Unearthing the World of Jesus

The Smithsonian has a nice article in its latest issue entitled, "Unearthing the World of Jesus." You can see the article here.

Should Pastors Understand Textual Criticism?

George Wood thinks that they should in this review of The Fundamentals of New Testament Textual Criticism.

HT: Eerdword Blog

Favorite Bible Atlases

J. Carl Laney identifies and discusses his five favorite Bible atlases here.The list is fairly good but I am not sure why Laney lists the older edition of Rasmussen's atlas. I think that the 2010 edition has much nicer graphics (see my review here). Also, I wonder whether you need two versions of Rasmussen. it might be better to include something like Beitzel's The New Moody Bible Atlas of the Bible or the ESV Bible Atlas.

Free Audio: Alistair Begg on 1 Thessalonians

You can download three volumes of messages from Alistair Begg on 1 Thessalonians here.

Giving Sermon Feedback

Erik Raymond has some good advice here for giving your pastor feedback on their sermon.

Psalms Resources

See this post on Psalms resources by Lindsay Kennedy.

John Barclay Interview

The Eerdman's blog has a brief but interesting 14 minute interview with John Barclay here related to his book Paul and the Gift.

Free Bible Images

Bible students might want to check out the Free Bible Images website here.

HT: Rob Bradshaw