Free Audio: Sex & Money by Paul David Tripp

Christianaudio.com is offering a free audio download of Paul David Tripp's book Sex & Money here.

Free Logos Book for November: Ulrich Luz's Matthew 1-7

The free Logos Book for November is Ulrich Luz’s commentary on Matthew 1-7 in the Hermeneia series. You can also purchase Luz's commentary covering Matthew 8-20 in the same series for $1.99 and enter to win the entire sixty nine volume Hermeneia series. Go the Logos' Free Book of Month page here to enter and download your free book today!

Particle Board Preaching

Nicholas Batzig has a good post on what he calls "particle board preaching" here.

The Sin of Sodom

See this interesting discussion of Sodom's sin from a Jewish perspective.

Reading the Bible Devotionally in the Original Languages

Todd Scacewater offers five tips on reading the Bible devotionally in the original languages here.

How to Act Less Stupid

The Washington Post has an interesting article concerning how to act less stupid here. According to a recent psychological study discussed in the article, stupidity commonly involves three kinds of behavior. The first and highest level of stupidity involves "confident ignorance." This occurs "when a person's self-perceived ability to do something far outweighs that person's actual ability to do it." Second, "lack of control" "is when someone does something because they have, on some level, lost their ability to do otherwise." Finally, "absentmindedness — lack of practicality" occurs when people "weren't paying attention or simply weren't aware of something." The Bible would also indicate that stupidity has a spiritual component as well, either in rejecting the Lord or His wisdom.

Free Academic Articles Via Twitter?

According to this article in The Atlantic, there is a movement to gain access to academic "paywalled" articles via Twitter. I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, I understand that some of the fees for accessing articles are too high and often in biblical studies there is little if any financial reward for the fruits of one's research. On the other hand, this appears to be a blatant attempt to circumvent legal access and probably violates copyright laws. Thoughts?

Free Hebrew, Arabic, Akkadian, Aramaic Notes and Charts

Those interested in Semitics (e.g., Hebrew, Arabic, Akkadian, Aramaic) night want to check out my friend Steven Anderson's website here for free charts and notes.

Richard Bauckham Interview

Alvin Rapien has an interesting interview with Richard Bauckham here.

The Lecture and Teaching

Here is another article supporting the much-maligned lecture.

Whose Son is Zechariah in Zechariah 1:1?

Lee Fields has a good discussions here about Zechariah 1:1 and the tricky nature of relational terms like "father" and "son" in Hebrew.

ICC and Sacra Pagina on Sale at Logos

Logos has twelve volumes of the International Critical Commentary on sale for $1.99 and one volume from the Sacra Pagina series (The Gospel of Mark) for .99 cents here. Most of the ICC volumes are older volumes but does include several newer volumes (McKane's two volumes on Jeremiah and Best's Ephesians).

Paul on the Flesh in Galatians

Check out Mike Burer’s post, “Paul and Flesh: A Case for Theological Development here.

The New Southwestern School of Preaching

Dr. Paige Patterson just made the following exciting announcement.

Great happiness surges through my heart today as I announce that the trustees have just approved the creation of Southwestern’s seventh school – the School of Preaching. This provides Southwestern the ability to concentrate on teaching text-driven preaching at the PhD and DMIN levels. The school consists of seven full time faculty (all with PhD degrees and pastoral experience) possessing a combined 217 years of preaching experience. David Allen will serve as Dean and faculty members are Denny Autrey, Vern Charrette, Barry McCarty, Matthew McKellar, Stephen Smith, and Kyle Walker. There will be more detailed information coming out soon, but I wanted you to be one of the first to know.

Origen's Canonical Listing of the New Testament Books?

Michael Kruger has an interesting take on the earliest complete canonical list of the New Testament here. He argues that Origen (ca. 250) articulated a complete list of NT books in an allegorical reading of Joshua.

11 Things Not to Get Your Pastor for Pastor Appreciation Month

Marty Duren has a list of 11 Things not to get your pastor for Pastor Appreciation Month here.

HT: Marc Cortez

Diagramming Greek

Rob Plummer talks about grammatical diagramming.

Luke's Day

Today is the day that some Christian traditions celebrate Luke, the author pf the Gospel of Luke, Acts, and maybe Hebrews.

Church Is Not Optional for Seminary Students

All seminarians should take note of this post by Hershael York.

Study Bible Infographic

Tim Challies has a nice infographic on seven popular study Bibles here.

Advice from Chuck Swindoll

I think this post from Chuck Swindoll is worth reading.

Free: Plummer's Commentary on the Pastoral Epistles

Alfred Plummer's commentary The Pastoral Epistles in the Expositor’s Bible Series is now available for free download in PDF here.

HT: Rob Bradshaw

50 Books J. I. Packer Thinks You Should Read

The Crossway blog has a list here of 50 books that  J. I. Packer thinks you should read.

Murray Harris on the Johannine Prologue

See this blog post which is an excerpt from Murray Harris' forthcoming Gospel of John commentary in the Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament series (EGGNT). You can also see this post for another excerpt on 3:16-21. Or you can dowload a 59-page excerpt here.

An Excerpt from John (EGGNT)

An Excerpt from John (EGGNT)

An Excerpt from John (EGGNT)

Mark Futato on the Divine Name

Just in case you missed it, there is now a Daily Dose of Hebrew to go with your Daily Dose of Greek. In the following video Mark Futato discusses the divine name, YHWH.