Thank you so much for this! Love both parts 1 and 2…this is amazing…but I feel like part 2 doesn’t pick up right where part 1 is finished off. Are we missing a little bit?
@faithlovelead--Many thanks for posting this! Bock's summary of the the new perspective on Paul/Jesus is excellent and necessary. Along with his dealing with Wright and Piper, he gives us all an excellent starting place to begin to work through this important material. Thanks again.
9:29 under the new covenant, that second point is null. our works were proven not good enough under the old covenant. under the new covenant, by God's grace, I am able to stay in the covenant. those works are not my own, but they are graces given to me by God for my justification. to God alone be the glory.
Thank you for posting this. I recently listened to a couple of series hosted by John Ankerberg, featuring Darrell Bock and Daniel B. Wallace called "The Battle to Discredit the Bible" and "The Battle to Dethrone Jesus." The first answered questions raised and assertions made by Bart Ehrman's Misquoting Jesus. The second addressed theories proposed by the Jesus Seminar and others regarding the historical Jesus. Dr. Bock knows his stuff. He also presents it in an understandable and enjoyable way.
having just read Wright's book on Justification and Simply Christian and Surprised by Hope, I can tell Prof Bock that NT Wright makes a huge deal about the work of the Spirit. I don't know how he can reach the conclusion that Wright doesn't make much of the Spirit. Tom Wright's stuff is thouroughly trinitarian in a way that much Protestant presentations are not. I don't know whether Bock hasn't read all of Wright's work here, but his assessment doesn't seem true from wat i've read
Mmm-kay. This guy is annoying. Sounds like Mr. Mackey from South Park. Mmm-kay. Sheesh. How would you like to hear Harvey Fierstein talk about grace, mercy, and the love of God?
