Index

The Atonement

• See also: The Death of Jesus: A Series

Book Reviews

• “Mere Christian Hermeneutics”: A Review (1): JBG Reviews KJV’s Master Work

• “Mere Christian Hermeneutics”: A Review (2): JBG Reviews KJV’s Master Work

Christian Identity and Practice

• Are the Poor “Blessed”? Rethinking a Standard Translation: μακάριος (makarios) under the Spotlight

• Cultivating the Practice of Reading Scripture

• Following Jesus the Crucified

• Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? Table Fellowship as Conversionary Practice and Embodied Faith

• Holy Kissing: A Reflection on Embodied Faith

• Is Pacifism an Option? Christ-followers and Violence

• Luke, Wesley, and Human Flourishing: Happiness & Holiness

• Luke, Wesley, and Wealth: Gaining, “Saving,” Giving

• Out-of-Body Experiences and an Ascent into Heaven: A Chapter in a Theological Anthropology

• Revelation—Living in the Shadow of Empire: Worship, Costly Resistance, and the Way of the Lamb

• Sincerely Misdirected: Rethinking What Jesus Meant by “Hypocrite”: We Need a Better Translation

• Who Is a Christian? A Contemporary Enigma

Christian Scripture & Biblical Studies

• Biblical Authority: Musings from a Wesleyan (1): The Formation of Holy Lives

• Biblical Authority: Musings from a Wesleyan (2): The Bible and the Journey of Salvation

• Cultivating the Practice of Reading Scripture

• “He Descended into Hell”? The Triumph of Christ

• Mary: A New Testament Portrait: Especially for Protestants

• Scripture and Ethics (and Wesley) (1): Mapping the Terrain

• Scripture and Ethics (and Wesley) (2): Modern Biblical Studies and a Yawning Chasm

• Scripture and Ethics (and Wesley) (3): Reading with John Wesley

• What Is “the Literal Sense”? A Chapter in the Discussion of Biblical Interpretation

• What Scripture “Is”: Reading Scripture in the Wesleyan Tradition (1)

• What Is Scripture For? Reading Scripture in the Wesleyan Tradition (2)

• How Do We Read Scripture? Reading Scripture in the Wesleyan Tradition (3)

The Death of Jesus: A Series

• 1 No Cross, No Christianity?

• 2 “Crucified under Pontius Pilate”: Evidence of Jesus’s Execution

• 3 The Nature of Crucifixion

• 4 Why Was Jesus Executed by the Romans?

• 5 Making Sense of Jesus’s Crucifixion

• 6 Following Jesus the Crucified

• 7 1 Peter as a Case in Point

• 8 What about Penal Substitutionary Atonement? (Part 1)

• 9 What about Penal Substitutionary Atonement? (Part 2)

• 10 What about Penal Substitutionary Atonement? (Part 3)

• 11 What about Penal Substitutionary Atonement? (Part 4)

• 12 Final Thoughts on the Atonement

Healing, Health, and the New Testament: The Importance of Perspective

Hoklotubbe, T. Christopher, and H. Daniel Zacharias. Reading the Bible on Turtle Island: A Series

• The Bible and a Medicine Wheel Walk into a Coffee Shop...: Joining the Dance of Indigenous Interpretation (1)

• On Harmony Way, Dreaming Dreams and Seeing Visions: Joining the Dance of Indigenous Interpretation (2)

• How Do Cultural Traditions Influence Biblical Interpretation? Joining the Dance of Indigenous Interpretation (3)

• Ceremonial Life: Contextual, Not Syncretistic: Joining the Dance of Indigenous Interpretation (4)

• Turtle Island Hermeneutics: A Conversation with Chris Hoklotubbe: Joining the Dance of Indigenous Interpretation (5)

Introducing the New Testament (2nd ed.)

