Michael F. Bird
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An Anomalous Jew – Coming in October 2016
My Australian friend, NT scholar, Michael F. Bird, has a new book on the Apostle Paul forthcoming–October 2016: “Though Paul is often lauded as the first great Christian theologian and a champion for Gentile inclusion in the church, in his own time he was regarded as a strange and controversial figure. In this book Pauline… Continue reading
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Three Things a Baptist learned from an Anglican Church
But as a Baptist I’ve since learned that I do not have to convert to Anglicanism or any such mainstream denomination–to experience the same (1. a sense of belonging part of something bigger; 2. the importance of the Bible; and 3. the beauty of liturgy). In fact,… Continue reading
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Book Review: Evangelical Theology by Michael F. Bird
Hardcover: 912 pages Publisher: Zondervan (October 30, 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 0310494419 ISBN-13: 978-0310494416 Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 1.7 x 9.4 inches A few years back, while residing in St. Louis, MO, when I heard that NT scholar and blogger Michael F. Bird was going to be lecturing at Covenant Theological Seminary, I had to… Continue reading
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On Visiting an Anglican Church: A Family Affair
While out of town, perhaps I was more inclined to visit an Anglican church because of my recent reading of Michael Bird’s Evangelical Theology, and his section on ecclesiology, in particular. The kids wanted to know if there was a kids church (thinking of course of our regular place of worship). To their disappointment there was… Continue reading
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On the Sacraments
“The sacraments help us in worship by reminding us what God has done for us in the past, by bringing us closer to God in the present, and by turning our minds toward our future life with God in eternity.” –Michael F. Bird, Evangelical Theology, emphasis added Continue reading