What am I reading? What am I hearing?
Into the eye-gate:
12/31/07 B. N. Kaye, “Eschatology and Ethics in 1 and 2 Thessalonians,” Novum Testamentum 17 (1975): 45-57.
12/27/07 John F. Kennedy, Profiles in Courage (Harper & Brothers, 1956; reprint, HarperCollins, 2003).
12/26/07 Holland Hendrix, “Benefactor/Patron Networks in the Urban Environment: Evidence from Thessalonica,” Semeia 56 (1992): 39-58.
12/20/07 C. S. Lewis, The Last Battle, reprint (HarperCollins, no reprint date).
12/13/07 Alan C. Mitchell, “‘Greet the Friends by Name’: New Testament Evidence for the Greco-Roman Topos on Friendship,” in Greco-Roman Perspectives on Friendship, ed. John T. Fitzgerald, SBL Resources for Biblical Study 34 (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1997), 225-62.
12/1/07 David J. Hesselgrave, “Will We Correct the ‘Edinburgh Error’? — Future Mission in Historical Perspective,” revised transcript of lecture given at Morningstar Baptist Church, Rockford, Ill., October 15, 2007.
11/27/07 A. M. G. Stephenson, “On the Meaning of ejnevsthken hJ hJmevra tou: kurivou in 2 Thessalonians 2.2,” in Studia Evangelica 4, ed. Frank L. Cross (Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1965), 442-51.
11/25/07 Richard S. Ascough. “The Thessalonian Christian Community as a Professional Voluntary Association.” Journal of Biblical Literature 119 (2000): 311-28.
11/25/07 J. T. Fitzgerald, “Hospitality,” in Dictionary of New Testament Background, ed. Craig A. Evans and Stanley E. Porter (Downer’s Grove: InterVarsity, 2000): 522-25.
11/25/07 S. C. Barton, “Hospitality,” in Dictionary of the Later New Testament and Its Developments, ed. Ralph P. Martin and Peter H. Davids (Downer’s Grove: InterVarsity, 1997): 501-07.
11/24/07 David L. Balch, “Paul, Families, and Households,” in Paul in the Greco-Roman World: A Handbook, ed. J. Paul Sampley (Trinity Press, 2003), 258-92.
11/24/07 Bruce W. Winter, “From Secular Clients to Christian Benefactors: 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 and 2 Thessalonians 3:6-12,” in Seek the Welfare of the City: Christians as Benefactors and Citizens, First Century Christians in the Graeco-Roman World (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994), 42-60.
11/22/07 Aristides, “The Apology of Aristides.”
11/17/07 John S. Kloppenborg, “Filadelfia, QeodidaktoV and the Dioscuri: Rhetorical Engagement in 1 Thessalonians 4:9-12,” New Testament Studies 39 (1993): 265-89.
11/11/07 Peter Lampe, “Paul, Patrons, and Clients,” in Paul in the Greco-Roman World: A Handbook, ed. J. Paul Sampley (Trinity Press, 2003), 488-523.
11/11/07 Bruce W. Winter, “‘If a Man Does Not Wish to Work . . .’: A Cultural and Historical Setting for 2 Thessalonians 3:6-16,” Tyndale Bulletin 40 (1989): 303-315.
11/10/07 Robert Jewett, “Tenement Churches and Pauline Love Feasts,” Quarterly Review 14:1 (1994): 43-58.
11/10/07 Robert Jewett, “Tenement Churches and Communal Meals in the Early Church: The Implications of a Form-Critical Analysis of 2 Thessalonians 3:10,” Biblical Research 38 (1993): 23-43.
11/10/07 Paul, The Epistles to the Thessalonians
11/1/07 Martinus J. J. Menken, “Paradise Regained or Still Lost? Eschatology and Disorderly Behaviour in 2 Thessalonians,” NTS 38 (1992): 271-89.
10/29/07 Thomas Hine, The Rise and Fall of the American Teenager (Bard, 1999).
10/28/07 Robert Jewett, “Paul, Shame, and Honor,” in Paul in the Greco-Roman World: A Handbook, ed. J. Paul Sampley (Trinity Press, 2003).
10/18/07 Bruce W. Winter, Roman Wives, Roman Widows: The Appearance of New Women and the Pauline Communities (Eerdmans, 2003).
10/8/07 Christopher A. Hall, Reading Scripture with the Church Fathers (InterVarsity, 1998).
10/3/7 Larry W. Hurtado, “The Staurogram in Early Christian Manuscripts: The Earliest Visual Reference to the Crucified Jesus?”, in New Testament Manuscripts: Their Texts and Their World, ed. Thomas J. Kraus and Tobias Nicklas (Brill, 2006), 207-26.
10/1/7 C. S. Lewis, “On Church Music,” in Christian Reflections (Eerdmans, 1967), 94-99.
9/25/07 J. Gresham Machen, “The Gospel and the Modern World,” Baccalaureate Address, Hampden-Sydney College, June 9, 1929.
