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Tag Archives: Douglas Campbell
Becoming a New Creation with the Apostle Paul
Shortly after I graduated from seminary, I “tried on,” if you will, the penal substitutionary view of atonement as articulated in the writings of J. I. Packer. Some of you may have read his classic book Knowing God. I read … Continue reading
Justified by Salvation History: Israel, Covenant and the Apostle Paul
An increasing number of biblical scholars are finding the justification by faith model (JF) unpersuasive as a way to understand the theology of the Apostle Paul. This first came to my attention early in my seminary education (back in the … Continue reading
Apprehending Apokatastasis: What the Bible Says … and Doesn’t
But that’s not what the Bible says!—a not uncommon cry uttered by many who first encounter the greater hope. If we Christians know anything, we know that the Bible teaches everlasting damnation, and we have the verses to prove it. … Continue reading
Debating the Rights and Wrongs of N. T. Wright
This is a fascinating panel discussion on Pauline theology, focused on the scholarship and interpretive work of the great N. T. Wright. As the discussion makes evident, Wright’s grasp of the Old and New Testaments and the extant writings of Second … Continue reading
Ruminating Romans: Justification as Apocalyptic Liberation
But now apart from the law the righteousness of God (although it is attested by the law and the prophets) has been disclosed—namely, the righteousness of God through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is … Continue reading
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Tagged atonement, Douglas Campbell, faith of Christ, hilasterion, justification, Lapide, Louis Martyn, mercy seat, N. T. Wright, Paul, righteousness
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Ruminating Romans: What Did the Teacher Teach?
J. Louis Martyn suggests that one of St Paul’s purposes in writing his Epistle to the Romans was to clarify some of the arguments that he presented in his Epistle to the Galatians and to correct misconstruals of his earlier … Continue reading
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Tagged Douglas Campbell, Galatians, gentiles, Judaizers, Law, Louis Martyn, Paul, Romans, Torah
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Ruminating Romans: Was Paul a Diatribalist?
In his important, and massive, book The Deliverance of God, Douglas A. Campbell advances a controversial hypothesis about the Epistle to the Romans that has Pauline scholars all astir. As far as I can tell, few have embraced the hypothesis, … Continue reading
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