Now that I have launched this new blog but while I tend to a few off-line matters as I transition into the freedom of the summer months, I invite readers to post comments and questions.
Have you read The Race Set Before Us?
What questions have you been wanting to ask, if you had access to one of the two authors?
Have you done some source or redaction criticism on the book?
Have you figured out who wrote which chapters (not that I will necessarily tell anyone)?
Was there any particular element of the book that you would have liked to have seen differently?
What was the greatest weakness of the book?
What was the greatest strength of the book?
What questions would you like to ask?
7 comments:
Shall I set you up a bit? Two areas that I am still working through in regard to TRSBU are:
1. 1 Cor 3
2. A biblical view of rewards (Randy Alcorn style).
Any chance you could take up either of these topics for a blog essay?
Thank you for making the site easier to read, Ardel.
David,
Thanks for your suggestion about the font size. You were right. The font was too small. I changed the color, too, which makes it easier to read.
Jonathan,
I will respond to your question with a blog entry, forthcoming.
You are correct that I wrote the larger amount of the book (60%). So I've got a verbose styling, hey? We did work hard at bringing all portions into as even a styling as we could, given time limitations, etc. Nevertheless, I think you are right that our former students can readily identify the sources of some portions.
Tim,
You set me up well. Don't you?
You have raised one of the leading questions that we have received. I will address 1 Corinthians 3 sometime. I will also address the notion of non-salvific "rewards." These are two issues that we had to cut out of the book. It got too large anyway.
Thanks for your questions. I will address them in due time.
The relationship between justification by faith alone (especially how the death and resurrection of Christ is the sole objective ground of our standing with God) and a future final judgment according to works. I know the already-not yet is huge here, but how it actually works is obviously a major issue today, and most scholars seem to shy away from explaining how the two fit together for the biblical writers.
Nick,
Thank you for the issue you raised. Indeed, the relationship between justification already and justification not yet is a major issue that needs attention. This is one of the prominent issues I intend to address in my upcoming project, including on this blog.
You're right. So few scholars are willing to address the issue. Many who do, do not do it well, in my estimation.
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