAX), but none of those compares to Planet Earth! Wow. It includes five DVDs: the first four contain eleven 50-minute episodes, and the fifth contains three episodes on “the future” and environmentalism. The last ten minutes or so of the eleven episodes on disks 1-4 share interesting stories about what the film crew endured to secure such unusual footage. (Warning: Occasionally a crew member’s speech is a bit offensive.) The footage on the main episodes is stunningly majestic and detailed, colorful and brilliant. The vistas are breathtaking. I learned something new in every episode, usually viewing (1) fascinating animals and plants on God’s earth that I never knew existed and (2) behavior by well-known organisms that shocked me because I had never heard of such things (e.g., a pride of lions attacking an elephant).
In preparation for watching these, we listened to John Piper’s sermon “The Pleasure of God in Creation,” which Piper later published as this chapter in The Pleasures of God, my favorite book by Piper. Thrilling! Moving! Worshipful! Watching first-class films about God’s planet is a worshipful experience—even if the people who make the films have entirely different agendas! How many more reasons do we have to praise God than did the authors of Scripture, whose knowledge of God’s earth was significantly limited in comparison to ours today? Piper calls Ranger Rick “a theological journal,” and I think it is appropriate to call Planet Earth a theological documentary.
Related: Piper on “Planet Earth”
The prolific Stanley Porter recently reviewed a massive volume by his former mentor, Anthony Thiselton (Wikipedia): Thiselton on Hermeneutics: Collected Works with New Essays (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2006), xvi + 827 pp. Porter’s review, which expresses both appreciation and negative criticism, is available as a 7-page PDF (published 14 July 2007).
We’re excited to welcome you to our new site. Thanks for stopping by!
1. Explanation
1.1. The primary impetus for this new site is a digital camera, a generous end-of-the-year gift my wife received from the parents of her students. In order to share pictures with family and friends, we looked into various options and concluded that it would be most efficient to combine a family blog and my theology blog under the same website domain. Our first choice was www.naselli.com, but it was already taken. We settled on the current domain name in order to keep it relatively short and memorable (as opposed to something like www.AndyandJenniNaselli.com or www.ThisDomainNameIsWayTooLong.com).
1.2. Enter Scott Aniol. Scott designed the whole site with expertise as he patiently, flexibly, and kindly interacted with us, and he will continue to be our webmaster as new ideas arise. His company is called WebRight Design, and his professional services are under-priced. He designs sites for individuals, corporations, churches, and much more. Check it out.
2. Introduction
2.1. Andy’s theology blog and resources page are designed primarily for friends who share a passion for theology.
2.2. The password-protected family blog is designed for family and friends, so please contact us for a user name and password.
In the latest RBL, Craig Blomberg positively reviews Steven Roy‘s How Much Does God Foreknow: A Comprehensive Biblical Study. The review is available as a four-page PDF.