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  • Reading Science for Reading Genesis Well

    You may remember at the beginning of October I started a series, Genesis, Science, and Making Sense of it All. You may not remember that, and that’s ok. This is actually only the second post, and you’ll notice it is yet another stack of books. About half of these I didn’t have when I posted last,…

  • Genesis, Science, and Making Sense of It All

    I have a wide variety of reading interests. They mostly relate to classes I teach, but I also have some long standing research interests. And perhaps the longest standing is what to think about Genesis as a book of the Bible and its relation to modern scientific thought. From what I have read and studied,…

  • Why We’re Studying Ruth This Summer

    Over the course of this summer, I’m leading a Bible study on Ruth with college students. SHIFT hasn’t historically done things over the summer, but since we were just stepping into being more involved, I wanted to do at least something during June and July. For a variety of reasons, I thought Ruth would be…

  • NIV Faithlife Study Bible: Intriguing Insights to Inform Your Faith

    If you’re keeping score at home, I’ve now posted on 3 consecutive NIV Study Bibles from Zondervan. First, it was the new NIV Zondervan Study Bible. Then it was the Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible. Now, it’s the Faithlife Study Bible. If you’re not familiar (and even if you are), Faithlife is the parent company of…

  • ESV Reader’s Bible Six-Volume Set

    You may have noticed over the last week I kept posting pictures of the new ESV Reader’s Bible Six-Volume Set from Crossway. They were gracious enough to send a review set my way, and pictures seemed more apt to capture this Bible than my descriptions. I implied in my posts that I was working through…

  • NIV Application Commentary (NIVAC) Sale This Week

    Zondervan has historically done a pretty stellar job of sending me various books for review. Although it has never involved a volume in their NIV Application Commentary series, those volumes are on sale in ebook format, this week only. You can see the deals here. The volumes in this series that I use are mainly…

  • NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible: Job

    I wouldn’t necessarily say I’m a study Bible connoisseur, but I’m in the neighborhood. I’ve used and profited from several different ones over the years, mainly the MacArthur Study Bible, the ESV Study Bible, the Reformation Study Bible, and more recently the NIV Zondervan Study Bible. Even more recently, I had the opportunity to check out the…

  • A Peculiar Glory: How the Christian Scriptures Reveal Their Complete Truthfulness

    Crossway let me get a hold of an eBook version of John Piper’s latest, A Peculiar Glory: How the Christian Scriptures Reveal Their Complete Truthfulness (see this sample). If you’ve ever read a book by John Piper, I’m not sure this much here that would surprise you. However, if you happen to be looking for an accessible…

  • A Guide to Biblical Commentaries and Reference Works

    I am frequently asked about book recommendations. Mostly these are for friends who want to read a good theology book or two. Occasionally I am asked about commentaries by the more adventurous readers (and you can read a response to that here). If you’re not aware (and even if you are), there are a plethora…

  • Calling on The Name of The Lord: A Biblical Theology of Prayer

    It is a truth universally acknowledged that a new title in the New Studies in Biblical Theology series is in want of a place on my bookshelf. On first glance, today might seem better suited for a different kind of post. But, as I read recent events, it’s a call to start taking prayer seriously.…