About Me
- Terry Wilder
- Nashville/Spring Hill, Tennessee
- I am happily married and the proud father of two sons. I serve as professor of New Testament at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. I served for three years as academic acquisitions editor for B&H Academic in Nashville, Tennessee, and 13 years as a professor of New Testament and Greek at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri.
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Regulative principle of worship or normative?
Does your church practice in worship only those things found in Scripture, or whatever is not prohibited in the Bible as long as the church agrees? In other words, does your church exercise the regulative principle of worship or carefully hold to the normative one? Why? Thoughts?
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
A Brief Response to the Idea That Life is Not Fair
Recently, a Christian teenager very dear to me posted on his Facebook "Sometimes life is so unfair that it deserves a pause button." Of course, I will make it a point to talk with him in person, but the following is my response to him.
I understand what you mean. From a biblical perspective, we are never promised success or that life will be fair. To the contrary, we will undergo suffering in this life because of the fall when sin entered the world. However, Jesus promised us peace to deal with anything that may come our way. Plus, believers in Jesus have eternal life; this life is not all there is. Please feel free to talk with me if you need to do so.
More on this deep subject . . . And though life doesn't always seem fair, our Lord is more than fair. As difficult as it is, we need to view the things that come our way in life as "Father-filtered." In other words, he allows those things/events that come into our life. God is "sovereign"; he is in control of all things; he is not surprised or unaware of our circumstances. Now, that doesn't mean that all things that come our way are good (and God is definitely not the author of evil), or that we will even like them, but God uses them for his purposes and for our good, to make us more like Christ (Rom 8:28). Sorry for the long comment! I hope that it is helpful.
I understand what you mean. From a biblical perspective, we are never promised success or that life will be fair. To the contrary, we will undergo suffering in this life because of the fall when sin entered the world. However, Jesus promised us peace to deal with anything that may come our way. Plus, believers in Jesus have eternal life; this life is not all there is. Please feel free to talk with me if you need to do so.
More on this deep subject . . . And though life doesn't always seem fair, our Lord is more than fair. As difficult as it is, we need to view the things that come our way in life as "Father-filtered." In other words, he allows those things/events that come into our life. God is "sovereign"; he is in control of all things; he is not surprised or unaware of our circumstances. Now, that doesn't mean that all things that come our way are good (and God is definitely not the author of evil), or that we will even like them, but God uses them for his purposes and for our good, to make us more like Christ (Rom 8:28). Sorry for the long comment! I hope that it is helpful.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Sola Scriptura or Sola Cultura?
On April 14-15, 2011, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary will host the conference, Sola Scriptura or Sola Cultura? Reasserting the Biblical Paradigm for the Great Commission in the 21st Century http://www.swbts.edu/index.cfm?pageid=1836.
If humans are fallen, how does that impact human cultures? What are the legitimate roles of culture, the biblical text, and contexts? What challenges, limits, and constructive guidelines should determine practices that result in biblically critical contextualization? This conference will address these questions and more as we seek to proclaim the Gospel in changing cultures.
Early registration for the conference is $25 for students and $50 for non-students through March 31, 2011. After March 31, registration fees increase to $50 for students and $75 for non-students.
For overnight accommodations, contact Guest Housing at the Riley Center at 817.921.8800 or guests@swbts.edu
You can register for the conference online.
Speakers
* Norman Geisler
* Paige Patterson
* John Massey
* Malcolm Yarnell
* Keith Eitel
* Terry Wilder
If humans are fallen, how does that impact human cultures? What are the legitimate roles of culture, the biblical text, and contexts? What challenges, limits, and constructive guidelines should determine practices that result in biblically critical contextualization? This conference will address these questions and more as we seek to proclaim the Gospel in changing cultures.
Early registration for the conference is $25 for students and $50 for non-students through March 31, 2011. After March 31, registration fees increase to $50 for students and $75 for non-students.
For overnight accommodations, contact Guest Housing at the Riley Center at 817.921.8800 or guests@swbts.edu
You can register for the conference online.
