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Review of IVP’s Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch (final part 3)
I’ve been spending some time the last few weeks with InterVarsity Press’s Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch in Logos Bible Software. You can read part 1 of my review here and part 2 here; those help provide context for this third and final part to the review. In this post I summarize and briefly interact with … Continue reading
(Part 2) Review of IVP’s Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch
Sarah, Melchizedek, and the language of the Pentateuch. Last week I reviewed the articles on each of those topics in InterVarsity Press’s Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch in Logos Bible Software. Here’s what the IVP page says about the dictionary in its book description: The Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch is the first in a four-volume series covering the … Continue reading
Review of IVP’s Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch (Logos edition)
Over the next few weeks I’ll be reviewing IVP’s Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch in Logos Bible Software. I’ll look at a few dictionary articles in each post, commenting on the content of each, as well as on the dictionary’s presentation in Logos. I’ve reviewed Logos 4 and 5, looking at several packages and additional resources. Find … Continue reading
Psalms of Lament (for “Scalding Tears”)
Psalms of Lament is a heartbreakingly beautiful collection of poetry. Weems alarmingly yet assuringly gets right down to business in her Preface: This book is not for everyone. It is for those who weep and for those who weep with those who weep. It is for those whose souls struggle with the dailiness of faithkeeping … Continue reading
Review of Zondervan’s Theologian Trading Cards
They’re a real thing, and they’re the best conversation starter I’ve brought into my office in a long time. Creator Norman Jeune III came up with the idea of Theologian Trading Cards in seminary. It’s a good one. I remember, as a kid, memorizing and quoting statistics and quizzing friends with the back of baseball cards. … Continue reading
Paul and the Old Testament
There are over 100 explicit quotations of Scripture in Paul’s letters and at least double that number of allusions. However, what is potentially more useful than just citing Paul’s answers to first-century questions is to study how Paul interpreted Scripture, and that is the theme of this book. (1) This summer I reviewed the third volume … Continue reading
Free PDF sample of Sustainable Youth Ministry Study Guide
Youth Ministry Architects has posted a sample .pdf of Sustainable Youth Ministry: The Study Guide, which I wrote as a resource for using Mark Devries’s Sustainable Youth Ministry. I’ve posted in more detail about the study guide here. Click here (PDF) or on the image above for a sample of the study guide.
Guest post: Robbie Pruitt on A.W. Tozer
Magnificent Monograph Monday this week features a guest blogger, Robbie Pruitt. I have guest posted on his blog (My Two Mites) before, and today he posts here. It’s a review of Knowledge of the Holy by A.W. Tozer. Robbie is a gifted youth minister, teacher, poet, reader, writer, and friend. Nothing is more important than a right … Continue reading
One of my reviews to be published in Bible Study Magazine
I have written a book review that is slated to be published in an upcoming issue of Bible Study Magazine. You can see what Bible Study Magazine looks like by flipping through this past issue. The book I review is Lamentations and the Song of Songs, by Harvey Cox and Stephanie Paulsell. It’s the newest edition of Westminster … Continue reading
Review: Accordance 10′s Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament, by Beale and Carson (part 2 of 2: the content)
Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament, edited by G.K. Beale and D.A. Carson, is available as an add-on module in Accordance 10. In the first part of my review of the module, I focused on Accordance’s presentation of the commentary. Here I review the content of the commentary itself, but still … Continue reading
