Accordance Bible Software has recently released a bunch of N.T. Wright resources, including his newly published and massive Paul and the Faithfulness of God. There are two bundles Accordance offers (here and here), and both are on sale this week. I’ll be posting an extended book note on Wright’s new two-volume work before too long. … Continue reading Now in Accordance: N.T. Wright
I have been benefiting lately from the wisdom of N.T. Wright. His For Everyone series now covers every book of the New Testament, with each passage being preceded by Wright’s own translation of Scripture. I describe the series here. And here I review the Luke volume in further detail. In this post I’ll review the usefulness … Continue reading N.T. Wright on My Computer
I’ve been seeing too much Upworthy in my Facebook news feed lately! Apologies for the sensational blog post headline. But I really did meet N.T. Wright once. And you might actually guess what he told me, when I tell you what I asked him. I introduced myself to him briefly after a message he delivered … Continue reading I Met N.T. Wright Once, and You’ll Never Guess What He Told Me
Great stuff from N.T. Wright on how he starts his days (reading Greek and Hebrew), how he responded when an adviser told him to choose between the Church and the Academy (he chose both), and more:
I met N.T. Wright briefly in January at a worship symposium and asked him how to improve my Greek. He said, “Read the text, read the text, read the text.” He told me to really get the feel of the language. Don’t think of Greek just as a code for English; get into the Greek … Continue reading N.T. Wright on learning Greek, and a review of A Reader’s Hebrew and Greek Bible by Zondervan
I realize that–without really meaning to–I’ve developed an affinity for Anglican priest-scholar types. To name just a few: R.T. France, Fleming Rutledge, N.T. Wright. Add to that list the late J. Alec Motyer. I can hardly imagine studying Isaiah without Motyer’s work. And his commentary on Zephaniah is a model of scholarship that praises God. … Continue reading “I’m not really a scholar”–the Late J. Alec Motyer
As we are still in the Easter season, here is George Herbert’s “Easter,” quoted in N.T. Wright’s Resurrection and the Son of God. I got me flowers to straw thy way; I got me boughs off many a tree: But thou wast up by break of day, And brought’st thy sweets along with thee. The … Continue reading “Can there be any day but this?” George Herbert’s “Easter”
Finding classy and well-made Bible covers is surprisingly difficult, even on Amazon. Christian Book Distributors fares a little better. But you still have to wade through some, uh, options. Plain canvas would be just fine. Full grain leather? Even better. That’s the Leather Bible Cover from Saddleback Leather … Continue reading Saddleback’s Leather Bible Cover: The One You’ve Been Waiting For (If It Fits)
One preacher says, “Weddings are accidents waiting to happen. Something almost always goes wrong at a service of holy matrimony.” That doesn’t match my experience with weddings, but there is something quite wrong at the wedding in Cana, in Galilee (John 2:1-11): they’ve run out of wine. So maybe there’s no better place for Jesus … Continue reading “There is No Rejoicing Without Wine”: Jesus’ First Miracle
Words on the Word 