Interviews with Nettles and Wills on Their New Books

SBTS has a new news blog, and there you can find an interview with Greg Wills on his history of the school, as well as a two part interview with Tom Nettles on his new biography of James P. Boyce.

There’s also a post on the two collections of the writings of Boyce and Many, respectively, the one edited by Nettles the other by Michael Haykin and others.

Enjoy!

HT: Patrick Schreiner

Justin Taylor Diavlogs with Russell Moore on Adopted for Life

I’m fans of both Justin Taylor and Russell D. Moore, and this is really cool. These guys must be on Macs or something. They have recorded a conversation on Dr. Moore’s new book Adopted for Life.

Aside from the coolness factor of this video, I can’t speak highly enough of this remarkable book.

Theological precision. A compelling story. Emotional impact. You don’t find all that in the same place very often, but it’s in this book.

Dr. Moore is a uniquely gifted communicator. His theology is as good as his ability to tell a story. It’s as fun to read him as it is to listen to him preach.

Some dear friends of mine said, “This is a great book to read once you’re too old to adopt children!” (paraphrase). In other words, this is a compelling and convicting book. It could change your life. Read at your own risk!

Greg Wills’ History of Southern Seminary

It’s out: Gregory A. Wills, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1859-2009

It is my understanding that today is its first day being sold at the Lifeway Store on the SBTS campus.

I was browsing the book and was surprised to see Scott Hafemann’s name. I won’t type up the whole story surrounding his name, but it is absolutely fascinating. Riveting. What has happened at this school is a work of God. It’s a miracle that I teach here. Praise the Lord!

Between this book on the history of Southern, Nettles’ biography of Boyce, and several other things that have come out, it’s quite a year for Baptist history.

Yahweh Is Everything, Baal Is Nothing

This past Sunday at Kenwood Baptist Church my fellow elder Josh Philpot brought a strong word from 1 Kings 18.

Get it here: 1 Kings 18:20-40, If the Lord is God, Follow Him

Eric Schumacher’s Biblical Theology of Cooperation

As the annual meeting of the SBC draws nigh, Pastor Eric Schumacher has a timely post on how cooperation fits in biblical theology.

Check it out.

Revelation 3:7-13, An Open Door No One Can Shut

Sermon audio from yesterday available here:  Revelation 3:7–13, An Open Door No One Can Shut

Keep the word of Jesus and you will be kept.

New Nettles Biography of Boyce!

I happened to be in the Lifeway Store on the SBTS campus just now and they were setting up the display of this new book by Tom Nettles on James Petigru Boyce, founding father of Southern Seminary. I’m thrilled to have a copy, and eager to read it in this the 150th year since the school was started.

From the P & R site:

This book is a biography of James P. Boyce, the founder of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. It focuses on his theological development, his lifelong struggle to establish the Seminary; and the theological controversies that shaped Baptists in the last half of the nineteenth century.

Finally, here is a contemporary, definitive biography of James Boyce, the nineteenth-century, visionary founder of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, where Boyce served as chairman of the faculty, and as professor of systematic and practical theology, and church government. Tom Nettles shows how Boyce gave his life to training Baptist theological students in orthodox, Reformed, experiential theology. Nettles does with Boyce what Iain Murray did with Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones. Without resorting to hagiography, Nettles offers fascinating details of God’s great work through Boyce’s intriguing relationships with other notables, such as Archibald Alexander, Samuel Miller, Charles Hodge, Basil Manly Jr., Francis Wayland, F. B. Meyer, John A. Broadus, William Williams, and C. H. Toy. Ultimately this captivating biography moves us to worship God. Make it your must-read biography this year .

Dr. Joel R. Beeke, President, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids

My Brother, A Budding Robert Browning

Check out this poem, which in my judgment is David Hamilton’s best effort to date: The Joys of Motherhood.

Revelation 3:1-6, Wake Up!

Thanks to Ross Shannon for recording and Josh Philpot for posting,

Sermon audio from this morning here: Revelation 3:1–6, Wake Up!

Dale Allison on Jesus as the Embodiment of God’s Will

This is just a plug for anyone interested in typology to go read Dale C. Allison Jr.’s fascinating essay, “The Embodiment of God’s Will: Jesus in Matthew,” in the volume Seeking the Identity of Jesus.

This is an essay that will repay careful study, and I expect to cite it a number of times.