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Justin Taylor

8 Videos from the Theologians on the Christian Life Conference

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On April 20–21, Bethlehem College & Seminary (my school) and Crossway (my favorite publisher) cohosted the Theologians on the Christian Life Conference.

Steve Nichols and Justin Taylor edit the Theologians on the Christian Life series that Crossway has published since 2012. The series is historically informed and warmly devotional.

Here are eight videos from the conference:

1. Justin Taylor Interviews John Piper

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The Collected Works of John Piper

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This new set releases on March 31:

John Piper. The Collected Works of John Piper. Edited by David Mathis and Justin Taylor. 13 vols. + one volume of indexes. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2017. 8,464 pages. Available from Amazon  and Westminster Bookstore .

Both Justin Taylor and David Mathis have spent years serving as John Piper’s assistant, and they know Piper and his publications unusually well. Justin wrote his fascinating PhD dissertation on Piper, and David is the executive editor for Desiring God.

The editors explain in the introduction to volume 1, [Read more…] about The Collected Works of John Piper

The SBC and the Broader Evangelical Community

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SBCThis is a fascinating new essay:

Collin Hansen and Justin Taylor. “From Babylon Baptist to Baptists in Babylon: The SBC and the Broader Evangelical Community.” Pages 33–49 in The SBC and the 21st Century: Reflections, Renewal, and Recommitments. Edited by Jason K. Allen. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2016.

Their thesis is that (a) evangelicals need Southern Baptist conviction and (b) Southern Baptists need evangelical experience. They show that by examining four overlapping pairs of Southern Baptists: [Read more…] about The SBC and the Broader Evangelical Community

On Plagiarism: An Interview with Justin Taylor

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Yesterday my colleague Joe Rigney announced, “Plagiarism discovered in Justice book by D. Wilson & R. Booth. … Booth confesses; book pulled.”

Justin Taylor, executive vice president of book publishing and book publisher for Crossway, then shared five lessons from this incident:

  • 1. You cannot be too careful when taking notes. Some people plagiarize intentionally, but it often comes from not being careful.
  • 2. Booth is wrong about exact wording of dictionary definitions being excluded from plagiarism.
  • 3. Publishers, authors, teachers, and students should be aware that detection software exists when in doubt: e.g., http://www.ithenticate.com/
  • 4. Some, especially those without academic training, simply haven’t been taught what plagiarism is. Here’s a start http://www.plagiarism.org/plagiarism-101/what-is-plagiarism
  • 5. Plagiarism, intentional or not, is literary theft, and it should be repented of as such.

Justin kindly agreed to answer some questions about plagiarism for my readers:

1. What is plagiarism?

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My Contributions to the Evangelical Drudge Report Last Week

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Here is what I contributed to Justin Taylor’s blog last week:

  1. Academic Administration
  2. Free Audiobook: Tim Keller’s Ministries of Mercy
  3. Recommended Resources in Carson’s Leader’s Guide: Introduction | Chapters 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10–14
  4. Interview with Simon Gathercole on the Gospel of Judas and the Gospel of Thomas
  5. 2010 Resolved Conference
  6. Interview with Desi Alexander on Biblical Theology
  7. Interview with Chris Morgan on the Glory of God
  8. Mike Bullmore on the Gospel and Pastoral Ministry
  9. Interview with Stephen Dempster on Old Testament Theology
  10. Jim Hamilton Reviews Sailhamer on the Pentateuch
  11. Humorous Headlines
  12. Advice for Busy People, Especially College Students
  13. Interview with Peter O’Brien on the Letter to the Hebrews
  14. Should pastors separate the Christian wedding ceremony from the civil rite?
  15. Interview with Michael Lawrence on Biblical Theology and the Church
  16. Do You Love Your Spouse?

Previous contributions:

  1. early August 2008
  2. late August 2008
  3. August 2009

Guest Blogging

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It’s been relatively quiet on this blog lately because my family is getting settled after a move. At the beginning of July, we  moved from Trinity’s campus in Deerfield, Illinois, to Moore, South Carolina (explanation here). Deerfield is a relatively posh Chicago suburb; Moore is a relatively quaint Southern community. And we’re enjoying the variety.

It might be even quieter over the next nine days because I’ll be guest-blogging with some other friends at Justin Taylor’s “Between Two Worlds.”

My Recent Contributions to the Evangelical Drudge Report

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Here is what I recently contributed to Justin Taylor’s blog:

  1. The Folly of Idolatry
  2. The Reformed Resurgence Series by Collin Hansen
  3. An Unusual Wedding Procession
  4. The Altar: Not the Finish Line
  5. The 99 Most Essential Bach Masterpieces
  6. “That doesn’t mean that my view is right. It just means that nobody can talk me out of my view.”
  7. Gerald Bray Reviews N. T. Wright’s “Justification”
  8. Don’t Waste Your Cancer: Matthew Hoskinson’s Testimony
  9. Haughty Spirit : Fall :: Pride : Destruction
  10. Interview with Darrell Bock
  11. Carson on Inerrancy
  12. Maintaining Moral Purity in the Ministry
  13. Graham Cole’s Book on the Atonement
  14. News Stories in Photographs
  15. Baptism: Three Views
  16. Carson on the Gospel and Social Action
  17. Randy Alcorn on Suffering and Evil
  18. Review of the ESV Study Bible
  19. Calvin’s Death-Bed Charge to Older and Younger Men
  20. Two of D. A. Carson’s Forthcoming Books
  21. Tim Keller on the Gospel and the Poor
  22. The Beauty of God’s Creation
  23. Amen