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the stuff of earth has been resurrected.

goodbye, for now

I'm taking a break from blogging. I've got lots of reasons for the hiatus, some of which I had planned to list here, none of which really need to be told. While you're waiting with bated breath for the next post at the stuff of earth (you could be waiting months, just so you know), let me refer you to some other blogs and some past posts.

If you're looking for updates and comments on recent book reviews, journal articles, and current issues in New Testament studies, you could check in with Mark Goodacre at the NT Gateway Weblog, Jim West at Dr Jim West, and Mike Bird and Joel Willitts at Euangelion. There are now a host of other blogs in a similar vein, and you can find more than a few of them in the List of Blogs at Biblioblogs.com.

If you'd like to check out some past posts from my blog, let me suggest a few. In general biblical studies and theology, you could check out my thoughts on inerrancy, some of my reflections on reading scripture, my brief description of the gospel, my thoughts on what it means to be "evangelical," my all-too-incomplete "anthology of evangelical mythology" (including posts on creationism, inerrancy, and pre-tribulationism), some of my favourite new testament scholars, and descriptions of sites I went to on my trip to Israel last May. Related to Jesus and the Gospels, you could check out my series on the historicity of Jesus or my brief attempt to sketch out some rough lines in the development of the early Jesus tradition. Related to Paul and his letters, you could check out some of my thoughts on the origins of Paul's authority and teachings, my take on the important phrase pistis Christou ("faith of/in Christ") in Paul's writings, my recent attempt to unpack Paul's teaching on justification, my introduction to 1 Thessalonians (i.e. my failed attempt at an online commentary on 1 Thessalonians), or my description of my recently completed and soon-to-be-published doctoral thesis on the "word of the Lord" in 1 Thessalonians 4:15. Other notable blog posts are highlighted in the sidebar.

Goodbye, for now.