9/24/07 Augustine, “On Christian Doctrine”
9/22/07 Donald Fairbairn, “Patristic Soteriology: Three Trajectories,” JETS 50 (2007): 289-310.
9/21/07 W. Klassen, “The Sacred Kiss in the New Testament: An Example of Social Boundary Lines,” NTS 39 (1993): 122-135.
9/18/07 David A. Montgomery, “Directives in the New Testament: A Case Study of John 1:38,” JETS 50 (2007): 275-88.
9/9/07 Robert C. Kurka, ”Before ‘Foundationalism’: A More Biblical Alternative to the Grenz/Franke Proposal for Doing Theology,” JETS 50 (2007): 145-65.
9/8/07 Edwin M. Yamauchi, “Scripture as Talisman, Specimen, and Dragoman,” JETS 50 (2007): 3-30.
9/1/07 Tim Stafford, “Go and Plant Churches of All Peoples,” CT (Sept 2007)
8/22/07 Paul, The Epistle to the Galatians
8/17/07 C. S. Lewis, Introduction to Athanasius’ On the Incarnation
Into the ear-gate:
12/08/07 Kevin Bauder, “What Is the Gospel?”
12/04/07 (finished series) Robert Greenberg, “How to Listen to and Understand Great Music. Part II: ”The High Baroque.” The Teaching Company, 1998. Lectures include:
“The Rise of German Nationalism in Music”
“Fugue”
“Baroque Opera, Part 1″
“Baroque Opera, Part 2″
“Baroque Sacred Music, Part 1 — The Oratorio”
“Baroque Sacred Music, Part 2 — The Lutheran Church Cantata”
“Baroque Instrumental Forms, Part 1 — Passacaglia”
“Baroque Instrumental Forms, Part 2 — Ritornello Form and the Baroque Concerto”
11/3/07 (finished series) Robert Greenberg, “How to Listen to and Understand Great Music. Part I: The Ancient World through Early Baroque.” The Teaching Company, 1998. Lectures include:
“Music as a Mirror”
“Sources — The Ancient World and the Early Church”
“The Middle Ages”
“Introduction to the Renaissance”
“The Renaissance Mass”
“The Madrigal”
“An Introduction to the Baroque Era”
“Style Features of Baroque-Era Music”
10/25/07 (finished series) Howard G. Hendricks, “The Seven Laws of the Teacher” (Walk Thru the Bible Ministries, 1988). Lectures include:
1. “Law One: Teacher”
2. “Law Two: Education”
3. “Law Three: Activity”
4. “Law Four: Communication”
5. “Law Five: Heart”
6. “Law Six: Encouragement”
7. “Law Seven: Readiness”
10/13/07 Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities (audiobook)
10/12/07 Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist (audiobook)
9/25/07 Paul Hartog, “‘Spirit-Fighters’ in the Early Church”
9/22/07 D. A. Carson, “How to Think About Pastors” (1 Timothy 3:1-7)
9/20/07 D. A. Carson, “How to Think About Money” (1 Timothy 6:3-19)
9/19/07 Kevin Bauder, “New Testament Prophecy: A Survey of and Tentative Response to Wayne Grudem’s Theory”
9/18/07 Kevin Bauder, “Acts as Transition: The Role of the Holy Spirit”
9/18/07 John Piper, “The Deadly Team of Sin and Law: Romans 7:7-12″
9/17/07 John Makujina, “Biblical Definitions of Music and Anti-Music”
9/15/07 Paul Hartog, “The ‘New Prophecy’ as Old Movement”
9/8/07 John Piper, “A God-Entranced Vision of All Things: Why We Need Jonathan Edwards 300 Years Later”
9/7/07 (finished series) John Swanson, “Great World Religions: Beliefs, Practices and Histories. Part II: God and His Prophet: The Religion of Islam.” The Teaching Company, 1997. Lectures include:
1: “Definitions, Perspectives, and Stereotypes”
2: “The Prophet and His Times”
3: “The Message of the Qur’an”
4: “What is Islamic Law?”
5: “The Rise of an Islamic Institution”
6: “What is an ‘Islamic Society’?”
7: “The History of Islam & the Emergence of the Shi’a”
8: “Intellectual and Mystical Forces within Medieval Islam”
9: “Islamic Response to Western Predominance”
10: “Islam: Past, Present, and Future”
9/4/07 Carl R. Trueman, “John Owen on God”
9/4/07 Carl R. Trueman, “John Owen on Christ”
9/4/07 Carl R. Trueman, “John Owen on the Holy Spirit”
9/3/07 Carl R. Trueman, “John Owen: The Man and His Time”
9/3/07 Carl R. Trueman, “John Owen and the Practice of Theology”
9/3/07 Kevin Bauder, “Passionate Teaching”
9/3/07 Kevin Bauder, “The surety that your life is not wasted (Phil 1)”
9/3/07 Kevin Bauder, “You have Christian liberty (2 Cor 3)”
8/16/07 Robert Milliman, “A Biblical Theology of Sanctification”
8/15/07 Doug Bookman, “Wise as Serpents, Harmless as Doves”
