ARTICLES

Word by Word; the Logos Blog

1. “Do You Really Need to Know Hebrew?”
   September 3, 2015

 

2. “Why Bible Typography Matters”
   September 11, 2015

 

3. “Keep Track of Your Bible Study Notes with Logos”
   September 18, 2015

 

4. “Get Help Learning Greek on Your Own”
   September 24, 2015

 

5. “How to Instantly Spot NT Allusions to the OT”
   October 8, 2015

 

6. “How to Filter the Information Flood with Logos”
   October 15, 2015

 

7. “How to Find the Right Passage When Your Memory Fails”
   October 22, 2015

 

8. “How Should We Number the 10 Commandments?”
   October 29, 2015

 

9. “What Agape Really Means”
   November 4, 2015

 

10. “Do You Break These Rules for Greek and Hebrew Study?”
    November 12, 2015

 

11. “Middle-Eastern Man Forgiven 450 Gazillion Dollar Debt”
    November 19, 2015

 

12. “A Bible Student’s Hidden Strength”
    November 25, 2015

 

13. “How to Pronounce “Logos” and Other Important Evangelical Words”
    November 26, 2015

 

14. “The Most Used Words in the Bible”
    December 2, 2015

 

15. “How to Quickly Transliterate Greek and Hebrew”
    December 3, 2015

 

16. “Do We Have to Choose Between Print and Digital?”
    December 9, 2015

 

17. “Three Tips for Stirring Up Your Love for the Bible”
    December 9, 2015

 

18. “Seeing the Forest and the Trees in Your Bible Study”
    December 16, 2015

 

19. “Bible Translations and the Democracy of the Dead”
    December 17, 2015

 

20. “The Most Christmasy Book in the Bible Isn’t What You Think”
    December 22, 2015

 

21. “The Sermon on the Mount: Finding Happiness in the Flood”
    December 30, 2015

 

22. “Start the New Year with a Free 30-Day Bible Study Course”
    December 31, 2015

 

23. “On Christian Trinkets and Bad Exegesis”
    January 6, 2016

 

24. “How to Search Your Entire Logos Library in a Flash”
    January 7, 2016

 

25. “What if People Actually Studied Their Bibles?”
    January 15, 2016

 

26. “How Good Are the Sermons You Preach to Yourself?”
    January 20, 2016

 

27. “How To Search Logos.com (or Any Website) in a Flash”
    January 21, 2016

 

28. “Tim Challies and Going All in with Ebooks”
    January 22, 2016

 

29. “5 Ways the Logos Pros Can Help with Your Bible Study”
    January 28, 2016

 

30. “How to Do Bible Word Studies: A Fool-Proof Guide”
    February 3, 2016

 

31. “Why 10 Translations May Be Better Than 1 Greek (or Hebrew) Bible”
    February 4, 2016

 

32. “The Question That Reveals Everything You Believe About the Old Testament”
    February 10, 2016

 

33. “How to Get the Most Out of Your Logos Home Page”
    February 11, 2016

 

34. “What Your View of Judges 11 Says About Your View of the Entire Bible”
    February 17, 2016

 

35. “The Logos Feature That Makes Using BDAG a Breeze”
    February 18, 2016

 

36. “Why the Questions Jesus Asked Were about More Than Answers”
    February 25, 2016

 

37. “What Do Lying Shrimp Have to Do with New Testament Exegesis?”
    March 9, 2016

 

38. “Is the Word “Easter” in the Bible?”
    March 11, 2016

 

39. “What Passage Should You Study This Easter?”
    March 16, 2016

 

40. “How Do You Apply a Passage When It Has No Commands?”
    March 23, 2016

 

41. “Introducing the New and Improved Logos Pro Training Page”
    March 31, 2016

 

42. “Why Words Mean What They Do, and Why It Matters for Bible Study”
    April 6, 2016

 

43. “Have I Lost My Old Logos or Libronix Books?”
    April 7, 2016

 

44. “And They Were Exceedingly Astonished”
    April 14, 2016

 

45. “The Power of Naming the Bible Study Practices You Do Naturally”
    April 20, 2016

 

46. “An Advanced Bible Study Skill Anyone Can Master”
    April 27, 2016

 

47. “Top Bible Study Resources, as Picked by the Logos Pros”
    April 28, 2016

 

48. “Which Bible Translation Is Best? All the Good Ones.”
    May 4, 2016

 

49. “How to Create Links to Specific Logos Resources”
    May 5, 2016

 

50. “When (and How) to Use Multiple Bible Translations”
    May 11, 2016

 

51. “5 Powerful Logos Capabilities You May Have Missed”
    May 12, 2016

 

52. “How to Understand the New Testament’s Use of the Old Testament”
    May 24, 2016

 

53. “5 Guidelines for Picking the Right Bible Translation”
    May 25, 2016

 

54. “The Top 5 Ways to Go from Logos Novice to Logos Pro”
    May 26, 2016

 

55. “The Power of Slowing Down Your Bible Study”
    May 27, 2016

 

