Oct 20, 2018

New Commentary on Matthew

Some might be interested in his new commentary on Matthew in the latest addition to the Two Horizons Commentary Series.

On Reading and Writing

Here is a helpful post from First Things on reading, or the meaning and value of a "bookish" life. And here are some writing tips from Stephen King.

Oct 19, 2018

Schreiner on His Revised Romans Commentary

The Logos blog has a nice interview here with Tom Schreiner on his recently revised Romans commentary.

5 Tips for Reading Apocalyptic Literature in the Bible

This is a fairly basic post but some might find it helpful. All of the tips actually relate to sound interpretive method generally.

Oct 18, 2018

Feast of St. Luke Day

Today is the Feast of St. Luke, Evangelist Day in some Christian traditions. I thought the following image of Luke's icon posted on my Facebook page was interesting.

The Loneliness of the Pastor-Theologian

This Christianity Today article looks at the issue.

Oct 17, 2018

The Destruction of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre was destroyed 1009 years ago by order of Al-Hakim, the Caliph of Egypt, interestingly on this day in AD 1009. You can read a short article on the destruction here.

Oct 16, 2018

Word Meanings Change

Here are eleven English words that used to mean something significantly different. This is one reason that translations are important and why new translations are needed.

Oct 15, 2018

The Lost Art of Reading the Biblical Languages

This article makes a case for recovering the lost art of reading the biblical languages.

Oct 14, 2018

Psalm 121

The Zondervan Blog has an extended excerpt on Psalm 121 from the recent commentary by Tucker and Grant here.