James, Letter of

• See also:

  • Poverty and Wealth in James: A Series

• The Message of James’s Letter (w/ Nija K. Gupta)

• Wisdom from James: A Wide-Ranging Conversation (w/ Ryley Heppner)

Kingdom of God

• Did Jesus “Bring” the Kingdom? Serving God’s Royal Rule (1)

• Telling the Story of the Kingdom of God: Serving God’s Royal Rule (2)

• Expressing God’s Kingdom: Serving God’s Royal Rule (3)

• God’s Kingdom: Making Sense of the World: Serving God’s Royal Rule (4)

• On Earth as It Is in Heaven: Matthew’s Vision of God’s Kingdom: Serving God’s Royal Rule (5)

• “God Is Taking Over”: Mark’s Gospel and the Politics of the Kingdom: Serving God’s Royal Rule (6)

• The Magnificat: Luke’s Theo-Political Preamble? Serving God’s Royal Rule (7)

• Jesus’s Hometown Address, Isaiah’s Jubilee, and the Politics of Release: Serving God’s Royal Rule (8)

• Wealth, Possessions, and the Economy of the Kingdom: Serving God’s Royal Rule (9)

• Jesus’s Witnesses Preach “Another King”: Serving God’s Royal Rule (10)

Lim, Bo. Contextual Theological Interpretation: A Series

• Talking Context in Theological Interpretation (1): A Conversation about Bo Lim’s New Book

• Talking Context in Theological Interpretation (2): Notes on Bo Lim’s New Book

Luke-Acts

• See also:

  • Poverty and Wealth in Luke-Acts: A Series

• Luke, Wesley, and Human Flourishing: Happiness & Holiness

• Luke, Wesley, & Wealth: Gaining, “Saving,” Giving

• Up, Down, In, Out: Luke’s Gospel Turns the World Upside-Down—1: Narratives Form

• Up, Down, In, Out: Luke’s Gospel Turns the World Upside-Down—2: Case Study Number One: The Up-Down, In-Out Story of Zacchaeus

• Up, Down, In, and Out: Luke’s Gospel Turns the World Upside-Down—3: Case Study Number Two: Luke and Children

• Reading the Annunciation with The Bible of the Poor: Interpreting Luke 1:26–38

• Mary, Powerful in the Scriptures: Luke Presents Mary as an Exemplary Believer

• What Does Allegiance to Israel’s God Look Like? Reflections on Mary’s Song

• The Magnificat: Luke’s Theo-Political Preamble? Serving God’s Royal Rule (7)

• Angelic Forces Bring Good News to Shepherds: Reflections on Luke 2:8–14

• Jesus’s Hometown Address, Isaiah’s Jubilee, and the Politics of Release: Serving God’s Royal Rule (8)

• Wealth, Possessions, and the Economy of the Kingdom: Serving God’s Royal Rule (9)

• Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? Table Fellowship as Conversionary Practice and Embodied Faith

• Road to Recognition in Luke 24: Interview (w/ Greg Camp and Patrick Spencer)

• Jesus’s Witnesses Preach “Another King”: Serving God’s Royal Rule (10)

Mark, Gospel of

• “God Is Taking Over”: Mark’s Gospel and the Politics of the Kingdom: Serving God’s Royal Rule (6)

Matthew, Gospel of

• On Earth as It Is in Heaven: Matthew’s Vision of God’s Kingdom: Serving God’s Royal Rule (5)

Missional Hermeneutics

• An Important, New Publication

1 Peter

• “He Descended into Hell”? The Triumph of Christ

• Finding a Home “in Christ”: 1 Peter Locates an Audience, Then and Now (1)

• The Holy Spirit and the Stranger: 1 Peter Locates An Audience, Then and Now (2)

Podcasts, Videos

• Introducing the New Testament (2nd ed.)

• The Message of James’s Letter (w/ Nija K. Gupta)

• Road to Recognition in Luke 24: Interview (w/ Greg Camp and Patrick Spencer)

• Wisdom from James: A Wide-Ranging Conversation (w/ Ryley Heppner)

• Women and Words: A Conversation about Bible Translating and Translations (w/ Mimi Haddad)

Poverty and Wealth in James: A Series

• First, the Letter of James on Poverty

• Second, the Letter of James on “the Way of Wealth”

• Third, Finding a Home in James’s Letter

Poverty and Wealth in Luke-Acts: A Series

• 1 The Pervasiveness of Luke’s Interest

• 2 Good News to Whom?

• 3 What Does “Good News to the Poor” Look Like?

• 4 What Does “Good News to the Poor” Entail?