56. “Bible Translations in the “Mere Christian” Hallway”
    June 1, 2016

 

57. “How to Avoid Plagiarism in Your Sermons and Papers”
    June 2, 2016

 

58. “Should We “Dumb Down” the Bible When People Don’t Get It?”
    June 14, 2016

 

59. “When and How to Use the Septuagint in Your Bible Study”
    June 16, 2016

 

60. “Should We Dumb Down the Bible? Yes. (Sort of.)”
    June 22, 2016

 

61. “How to Highlight a Book Like a Bible Nerd”
    June 23, 2016

 

62. “What Should You Leave Out When You Teach the Bible?”
    June 29, 2016

 

63. “How to Study a Psalm: Essential Steps for Starting Right”
    July 6, 2016

 

64. “The Open Secret to Actually Reading the Bible Regularly”
    July 7, 2016

 

65. “How to Study a Psalm: 4 Keys to Interpretation”
    July 13, 2016

 

66. “How to Do a Bible Word Study on “Love””
    July 14, 2016

 

67. “How to Apply a Psalm to Your Situation”
    July 20, 2016

 

68. “How to Use a Commentary to Study the Psalms”
    July 21, 2016

 

69. “”Get behind Me” or “Be Gone”: How to Explore Textual Variants in Matthew 4”
    July 27, 2016

 

70. “3 Tips for Using Logos on a Touchscreen Laptop”
    July 28, 2016

 

71. “How Is Bible Study Like Ultimate Frisbee?”
    August 10, 2016

 

72. “How to Choose Your Top Bibles in Logos”
    August 11, 2016

 

73. “5 Ways Loving Your Neighbor Will Change Your Bible Teaching”
    August 17, 2016

 

74. “How To Find a Bible Verse Fast”
    August 18, 2016

 

75. “What to Do When You Find an Interpretive Quandary”
    August 31, 2016

 

76. “6 Reasons Pastors Will Love the Sermon Editor in Logos 7”
    September 1, 2016

 

77. “9 Reasons I Use Logos When I Preach”
    September 6, 2016

 

78. “How to Know That You Know the Bible”
    September 7, 2016

 

79. “3 Practical Tips to Keep in Mind When You Quote Scripture”
    September 8, 2016

 

80. “How to Copy-Paste Bible Text from Logos without Leaving Your Word Processor”
    September 14, 2016

 

81. “3 Things That Logos Can Do for the Lay Leader”
    September 15, 2016

 

82. “Crush Your Exegesis Paper: 3 Secrets Every Student Should Know”
    September 21, 2016

 

83. “3 Reasons Not to Panic over Bible Translation Revisions”
    September 29, 2016

 

84. “2 Digital Bible Study Tips for Busy Moms”
    October 5, 2016

 

85. “How to Quickly Find Every Rhetorical Question in the New Testament”
    October 13, 2016

 

86. “How to Compare Translations Like a Bible Nerd”
    October 19, 2016

 

87. “How to Make Your Logos Screen Look Like a Pro’s”
    October 26, 2016

 

88. “3 Logos Shortcuts You Can Use Right Away”
    November 2, 2016

 

89. “If the Bible Is Clear, Why Are There So Many Opinions?”
    November 9, 2016

 

90. “Why Difficulties in the Bible Are a Good Thing”
    November 16, 2016

 

91. “Why Do So Many Christians Disagree over the Bible?”
    November 30, 2016

 

92. “10 Practical Tips for Family Devotions This Christmas”
    December 7, 2016

 

93. “What Pop Music Can Teach Us about Interpreting Scripture”
    December 21, 2016

 

94. “What If People Really Studied Their Bibles in 2017?”
    December 30, 2016

 

95. “My Favorite Example of Engaging the Head & Heart in Preaching”
    January 18, 2017

 

96. “3 Reasons You Should Read the Whole Bible This Year”
    January 25, 2017

 

97. “What’s the Best Evangelism Strategy? Some Wisdom from John Piper”
    February 16, 2017

 

98. “Is It Ever OK to Take Shortcuts in Bible Study?”
    February 22, 2017

 

99. “Listen: Logos Bible Software on the Shaun Tabatt Show”
    February 24, 2017

 

100. “How to Do a Bible Study on Abortion”
     February 28, 2017

 

101. “How to Use-and How Not to Use-the Amplified Bible”
     March 2, 2017

 

102. “The Power and Pitfalls of Studying Biblical Lists”
     March 8, 2017

 

103. “What a Postmodern Literary Theorist Taught Me about Biblical Authority”
     March 9, 2017

 

104. “Biblical Studies & the Myth of Neutrality”
     March 22, 2017

 

105. “Which Are More Accurate: Literal or Non-Literal Bible Translations?”
     March 29, 2017

 

106. “Video: How to Create, Deliver, and Publish a Powerful Sermon”
     March 30, 2017

 

107. “How to Do Some Spring Cleaning in Your Logos Library”
     April 5, 2017

 

108. “How to Search Your Highlights inside Logos”
     April 12, 2017

 

