Think Wink.

I came a cross an interesting post today from noted NT scholar, Ben Witherington III (BW3), entitled “For God so loved Himself?” Is God a Narcissist? In this post he critiques an unnamed NT theology book whose central thesis is that the theme of the NT is “God magnifying himself through Jesus Christ by means of the Holy Spirit.” I haven’t read this yet so I can’t offer any critiques of either this book or Witherington’s response. But BW3 argues in this post that this self-adulating the idea of God conflicts with God’s love. I strongly disagree with BW3’s position on the relationship between God’s love and glory. But before I could take the time to write up my own critique of BW3’s post, Dr. Denny Burk wrote a response entitled Witherington’s Critique of Schreiner’s NT Theology. I really liked the critique of BW3.

More Time with LDS

God’s Glory and BW3

No Doctrine But Love?