Dear All:
After blogging away for many years, I have now joined the legion of the Enlightened at the Beliefnet Blogosphere. All 800 plus posts from my Blogspot blog are now available here through the archives of this blog, so you may well want to do some searches about your favorite topics before wondering why I am not addressing this, that or the other. On this blog we will discuss all things Biblical, Christian, and a host of other related (and unrelated) cultural matters. There will be posts on music (I am also a musician), and sometimes on politics, sports, food, humor in short there are a plethora of possibilities.
Soon I will post the Ten Commandments of Blogging for this particular blog that I hope one and all will abide by. And yes I will be monitoring your replies and publishing many of them. Don’t get frustrated if you don’t immediately see your response published in the discussion. I have to read and decide whether it should be published.
You do no need to be a Christian to engage in the discussion on this blog, indeed I hope many others will leap in and discuss things, but I do insist that we all discuss with respect for each other, whatever our differences may be. A blog like this is not a place for mere venting.
The goal of this blog is simple— to tease the mind into active thought mostly about things that have to do with things Biblical and Christian. The first major post will be a review of N.T. Wright’s new book on Justification which comes out this month, followed by a Q+A post with the author. So buckle yourselves in and get ready for an interesting ride. I promise it will not be dull.
Cordially,
Ben Witherington
Dr. Ben Witherington, III
Amos Professor of NT for Doctoral Studies
Asbury Theological Seminary
Wilmore Ky.
Doctoral Faculty St. Mary’s College, St. Andrews University, Scotland
posted May 29, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Hallo Ben,
I just would love to be the first one to post on your new blog
Most folks in the Netherlands who are involved in a national debate about the Emerching Church Movement, read N.T. Wright. The Anglican Bisshop almost has a cult or guru status among bloggers and active Church planters. I hope to understand why after reading your coming blog about his newest book. I seek wisdom about these matters.
Warmest greetings,
John Miller
P.s. the blog under my name is a shared blog. Please, just have a look. If ever you write about the Sermon on the Mount, please let me know. Of course you are most welcome to place a posting (if only once). I would be most honoured.
posted May 29, 2009 at 4:36 pm
Dr. Witherington,
Thank you for gracing us last week in Austin. Your comments on worship in the context of Revelation 4 & 5 were especially helpful to me. Looking forward to your interview with Dr. Wright.
Grace,
Charlie
posted May 29, 2009 at 7:39 pm
Hi,
I enjoy reading regularly reading your blog. Looking forward to more ahead, Please notice that you dropped a “t” from the word “not” as in “You do no(t) need to be a Christians… in your welcome message.
This comment is not meant to be published. Blessings
posted May 30, 2009 at 9:37 am
Ben,
I anxiously await your review of Wright’s Justification. I’ve begun collecting thoughtful links (for/against) the Wright-Piper discussion here and, although I have one pointer to comments you made previously, I would kindly ask your permission in advance to add your upcoming review.
posted May 30, 2009 at 1:57 pm
I am happy for anyone to link to this blog for any positive purposes.
BW3
posted June 1, 2009 at 5:17 pm
I’m not finding your old Blogspot posts in the archives. Is it just me? I’d like to go look up your discussion of Surprised by Hope.