Imagination & Biblical Scholarship
Since living in England, my family and I have had our imaginative capacities expanded when it comes to reflecting on history. Bounding on castle grounds and clambering hillsides once ascended by...
View ArticleNew Testament Studies at Durham… New Strengths
In spite of the horrific costs of postgraduate study in the UK, I am so pleased that Durham is where I have ended up. I am biased, of course. But bias might actually be a criterion for...
View ArticlePastor-Theologian: Will the Job Market Drive PhD Graduates into the Pulpit?
While brewing a second cup of coffee to keep alert in my Greek readings this morning, I found Chris Spinks’ post “Avoid a PhD?” His reflections were stimulated by Anthony LeDonne’s most recent attempt...
View ArticleSt. Gregory the Great and the Pastor-Theologian |“The care of souls is the...
I was scanning the patristics section in my college library when I found this: Gregory the Great (540–604) was one of the most influential popes in the history of the church. One of his legacies is The...
View ArticleSubmitting the PhD thesis
[NOTE: Having returned to the blog after a long hiatus, I found some quirks in the blog theme I had been using. We will probably be trying a few other designs over the next couple of weeks, so please...
View ArticleAnd the Worst of 4 Years: My Greatest Challenges while Studying and Living in...
[For the more pleasant side of this tale, see the previous post on the greatest joys on life and and study in England] I took this pic before I knew the word “selfie.” I wanted to remember the...
View ArticleMy PhD thesis… coming soon in SNTS
I brought home the bound copy of my doctoral thesis over a year ago just after my viva. When I placed it on the kitchen table—253 pages of A4—my wife made this observation: “That is the most expensive...
View ArticleMy Doctoral Thesis is Now Published
Six years ago my wife and I were returning to Birmingham, Alabama after a week-long scouting trip to Durham, England. There were two goals: register the kids for school in the UK, and find a place to...
View ArticleWriting for both Academy and Church (and Gospel Writing as an Act of...
[My PhD thesis/dissertation has been published, and here begins a multi-post discussion about its content (after a bit of throat-clearing about the book’s audience). See the previous post for a bit...
View ArticleHumbled by these endorsements of my book
Writing a doctoral thesis is a journey through rough seas and dark lands. There are moments of oasis, of course, as insights emerge and connections are made. For me, there were also moments akin to...
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