Sage Journals: Free Access

A few folks have drawn attention to Sage Journals’ offer of free online access to their collection for about the next six weeks. You can register here. But why o why would you want to do such a thing? For the best reasons of all, of course… After registering, you can then have what you’ve [...]

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INTJ

At the Wheaton Theology Conference, N. T. Wright mentioned how much harder it is to get a PhD in New Testament if you’re an ENFP than if you’re an ISTJ. In case you were wondering about the pathologies lying behind Storied Theology, here you go:

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No Paper Required

At long last, Unlocking Romans is available on Kindle. You may go download it now. I should point out to all my friends with iPads, Macs, iPhones, Blackberries,and Androids, that one can get a free Kindle reader and use said devices to read this wonderful treasure and myriad other books.

SBL Sessions, Everybody’s Doing It

Since everyone else and their mom is posting where they’ll be presenting during SBL, courtesy of the online program, far be it from me to refrain! Intertextuality in the New Testament 11/20/2010 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM Theme: Approaches Toward New Testament Intertextuality Jerry L. Sumney, Lexington Theological Seminary, Presiding (2 min) Alain Gignac, Université [...]

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The Power of Story

It must be quote day. This one from an author who seems to speak for me almost as often as not: “As human beings, we cannot check the power of a story to determine the lives of those who participate in a particular, defining narrative. What we can do, however, is return repeatedly to our [...]

Me on UStream

Last week I did a UStream presentation and Q & A for Fuller Seminary. Here’s the video in case you missed it. You’ll especially want to see how the Curious George story goes at the outset. And here’s one I did back in the fall:

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