Lectures at Beeson Divinity School, Birmingham, AL: “The Lifting Up of the Son of Man and God’s Love for the World” and “John’s Trinitarian Mission Theology”

Presentation and Panel discussion on the Biblical Theology of the New Testament series: Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, New Orleans, LA

Classes offered at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, NC.

Dr. Andreas Köstenberger is the founder of BIBLICAL FOUNDATIONS™ and the author, editor, and translator of over 20 books. He also serves as professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, NC. Welcome to BIBLICAL FOUNDATIONS™!

“When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?”

To encourage a return to the biblical foundations for the home, the church, and society through teaching, seminars, and publications.

Although Scripture cannot be reduced to a mere piece of human writing, there is much to gain by paying careful attention to the historical, literary, and theological dimensions of the biblical text. For this reason, The Cradle, the Cross, and the Crown is offered to the serious New Testament student who seeks to better understand and share God’s “word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15). Across nearly one thousand pages, it thoroughly introduces all twenty-seven New Testament books from Christ’s incarnation, virgin birth, and ministry in the Gospels to His triumphant return and our eternal reign with him in Revelation.

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Books on Bible Reference The Book Study Concordance
Aided by breakthroughs in computer technology, The Book Study Concordance of the Greek New Testament has compiled data in a format that has never before been available to Bible students. The result is the creation of a new Bible study tool and a new venue of academic research. This new tool examines Greek words in their respective New Testament book settings with the theology of the book considered. Also provided are word totals, most-frequently-used words, semantic domains, and words set in relation to the New Testament as a whole. This is an absolutely invaluable new tool to the scholarly community.

Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary
Brimming with lavish, full-color photos and graphics, the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary walks you verse by verse through all the books of the New Testament. It’s like slipping on a set of glasses that lets you read the Bible through the eyes of a first-century reader! Discoveries await you that will snap the world of the New Testament into gripping immediacy. Things that seem mystifying, puzzling, or obscure will take on tremendous meaning when you view them in their ancient context. You’ll deepen your understanding of the teachings of Jesus. You’ll discover the close, sometimes startling interplay between God’s kingdom and the practical affairs of the church. Best of all, you’ll gain a deepened awareness of the Bible’s relevance for your life.
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Articles on Bible Reference

It’s time for summer vacations, and for many of us this means catching up on our reading. Here are some random recommendations for your reading pleasure:

1. N. T. Wright, Justification: God’s Plan & Paul’s Vision (IVP, 2009): Wright’s response to John Piper’s The Future of Justification. In his inimitable style from the opening illustration, Wright provides a substantive defense of his view on justification. Howard Marshall says, “This is definitely one of the most exciting and significant books that I have read this year.”

2. John A. D’Ella, A Place at the Table: George Eldon Ladd and the Rehabilitation of Evangelical Scholarship in America (Oxford University Press, 2008): This is definitely one of the most intriguing and thought-provoking books I have read this year. The volume is replete with lessons to be learned from the life of one of the most important American biblical scholars of the past half-decade.

3. G. K. Beale, The Erosion of Inerrancy in Evangelicalism: Responding to New Challenges to Biblical Authority (Crossway, 2008): Greg Beale has been involved in a sustained interchange with Peter Enns on a proper evangelical understanding of inerrancy in relation to biblical scholarship. Just recently, it was announced that Beale is moving from Wheaton to Westminster. Similar to the Wright-Piper interchange, the Beale-Enns dialogue crystallizes an important issue in evangelical scholarship and is highly instructive for all who care about the future of American evangelicalism.

4. Mark A. Noll, The New Shape of World Christianity: How American Experience Reflects Global Faith (IVP, 2009): I’ll let Lamin Sanneh, director of World Christianity Initiative at Yale Divinity School, sketches the significance of this volume: “The United States has emerged as a crucial frontier of the worldwide Christian awakening, in part because of America’s role as a global power but in large part because of similar experiences rooted in history and civil society. From his own evangelical background, Mark Noll has explored these connections with lucid sensitivity and lively attentiveness, and in so doing has offered a welcome and valuable contribution to the literature on world Christianity and its critical interface with American religious history.”

5. Keith Yandell and Harold Netland, Buddhism: A Christian Exploration and Appraisal (IVP, 2009): Yandell, professor of philosophy of religion and history of modern philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Harold Netland, associate professor of philosophy of religion and intercultural studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and former missionary to Japan, provide a very helpful introduction to Buddhist history and doctrine that will prove invaluable for those evangelicals who want to understand Buddhism.

6. Russell D. Moore, Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families & Churches (Crossway, 2009): This wonderful new book on adoption by the dean of the School of Theology and senior vice president for academic administration at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary beautifully blends heart and theology, the biblical storyline and personal life experience. It carries the endorsements of Chuck Colson, Michael Card, Albert Mohler, Marvin Olasky, and John MacArthur.

7. Richard Hays et al., eds., Reading the Bible Intertextually (Baylor University Press, 2009): This may be a bit heavy for summer reading, but this is an important topic, and Hays has done seminal work in this area. The volume collects essays from a conference held in 2004 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Don’t feel like you have to read the entire volume; sample the essays by Steve Moyise and Richard Hays and perhaps one or two others.

Fri, 2/6, 7–9:30 p.m.
Richland Creek Community Church (Sanctuary)
Urgent Parenting Conference 2009: “Biblical Foundations for Marriage & Family”
For more information see www.richlandcreek.com

Tue, 3/3–Fri, 3/6
Pastor’s College, Washington, DC
Class: The Theology of John
For more information see www.sovgracemin.org

Sa, 3/14, 6–8 p.m.
Bailey Baptist Church, Bailey, NC
Missions Conference: God’s Love for the World and the Lifting up of the Son of Man
For more information please call: 252.235.3663