• 5 The Acts of the Apostles and Economic Practice(s)

Revelation, Book of

• Seeing the World as God Sees It: Reading Revelation Theologically (1)

• Revelation 12 and the Cosmic Drama: War in Heaven and on Earth: Reading Revelation Theologically (2)

• Revelation—Living in the Shadow of Empire: Worship, Costly Resistance, and the Way of the Lamb

Science and Christian Faith

• Science and Scripture: A Wesleyan Premise—Part One

• Science and Scripture: A Wesleyan Premise—Part Two

• Science vs. Scripture? Why a Competitive View Won’t Do

Theological Interpretation of Scripture

• Seeing the World as God Sees It: Reading Revelation Theologically (1)

• Revelation 12 and the Cosmic Drama: War in Heaven and on Earth: Reading Revelation Theologically (2)

• See also:

  • Hoklotubbe, T. Christopher, and H. Daniel Zacharias. Reading the Bible on Turtle Island: A Series

  • Lim, Bo. Contextual Theological Interpretation: A Series

  • Missional Hermeneutics

  • Theological Interpretation of Scripture Matters: A Series

  • Vanhoozer, Kevin. Mere Christian Hermeneutics: A Series

Theological Interpretation of Scripture Matters: A Series

• 1 Start Here

• 2 Premodern Precursors

• 3 Resources

• 4 The Rise of Scientific Biblical Studies

• 5 Influencers: Barth and Bonhoeffer

• 6 Wesleyans Reading the Bible as Scripture

• 7 What about “Historical Criticism”?

• 8 Location, Location, Location

• 9 Biblical Theology? Theological Interpretation?

• 10 Reading with the Holy Spirit

• 11 Theological Interpretation in Action

• 12 Two Testaments—One Christian Bible

• 13 The Marks of Theological Interpretation of Scripture

• 14 The Role of the Reader

• 15 History and Historical Criticism, Again

• 16 The Holy Spirit and Theological Interpretation

• 17 Accessing Global Interpretation of the Christian Bible

Vanhoozer, Kevin. Mere Christian Hermeneutics: A Series

• Talking “Mere” Hermeneutics with KJV: Notes on Vanhoozer—1

• Talking “Mere” Hermeneutics with KJV: Notes on Vanhoozer—2

• Talking “Mere” Hermeneutics with KJV: Notes on Vanhoozer—3

• Talking “Mere” Hermeneutics with KJV: Notes on Vanhoozer—4

• Talking “Mere” Hermeneutics with KJV: Notes on Vanhoozer—5

Wesleyan and Methodist Resources and Reflections

• Biblical Authority: Musings from a Wesleyan (1): The Formation of Holy Lives

• Biblical Authority: Musings from a Wesleyan (2): The Bible and the Journey of Salvation

• Looking for Some Summer (Wesley-Methodist) Reading?

• Luke, Wesley, and Human Flourishing: Happiness & Holiness

• Luke, Wesley, and Wealth: Gaining, “Saving,” Giving

• Science and Scripture: A Wesleyan Premise—Part One

• Science and Scripture: A Wesleyan Premise—Part Two

• Scripture and Ethics (and Wesley) (1): Mapping the Terrain

• Scripture and Ethics (and Wesley) (2): Modern Biblical Studies and a Yawning Chasm

• Scripture and Ethics (and Wesley) (3): Reading with John Wesley

• Wesleyans Reading the Bible as Scripture

• What Scripture “Is”: Reading Scripture in the Wesleyan Tradition (1)

• What Is Scripture For? Reading Scripture in the Wesleyan Tradition (2)

• How Do We Read Scripture? Reading Scripture in the Wesleyan Tradition (3)

• What Scripture Does: Wesley and the Limits of Inerrancy Language: Toward a Wesleyan Understanding of Scripture

• What to Make of the So-called Wesleyan Quadrilateral? It’s (Past) Time to Sunset an Idea

Women and Leadership

• Women and Words: A Conversation about Bible Translating and Translations (w/ Mimi Haddad)

• Women in Ministry Leadership? A Conversionary Tale, with Recommendations

Zacharias, H. Daniel. See Hoklotubbe, T. Christopher, and H. Daniel Zacharias