Israel as a figure for the church : the radical nature of a canonical approach to Christian scripture / Frank Anthony Spina -- The role of historical criticism in Wesleyan Biblical hermeneutics / Andrew Knapp -- Reconsidering theological interpretation of scripture : Barth and Goldingay in conversation / Shannon Nicole Smythe -- Inspiration as providence / Daniel Castelo -- But as for you : pastoral leadership in a postinstitutional time / Anthony B. Robinson -- Son of Man in Psalm 8, Psalm 79, and Daniel 7 : an exercise in a contrapuntal Biblical theology of the Septuagint / Eugene E. Lemcio -- Canonical complexities of Biblical Balaams / Sara M. Koenig -- The spirit in Israel's story : an antidote to solipsistic spirituality / Jack Levison -- Transformed discipleship : a canonical reading of Martha and Mary / Laura C.S. Holmes -- The place of the Johannine canon within the New Testament canon / John Painter -- Bound and unbound desire / Stephen Fowl.