CTC 67
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| Christ the Center | |
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| Episode | 67 |
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| Guest(s) | Iain D Campbell |
| Panel | Jeff Waddington, Nick Batzig, and Camden Bucey |
| The Song of David's Son | |
Length: 55:33
Date: May 1, 2009
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[edit] Show Notes
The show notes are here.
[edit] New Books To Mention
- Baptism in the Early Church: History, Theology, and Liturgy in the First Five Centuries by Everett Ferguson (Eerdmans). Ferguson is an expert in Patristic studies.
- No Place for Sovereignty: What's Wrong With Freewill Theism (Paperback) by Wright, R. K. McGregor. It's in the vein of David Wells' series. Takes target at Clark Pinnock, among others. Very well written, draws upon Edwards, Van Til, Gordon Clark, and Francis Schaeffer. Very clear, well-written, and Jeff highly recommends it.
- The Whole Counsel of God by Richard C. Gamble is due out in June. 864 pages(!) for the first of what is supposed to be three volumes. Supposedly a blend of Biblical and Systematic theology together.
- Histories and Fallacies: Problems Faced in the Writing of History by Carl Trueman due out in November (Crossway).
- The Gospel in Genesis: From Fig Leaves to Faith by Martyn Lloyd-Jones due out in October (Crossway).
- Bioethics and the Christian Life: A Guide to Making Difficult Decisions by David VanDrunen. Should be an excellent book, given his training as a lawyer as well as theologian.
- Proclaiming a Cross-centered Theology (Mark Dever, J. Ligon Duncan, R. Albert Mohler Jr., C. J. Mahaney, John Piper, R. C. Sproul, John MacArthur, Thabiti M. Anyabwile ), looks like it's coming out of the [www.t4g.org/ Together For the Gospel Conference].
- Christian Apologetics Past and Present: A Primary Source Reader (Volume 1, To 1500). William Edgar (Editor), K. Scott Oliphint (Editor), Aristides, Justin Martyr, Athenagoras, Irenaeus, Tertullian, Origen, Athanasius, John Chrysostom, Augustine, Boethius, Peter Abelard, Anselm, Thomas Aquinas, Raymond Lull, Girolamo Savonarola. Jeff is somewhat familiar with this because he helped these gentlemen in the putting of it together in its rough form for the publisher. An ambitious project, probably the first to include two thousand years of apologetics primary texts along with introductions, helpful notes and discussion questions. Due September. Volume 2 due next year. 500+ pages in first volume. That will take you from the New Testament all the way up to the era of Alvin Plantiga's Warranted Christian Belief.
- [Reformed Thought on Freedom: The Concept of Free Choice in Early Modern Reformed Theology] Edited by Willem J. van Asselt. Six chapters on freedom of the will, dealing with 6 post-reformation theologians.
- The Gospel-Driven Life: Being Good News People in a Bad News World by Michael Horton. October 2009.
- Introducing Paul: The Man, His Mission and His Message by Michael Bird. He's one of those scholars you have to read but we might have our differences with him.
- Saving Our Sons: Confronting the Lure of Islam With Truth, Faith & Courage by Carl Ellis.
- The Acts of the Apostles (Pillar New Testament Commentary) by David G. Peterson. Due out this month.
- The Gospel Mystery of Sanctification: Growing in Holiness by Living in Union with Christ by Walter Marshall. (republication)
- AUDIO CD - The Future of Justification: A Response to N.T. Wright by Piper, John.
- The Disappearance of God: Dangerous Beliefs in the New Spiritual Openness by R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
- Heralds of the King: Christ-Centered Sermons in the Tradition of Edmund P. Clowney (Dennis Johnson, ed.)
- New Testament Commentary by James Dunn. (New Perspective)
- Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex & Power, and the Only Hope that Matters by Tim Keller.
- J. I. Packer and the Evangelical Future: The Impact of His Life and Thought.
- Cross-Shattered Church, A: Reclaiming the Theological Heart of Preaching by Stanley Hauerwas coming out in July.
- The Cross in the Experience of Our Lord by Roderick Alexander Finlayson. Not new, but highly recommended by Nick.
- The Atonement: In its Relations to The Covenant, The Priesthood, The Intercession of our Lord (new reprint) by Hugh Martin coming in August. HT Against-Heresies.blogspot.com
[edit] Description
We are pleased to welcome Iain D Campbell to speak about a covenantal approach to interpreting the Song of Solomon. Dr. Campbell wrote a wonderful article in the Spring 2000 issue of the Westminster Theological Journal on the subject [ "The Song of David's Son: Interpreting the Song of Solomon In The Light of the Davidic Covenant," Westminster Theological Journal 62.1 (2000): 17-32. ] and he brings his insights to the panel. In addition to his article, Iain Campbell has written several books including Doctrine of Sin, The Gospel According to Ruth, Heroes and Heretics, On the First Day of the Week, Opening up Exodus, and The Seven Wonders of the World: The Gospel in the Storyline of the Bible.
[edit] Background
Nick: I was reading through the account of the temple in Kings and the Song of Solomon during my devotion time, it occurred to me that since Solomon built the temple, some of the imagery and language from the temple is used in the Song. And I had been convinced for quite a while that the song was more than just a human love poem/erotic poem, but that it obviously had some sort of redemptive significance since Scripture is about Christ. That got me started searching deeper into scripture for a biblical theological approach to the Song.
I'm doing my ThM. at Puritan Reformed Seminary on the biblical theology of the Song, and I happened to come across Rev. Campbell's article, "The Song of David's Son", and it is the best article that I have read on the Song of Solomon. I think it is very careful-- chartering the course through mistakes in allegory, and yet not forsaking typology.
We wanted to have you on, Rev. Campbell, to talk to you about your interest in the Song of Solomon and about how you came to this covenental approach-- as I would call it-- to the Song.
Could we start by having you tell us about your interest in the Song of Songs and how you came to this covenental approach to it?
