My mild obsession with the writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer can be traced back to a question I asked myself and the congregation with whom I worship in early March: How can Ukraine love its Russian occupiers? And what would Bonhoeffer suggest? The questions came from my wrestling through Matthew 5:38-48, which I find the … Continue reading Scot McKnight’s Sermon on the Mount Commentary, Reviewed
Scot McKnight just released a commentary on the Sermon on the Mount. I’ll post a review in due time, but as I prepare my sermon for our church’s last Sunday in the Sermon on the Mount, I wanted to give props here to what is a really good commentary! McKnight blends careful exegesis with relevant application, and … Continue reading Scot McKnight’s Sermon on the Mount Commentary
In Junia is Not Alone, Scot McKnight asks, “Why are we so obsessed with studying the ‘subordination’ of women to men but not a woman like Deborah, who subordinated men and enemies?” And, “Why is there so much silence in the church about the women in the Bible?” Noting how few of his students (i.e., … Continue reading Junia is Not Alone: Review of Scot McKnight
I learned from Scot McKnight’s Substack about a new book, the Introduction to which is riveting. It’s called Stained Glass Ceilings: How Evangelicals Do Gender and Practice Power, by Lisa Weaver Swartz, a sociologist at Asbury University in Kentucky. In it she profiles two seminary communities in Kentucky: Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Asbury Theological … Continue reading Book Note: Stained Glass Ceilings: How Evangelicals Do Gender and Practice Power
Starting August 8 and going until 11:59 (EST) on August 11, Zondervan is offering a host of commentaries on the Gospels at a steep discount. Almost all of them are ones I use regularly in preaching preparation. Some highlights: Matthew, Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the NT, $7.99 (reviewed here) Scot McKnight’s Commentary on the … Continue reading Free Copy of Mark (ZECNT) in Print, and 80% Off Ebook Gospel Commentaries from Zondervan
Scot McKnight set the bar high with his Sermon on the Mount volume in The Story of God Bible Commentary series. Now there are two more volumes: Genesis, by Tremper Longman III, and Romans, by Michael F. Bird. As Tremper Longman III describes in the video below, The Story of God Bible Commentary has three … Continue reading New Story of God Bible Commentary Volumes: Genesis and Romans
Charles Spurgeon is reported to have said, “If you have to give a carnival to get people to come to church, then you will have to keep giving carnivals to keep them coming back.” And so we who blog in the fields of academic biblical studies and theology keep giving carnivals. So let Words on … Continue reading Keep ’em coming back with the December Biblical Studies Carnival
I used to think it was just a scare tactic when professors of biblical languages said, “Use your Greek! Don’t let your Hebrew get rusty, or it will be gone forever!” They were, of course, right. For various reasons I had to have a bit of lag time between Hebrew I and Hebrew II, and … Continue reading Devotions on the Greek New Testament, reviewed
My wife and I just gave birth to our third child, Junia. The name Junia comes from Romans 16:7–she was an “outstanding” apostle, as noted by the apostle Paul. There is nothing else about Junia in the New Testament except for the rest of what Paul says about her in that verse, the full text of which … Continue reading Junia
Our little Junia truly is “not alone.” Unbeknownst to me until now, here‘s another father of a Junia, blogging about the name!
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