Theologians are Predictable
I was talking to my roommate Martin (hereafter M.G. Wessbrandt) today about the New Perspectives on Paul and the implications of covenantal nomism in christian teaching today when I made an offhand remark about all of the New Perspective authors using this format: F (first name) M (middle name) Lastname. EP Sanders, JG Dunn, and NT Wright are just a few New Perspective authors among a whole slew of others that use this format. We continued talking as I was hit with another (special?) revelation - almost all of the prominent and influential theologians of the last three hundred years use this format! Don’t believe me? Here’s a short list we came up with to explain this point:
NT Wright
CH Spurgeon
JI Packer
JG Dunn
EP Sanders
AW Pink
CS Lewis
DA Carson
AW Tozer
GK Beale
CJ Mahaney
WY Fullerton
GK Chesterton
RC Sproul
FF Bruce
TF Torrence
JC Ryle
AA Hodge
JN Hawthorne
BB Warfield
JI Packer
DL Moody
And that was just our first ten minutes of brainstorming! MG Wessbrandt and I have decided that when we start writing theological papers, we will use this format. And how could you not? Ok, your turn. Can you think of any that we overlooked? Leave a comment and let us know.
Sincerely,
MD Letteney
BJ Buracker said,
April 25, 2008 at 6:49 am
JND Kelly
D Martin-Lloyd Jones (?)
J Gresham Machen (?)
And of course, let’s not forget BJ Buracker! Err… at least in 20 years, perhaps.
Good list, a lot of the ones I typed in, I had to delete because you had them already.
BJ