Greg Beale on How to Teach Colossians

There is probably no book that has been more helpful to me in the book I’ve been writing this past year than Greg Beale’s A New Testament Biblical Theology. It’s big, it’s detailed, and at times (at least to me) mind-blowing. So there are a million things I would like to talk to Beale about. But since I’m considering teaching through Colossians at my church, and he’d just turned in the manuscript for a book on Colossians, it seemed Colossians was the book to discuss. His insight did not disappoint.

Anyone who has read books by Beale will not be surprised that in Colossians he finds allusions to the temple as well as the theme of the new creation breaking into our lives in the now. In our conversation, Beale discusses the false teaching at the heart of the book, Christian maturity as the point of the book, and union with Christ as the key to the book.

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Nancy Guthrie (MATS, Reformed Theological Seminary) teaches the Bible at her home church, Cornerstone Presbyterian Church, in Franklin, Tennessee, as well as at conferences around the country and internationally, including through her Biblical Theology Workshop for Women. She is the author of numerous books and the host of the Help Me Teach the Bible podcast from The Gospel Coalition. She and her husband founded Respite Retreats for couples who have faced the death of a child, and they’re cohosts of the GriefShare video series.

Gregory K. Beale (PhD, University of Cambridge) is Professor of New Testament at RTS Dallas. He has had a long and distinguished academic career, teaching at Grove City College, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Wheaton Graduate School, and Westminster Theological Seminary. Before joining the RTS Dallas faculty in 2021, he served as Westminster’s J. Gresham Machen Chair and Research Professor of New Testament and Biblical Interpretation. He is a past president of the Evangelical Theological Society.