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  • What Do You Think About The NIV?

    Apparently, this is the 50th anniversary of the NIV, and there’s a pretty intense new study Bible coming out later this year. I’ll be honest though, the NIV is not usually my translation of choice. I think I grew up with it somewhat, but my first study Bible was NKJV, and then I switched to…

  • Sweet Deal on Tyndale Commentaries

    You might remember my series on building a theological library. Several volumes were from the Tyndale Commentary series, which is on sale at Westminster.

  • The Mystery of The Numbers in Numbers

    Over the past several weeks, I’ve been continuing on through the book of Numbers as part of my devotional reading. I told you about snakes on the plain a few weeks back, and how they are some very instructive stories scattered through Numbers. The barrier to getting to these stories is usually working through the…

  • Genesis Rebooted

    A perennial interest for me over the past several years has been understanding the early chapters of Genesis. This reached its height while I was in my last couple of years at Dallas and I was able to take Hebrew III and IV, as well as a Ph.D seminar on ancient Near East literature. Couple…

  • Snakes on The Plain: Why Numbers Is Still Important

    In my daily Bible reading plan, I just started Numbers over the weekend. I’ve been following the M’Cheyne plan and working through D. A. Carson’s For the Love of God (you can do so as well at this blog). Numbers is not usually high on anyone’s list of anticipated devotional reading. I can generally sympathize with…

  • 1, 2, & 3 John (ZECNT)

    At this point, I think I’ve commented on every volume in the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament series: James (ZECNT) Ephesians (ZECNT) Matthew (ZECNT) Galatians (ZECNT) Colossians/Philemon (ZECNT) 1 & 2 Thessalonians (ZECNT) Luke (ZECNT) Acts (ZECNT) Except of course for the two most recent volumes on 1, 2, 3 John and Mark. I’ll get…

  • When Things Go From Bad To Worse, You Can Ask God Why

    At one point in time, I think we’ve all experienced it. Particularly common in college, you end up in a class that was nothing like you expected. What was supposed to be a fluff class to fill elective space turned into a nightmare. Or, maybe it was a class you were really looking forward to,…

  • Expository Blogging: Exodus 3:1-22

    While we were clued in at the end of Exodus 2 that God’s attention is now fully focused on Pharaoh and the plight of Israel in Egypt, Moses missed that memo. Content, or at least semi-content to be a shepherd in Midian, Moses’ life has moved on. But God has not moved on, and that…

  • Expository Blogging: Exodus 2:11-25

    When we left our story, a Hebrew child named Moses had just been adopted into Pharaoh’s household. If you could imagine knowing how big of a deal Moses is, but reading Exodus for the first time (or hearing it read to you), you would probably hear a “Dun dun dun” at the naming of Moses…

  • Expository Blogging: Exodus 1:8-22

    Last week, we began our trek through Exodus with the first 7 verses. In many ways, those verses are setting the stage for the story in v. 8-22, which are themselves setting the stage for the story of Moses’ birth in 2:1-10. But that’s getting ahead of ourselves just a bit. Every story needs a…