Since I’m interested in military history, when I that saw The Last Rescue by former Navy Seal Howard Wasdin was available to review through the BookLook program, I requested it immediately. I wasn’t disappointed! It is a fascinating autobiography of Wasdin’s hard but grace-filled life. God has brought this man through a lot, that’s for …
Gerhard von Rad and OT Testimony
As I mentioned earlier, a recent issue of Interpretation (July 2008 ) is completely dedicated to Gerhard von Rad, an OT scholar as well as preacher/teacher in Germany around the years of WWII. Here are a couple of helpful quotes about one aspect of von Rad's teaching. "The most characteristic genre, according to von Rad, …
John’s Gospel: Trial, Testimony, Structure, and Minor Characters
John’s Gospel is a gospel of trial and testimony. Trials take place: Jesus on trial, his followers on trial, the world on trial, the Pharisees on trial, the Jews on trial, the reader on trial – it is a book of trials. It is also a book of testimony – legal witness that Jesus is …
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Lincoln, Testimony, and Criticism
A. T. Lincoln, in his book emphasizing the trial/witness motif in John's Gospel, has some helpful comments concerning critics of the biblical canon. He talks about testimony, and how everyone relies on quite a bit of testimony without evaluating in full the scientific truth of the testimony. (Example: a person asks "Where is the Post …
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