“I sometimes think no group is more fashion-conscious than the current crop of hipster church planters—except perhaps teenage girls.”
Is there any basis for hope that those who do not hear of Christ in this life will be saved?
Christopher W. Morgan, “Inclusivisms and Exclusivisms,” in Faith Comes by Hearing: A Response to Inclusivism 
(ed. Christopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson; Downers Grove: IVP, 2008), 18, 26, 36:
The Traditional Classification
- Exclusivism: Jesus is the only Savior of the world, and one must believe God’s special revelation culminating in the gospel of Christ to be saved.
- Inclusivism: Jesus is the only Savior of the world, but one does not have to believe the gospel to be saved.
- Pluralism: All paths are valid and lead to God.
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Figure 1. What about those who have never heard the gospel? [Read more…] about Is there any basis for hope that those who do not hear of Christ in this life will be saved?
Rod Decker Reviews the Updated NIV
Rodney J. Decker recently reviewed the updated NIV.
The PDF is 50 pages, but the review itself is under 40 pages. (The appendixes start on page 39.)
I read this review carefully last week, and it’s well done.
Decker is professor of New Testament at Baptist Bible Seminary. He’s the author of several books and articles, including these:
- Temporal Deixis of the Greek Verb in the Gospel of Mark with Reference to Verbal Aspect. Studies in Biblical Greek 10. Edited by D. A. Carson. New York: Lang, 2001.
- “The English Standard Version: A Review Article.” Journal of Ministry and Theology 8, no. 2 (2004): 5–56.
- “Verbal-Plenary Inspiration and Translation.” Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal 11 (2006): 25–61.
- Koine Greek Reader: Selections from the New Testament, Septuagint, and Early Christian Writers. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2007.
Update on 3/31/2017: In my latest attempt to explain how to interpret and apply the Bible, I include a chapter on Bible translation (pp. 50–81).
Dan Wallace Reviews the Updated NIV
Dan Wallace just reviewed the updated NIV in four parts:
- Part 1: A Selected History of the English Bible
- Part 2: Praise for the NIV 2011
- Part 3: Weaknesses in the NIV 2011
- Part 4: Conclusion
Wallace is professor of New Testament studies at Dallas Theological Seminary. He’s the author of the popular second-year textbook Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics: An Exegetical Syntax of the New Testament and senior New Testament editor of the NET Bible.
Related:
- Rod Decker Reviews the Updated NIV
- The Best All-Around Book on Bible Translation
- Reproduce the Meaning
- Translation and the Doctrine of Inspiration
- Thank God for Good Bible Translators and Translations
- The Importance of Dignified Translations
- Correcting Bible Translations Can Seem Like This at Times
- The Problem of Religious Conservatism
- How Not to Argue about Which Bible Translation Is Best
Update on 3/31/2017: In my latest attempt to explain how to interpret and apply the Bible, I include a chapter on Bible translation (pp. 50–81).
How to Add the Updated NIV to Your Logos Library for Free
If you currently own a Logos 4 base package that includes the old NIV (1984), then you can add the updated NIV (2011) to your Logos library for free.
Details here.
Why “Let Go and Let God” Is a Bad Idea
The August issue of Tabletalk includes a 700-word article (PDF) summarizing my book on Keswick theology.
Related: Let Go and Let God?
Update on 8/23/2017: My latest book attempts to survey and analyze “let go and let God” theology more accessibly:
The Singing Grammarian
I recently watched eighteen short videos on elementary Greek grammar:
H. Daniel Zacharias. The Singing Grammarian: Songs and Visual Presentations for Learning New Testament Greek Grammar. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2011.
The videos aren’t lectures. They’re catchy songs.
Here’s the first one:
Contents
- The Greek Alphabet
- First Declension [Read more…] about The Singing Grammarian
Institutions
“Institutions are by nature large and inflexible beasts with fiefdoms that must be protected and rules that must not be broken.”
—Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, Super Freakonomics, p. 103.
