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I'm comparing their (W&H w/ Robinson) methodological approach. So in that way, Robinson is vastly different from modern eclectic proponents (especially seeing as he has written excellent articles citing the deficiencies in eclectic approaches). Just read JoJ's post... seems we both agree =D

Is this a regional ETS paper? Or is this for the big conference coming up in a few weeks??? Found some punctuation mistakes btw if you are still proofreading.

Which has a time limit and therefore not everlasting... you hit the nail on the head. One of the reasons I left chiliasm was the lack of necessity.

Yeah... everything quoted seems to make my point. Maybe underline what you think contradicts. Otherwise, he is pretty plain in this following quote on this sermon: Also, I'd like to read a bit of what Piper says in his book on Rom 2:13 since Beale is seeing what I'm saying. Now I will admit...

Well said (oh the irony)

Then read his sermon on Romans 2:13. He clarifies that justification there is future justification at the final judgment. Doers of the law are vindicated because their present justification has not only given them a right standing before God but that God equips the believer with the necessary...

Yikes... I didn't even mean to imply I was holding a gun. I think you misunderstood. I was asking those questions rhetorically. I find it helpful instead of just giving the answers, to ask questions wherein you figure out the answer for yourself. Socratic method and all. I meant no offense.

When were you converted and changed by the gospel? That was the question for me. Baptism is not something you do based on your theology UNLESS it leads you to realize that your previous "baptisms" were while you were not regenerate. That happened to me. I was baptized at 5, but God didn't...

Here is an interesting thought... Robinson uses very similar criteria as W&H to arrive at his textual conclusion, albeit an extremely different conclusion. I.e. they both have an authoritative witness and let that drive their textual decisions. He will admit as much too. Only he would say...

Wow... imputation is now a fundamental??? If you have read him, you would know that he does make an allowance for it. However, and this is where I'm sure you've not only missed Wright but also scholars like Carson and Piper who would speak of a future justification via works, Wright points to...

Do you think Enoch wrote 1 Enoch??? Do you think Abraham wrote the Testament of Abraham. That is what pseudopigrapha refers to, an ancient work that was ascribed to be written by an author that was clearly dead. There is debate as to why someone would do this (add authority, rhetorical...

That is so strange because after reading Wright, my faith has only been strengthened. Also, I do not believe Wright ever says anything to the effect that "our faith becomes our justification." I'm not even sure I know what you mean. As I said, if people actually listen and read Wright rather...

That is one thing you have to hand the man... he is probably the best, most articulate writer in theology today. And he speaks the same way he writes... absolutely amazing and extremely clear as well as cogent.

Beale is very much influential in my theology. If you want, he wrote a much briefer version of this tome in JETS 2005 called "Eden, the Temple, and the Church's Mission in the New Creation." It is an excellent read if you can't get your hands on that book. I would also recommend his NT...

I love Wright... I'm not sold on all of his views, but he has opened our eyes to the fact that we have greatly misunderstood 2nd temple Judaism and its affects on NT studies. His quest work is 2nd to none, though that is not really the issue you are dealing with. But there is overlap when...

Or you do not understand God's decrees or ordinations. I think the merits of this narratival flow and progress of revelation reveals a major hole in dispensational theology. Jesus is the temple of Ezekiel. He is the more glorious temple of Haggai. God is not going to return to a system that...

Allow me a rant: The Bible, read as a narrative, tells a story or highlights a theme of God's presence and temple. What stays constant is God's abiding desire to bless his people with his presence. From the garden of Eden to new creation, that is the ultimate blessing – to be with Jesus...

But you say nothing of resurrection or the new creation... this is what worries me. Now you are not denying anything outright. But it is a mistake of omission in my opinion. You are leaving out that which Scripture looked forward to the most... the age to come and resurrection. Otherwise...

I would recommend SEBTS because it has a more diverse faculty than SBTS. You will get a host more views there based on the wide range of faculty. And as far as NT studies go (my major at this moment; in their ThM), I think SEBTS is second to none in that field having some awesome guys there...

I believe that in eternity, when we are ruling in the new creation, time will be able to be measured. Rev. 22 mentions 12 different fruits sprouting one each month. So you have the measurement of years and months. I don't think that eternity necessitates an atemporal existence. It has...