The Hsu’s Views

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Every once in a while I chase down a few Internet bunny trails and find great riches that I want to save/document for future reference. Such was the case last night when I stumbled across Michael Spencer’s blog over at internetmonk.com. I thought I’d thumb through his “Top Ten” blogs of 2007 and ran across his reference to Trevin Wax’s Kingdom People blog.

I was intrigued with the reference to Trevin’s assessment of the John Piper and N.T. Wright controversy over Paul and the doctrine of Justification. I’ve not understood the concerns yet, but because this is such a cornerstone doctrine, I thought I’d read up.

Trevin posted the transcript of a very interesting interview with N.T. Wright which can be read here and heard here. A broad, useful (and objective?) definition of the issues surrounding the new perspective on Paul can be found at wikipedia.

At the wikipedia entry, there are some links for further reading. I thought I’d post one that was pro New Perspective, The Paul Page. It has lots of interesting reading that I hope to get to soon. On the Anti New Perspective, or apparently, the traditional Reformed position on Paul and justification, there are some nice resources at Theopedia.

Keller is the pastor at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City. Few people have been as influential to me as I have learned the meaning of the gospel in ways that I’ve not understood before. Though Redeemer’s materials called, “The Gospel and Heart,” led by my friend Bob Klein, I understand dimensions of the gospel and ways of communicating it that will truly connect with the lost of today.

At the Redeemer site, there are a bunch of free sample sermons. I love the three on City which I’ve linked to from here.

• Should I Not Love that Great City?
• The Meaning of the City
• Love for the City