Speakers
* Norman Geisler
* Paige Patterson
* John Massey
* Malcolm Yarnell
* Keith Eitel
* Terry Wilder
Top 10 Religion Stories of 2010
Copy and paste this link to what the Tulsa World considers the top 10 religion stories of 2010: http://bit.ly/gnwmfD .
What do you think? Comments?
What do you think? Comments?
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Nashville Billboards Proclaim Jesus Will Return on May 21, 2011
Recently, some billboards have been seen in Nashville, TN, that proclaim the message that Jesus Christ will return on May 21, 2011. Similar billboards also appear in eight other US cities. http://bit.ly/haPJKV
Reports say that supporters of Family Radio, a national Christian network, paid for the billboards, and that Harold Camping, the network's founder, predicted May 21, 2011, as the date for the rapture.
These billboards remind me of a similar claim made in the 1980s by Edgar C. Whisenant in his booklet: "88 Reasons Why the Rapture Will Be in 1988." Then, when the predicted rapture failed to occur, he indicated that he had miscalculated and it was really 1989, then 1993, then 1994. Wrong again and again. Now, of course he has no credibility whatsoever.
I am glad that Camping acknowledges that Jesus is coming again, for indeed the Bible teaches that is true. But, if Camping is wrong about the date he predicts, he will, of course, likewise lose any credibility he may have had. (BTW, purported prophets in the OT whose predictions didn't come true were killed!)
The truth of the matter is no one knows when Christ will come, but only the Father (Matt 24:36-44). But, we should be ready and live as though Christ might return at any moment.
What are your thoughts?
Reports say that supporters of Family Radio, a national Christian network, paid for the billboards, and that Harold Camping, the network's founder, predicted May 21, 2011, as the date for the rapture.
These billboards remind me of a similar claim made in the 1980s by Edgar C. Whisenant in his booklet: "88 Reasons Why the Rapture Will Be in 1988." Then, when the predicted rapture failed to occur, he indicated that he had miscalculated and it was really 1989, then 1993, then 1994. Wrong again and again. Now, of course he has no credibility whatsoever.
I am glad that Camping acknowledges that Jesus is coming again, for indeed the Bible teaches that is true. But, if Camping is wrong about the date he predicts, he will, of course, likewise lose any credibility he may have had. (BTW, purported prophets in the OT whose predictions didn't come true were killed!)
The truth of the matter is no one knows when Christ will come, but only the Father (Matt 24:36-44). But, we should be ready and live as though Christ might return at any moment.
What are your thoughts?
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Top 10 Religion Stories of 2009
At this link are the top 10 religion stories of 2009: http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20091226_18_A9_USPres23686&archive=yes
What do you think? Comments?
What do you think? Comments?
Friday, December 11, 2009
Entrusted with the Gospel: Paul's Theology in the Pastoral Epistles
Entrusted with the Gospel: Paul's Theology in the Pastoral Epistles, ed. Andreas J. Köstenberger and Terry L. Wilder, is set to be published April 2010.
The book aims to examine Paul's theology in the Pastorals and provide an overview of recent scholarship.
The contributors and chapter titles are as follows:
•Andreas J. Köstenberger- “Hermeneutical and Exegetical Challenges in Interpreting the Pastoral Epistles”
•Terry L. Wilder- “Pseudonymity, the New Testament, and the Pastoral Epistles”
•F. Alan Tomlinson- “The Purpose and Stewardship Theme within the Pastoral Epistles”
•Ray Van Neste- “Cohesion and Structure in the Pastoral Epistles”
•Greg A. Couser- “The Sovereign Savior of 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus”
•Daniel L. Akin- “The Mystery of Godliness Is Great: Christology in the Pastoral Epistles”
•George M. Wieland- “The Function of Salvation in the Letters to Timothy and Titus”
•Benjamin L. Merkle- “Ecclesiology in the Pastoral Epistles”
•B. Paul Wolfe- “The Sagacious Use of Scripture”
•Thor Madsen- “The Ethics of the Pastoral Epistles”
•Chiao Ek Ho- “Mission in the Pastoral Epistles”
•I. Howard Marshall- “The Pastoral Epistles in Recent Study”
You can see further information at the publisher’s site (http://bhpublishinggroup.com/academic/books.asp?p=9780805448412).
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