Thus his views on the spiritual gifts, on the ordination of women, and other controversial matters we re not something all Christians could accept. And yes, there were some areas that not all Christians would have agreed with him on. One was a comment by a social media friend after I posted about his passing: “ He seemed to be a mixed bag if wiki is correct.” I did not reply, but I thought to myself, ‘ I f he need s to go to Wiki, he evidently does not know much about this world-renowned NT scholar’. The two of them ended up teaching together at Regent College in Vancouver for some years.Īs I say, while not at first seeking to pen a piece on this, a few things have spurred me on. One good friend of mine who I met there, Rikki Watts, who graduated at the same time as I did, certainly did take many of his classes, and was greatly impacted by him, as were so many others. I am not sure why, but I do not seem to have taken any classes with him while I was there. I did attend a seminary he was at: Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Boston. Because I have 17 of his important books, I feel I know a bit about him. The New Testament scholar just passed away at age 88. I was not going to pen a piece on this great man’s passing, since a number of good pieces are already appearing on him and his ministry. A great saint with a great mind and a great heart has just passed:
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