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My three most recent publications are:

 * Exploring the New Testament, Volume Two: Letters and Revelation third
   edition, fully updated, revised and expanded.
 * Revelation: Faithfulness in Testing Times, a series of six studies for
   individuals or groups.
 * Revelation, the Tyndale New Testament Commentary from IVP. (If you order from
   an online store, make sure you choose mine, not the previous edition by Leon
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My other recent publications include:

 * How to Interpret the Bible: four essential questions (Grove, 2017)
 * Being Messy, Being Church (Bible Reading Fellowship, 2017)
 * Kingdom, Hope and the End of the World (Grove, 2016)
 * The Book of Revelation: currents in British research (Mohr Siebeck, WUNT,
   2015)
 * Evangelical Leadership: Challenges and Opportunities (Grove, 2016)

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IS THE DEVOTION OF MARY BETTER THAN THE SERVICE OF MARTHA IN LUKE 10? VIDEO
DISCUSSION

Ian Paul | July 12, 2022July 12, 2022 | Biblical Studies | 3 Comments


It is often held that the story of Martha and Mary in Luke 10 shows us that
devotion to the teaching of Jesus is superior to the work involved in practical
service.

But does that really make sense, not least in the context of the Parable of the
Good Samaritan that immediately precedes it? James and Ian explore the text, its
context, and its meaning, and how we might read and preach on this passage.

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IS THE DEVOTION OF MARY BETTER THAN THE SERVICE OF MARTHA IN LUKE 10?

Ian Paul | July 11, 2022July 12, 2022 | Biblical Studies | 41 Comments


The short stories told by and about Jesus in the gospels are both attractive and
challenging. They are attractive because they are easily memorable (and there is
a basic neuroscientific…

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WHY DO WE NEED TO RETHINK THE DATING OF THE NEW TESTAMENT TEXTS?

Ian Paul | July 8, 2022July 11, 2022 | Book Reviews | 185 Comments


Tim Murray writes: It is an exciting time in New Testament studies! Change is in
the air, and the scent of it can be caught in Jonathan Bernier’s Rethinking the…

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HOW SHOULD WE TRANSLATE ‘MAN’?

Ian Paul | July 6, 2022July 8, 2022 | Biblical Studies | 51 Comments


My friend Oliver Harrison recently raised an interesting question about the
translation of sexed terms: Beautiful June dawn, so up to church to say Morning
Prayer. But wait! What’s this?…

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SEVEN SURPRISING THINGS ABOUT THE GOOD SAMARITAN IN LUKE 10 VIDEO DISCUSSION

Ian Paul | July 5, 2022July 8, 2022 | Biblical Studies | 2 Comments


The Sunday gospel lectionary reading for Trinity 4 in Year C is Luke 10.25-37,
most commonly known as the Parable of the Good Samaritan. Because of its
familiarity, many people…

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SEVEN SURPRISING THINGS ABOUT THE GOOD SAMARITAN IN LUKE 10

Ian Paul | July 4, 2022July 5, 2022 | Biblical Studies | 161 Comments


The Sunday gospel lectionary reading for Trinity 4 in Year C is Luke 10.25-37,
most commonly known as the Parable of the Good Samaritan. I suspect many people
preaching on this…

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WHAT KIND OF LOVE WILL CHANGE OUR WORLD?

Ian Paul | July 1, 2022July 4, 2022 | Biblical Studies, Preaching | 21 Comments


I recently preached at a wedding celebration on the classic wedding text, 1 Cor
13.1–8a. The celebration was international, and as a result had been delayed for
two years because…

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HOW CAN WE HEAL RACIAL DIVIDES?

Ian Paul | June 29, 2022July 1, 2022 | Book Reviews | 7 Comments


Graham Hunter offers this review of Healing The Divides, published by the Good
Book Company here. When I first picked up a prospectus for London Bible College
(now London School of…

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WHAT IS JESUS’ APPROACH TO MISSION IN LUKE 10? VIDEO DISCUSSION

Ian Paul | June 28, 2022June 29, 2022 | Biblical Studies | 2 Comments


This week Sunday lectionary reading for Trinity 3 Year C is Luke 10.1–11, 16–20
which records Jesus sending out the seventy-(two) on ‘mission’ and their return.
It is passage that…

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WHAT IS JESUS’ APPROACH TO MISSION IN LUKE 10?

Ian Paul | June 27, 2022June 28, 2022 | Biblical Studies | 8 Comments


This week Sunday lectionary reading for Trinity 3 Year C is Luke 10.1–11, 16–20
which records Jesus sending out the seventy-(two) on ‘mission’ and their return.
It is passage that…

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SPOILING THE BEAUTIFUL DIFFERENCE

Ian Paul | June 24, 2022June 27, 2022 | Biblical Studies, Gender | 490 Comments


I have teamed up with Andrew Bartlett QC, author of Men and Women in Christ:
Fresh Light from the Biblical Texts (IVP, 2019), to offer a biblical critique of
‘Beautiful Difference:…

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Ian Paul: theologian, author, speaker, academic consultant. Adjunct Professor,
Fuller Theological Seminary; Associate Minister, St Nic's, Nottingham; Managing
Editor, Grove Books; member of General Synod. Mac user; chocoholic. Tweets at
@psephizo

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