109. “How What You Love Shapes How You Interpret the Bible”
     April 26, 2017

 

110. “3 Tips for Discovering Biblical Connections in Logos”
     April 27, 2017

 

111. “When Two Bible Translations Disagree, Which One Is Right?”
     May 3, 2017

 

112. “The Power of Spotting Metaphors in Your Bible Study”
     May 4, 2017

 

113. “Get Logos Training Made Especially for Academics”
     May 9, 2017

 

114. “Why Pastors Should Use a Different Greek Text”
     May 10, 2017

 

115. “A Simple New Way to Search Your Bible Inside Logos”
     May 11, 2017

 

116. “Why We Need a New Kind of Hebrew Lexicon”
     May 18, 2017

 

117. “A Simple Tip for Keeping Your Greek & Hebrew Skills Sharp”
     May 24, 2017

 

118. “How to Create a Church Culture that Loves Bible Study”
     May 25, 2017

 

119. “Has the Gospel-Centered Pendulum Swung Too Far?”
     May 31, 2017

 

120. “You’ve Probably Never Seen the Real King James Version”
     June 7, 2017

 

121. “Why We Should Stop Capitalizing Pronouns Referring to God”
     June 8, 2017

 

122. “How to Customize the Copy Bible Verse Tool in Logos”
     June 14, 2017

 

123. “How to Search Connections between Greek and English Bibles”
     June 15, 2017

 

124. “5 Reasons Studying the Original Languages Is Worth the Pain”
     June 21, 2017

 

125. “How to Get Free Logos Books and Other Swag”
     June 22, 2017

 

126. “5 More Reasons Bible Teachers Should Learn Greek & Hebrew”
     June 28, 2017

 

127. “3 Reasons Preachers Shouldn’t Publicly Contradict a Bible Translation”
     July 5, 2017

 

128. “Why Does Logos Say “Dine” Is a Metaphor in Luke 14:1?”
     July 6, 2017

 

129. “What Would the Author of Amazing Grace” Say about Social Media?””
     July 26, 2017

 

130. “4 Simple Tips for Getting the Most out of Logos Bible Software”
     July 27, 2017

 

131. “The Twist in the Sermon on the Mount That You Probably Missed”
     August 23, 2017

 

132. “How I Prepare, Preach, and Publish Sermons When Time Is Short”
     September 13, 2017

 

133. “Do We Have to Answer Every Tough Bible & Theology Question?”
     September 14, 2017

 

134. “3 Free Logos Features That Make Seminary Easier”
     September 16, 2017

 

135. “2 Quick Hacks That Will Help You Learn from Early Christians”
     September 20, 2017

 

136. “3 Simple Ways to Find That Quote or Passage You Can’t Quite Remember”
     September 21, 2017

 

137. “A New Translation of a Bible Translation Preface”
     September 27, 2017

 

138. “What a 400-Year-Old Bible Preface Can Teach Us about Translations”
     September 29, 2017

 

139. “3 Tips for Professors Training the Next Generation of Ministers”
     October 4, 2017

 

140. “How Paragraph Breaks Can Help You Understand the Bible”
     October 5, 2017

 

141. “4 Ways to Thank Your Pastor This Pastor Appreciation Month”
     October 9, 2017

 

142. “Why Would a Church Ban the Bible?”
     October 10, 2017

 

143. “Why Bible Teachers Should, Like, Care about Proper English”
     October 25, 2017

 

144. “Why Logos’ Typography Matters”
     October 26, 2017

 

145. “Why Luther’s 95 Theses Start with a Critique of a Bible Translation”
     October 31, 2017

 

146. “What a Viral Video Tells Us about a Reformation Truth”
     November 1, 2017

 

147. “Thinking of Getting Logos? Read This.”
     November 2, 2017

 

148. “How to Be Truly Free: Become a Slave of Christ”
     November 8, 2017

 

149. “3 Ways to Start Studying the Bible with the Logos Web App”
     November 3, 2017

 

150. “The Hidden Figure behind Oswald Chambers’ My Utmost for His Highest”
     November 15, 2017

 

151. “Last Day: Get Started with Greek for Under $35”
     November 22, 2017

 

152. “Misunderstanding the Most Common Old Testament Literary Device”
     November 22, 2017

 

153. “Did Augustine Believe in Biblical Inerrancy?”
     November 23, 2017

 

154. “Is There Anything New to Say about the Christmas Story?”
     November 29, 2017

 

155. “How Evangelical Theologians Are Tackling the Doctrine of the Trinity”
     December 6, 2017

 

156. “What Do We Really Know about the Three Wise Men?”
     December 7, 2017

 

157. “5 Words You’re Probably Not Getting in the Christmas Story”
     December 14, 2017

 

158. “Is the Pope Right or Wrong on “Lead Us Not Into Temptation”?”
     December 15, 2017

 

159. “Evidence of God’s Grace amidst the “War on Christmas””
     December 20, 2017

 

160. “How to Teach the True Meaning of Christmas to Your Kids”
     December 25, 2017

 

161. “What’s the Difference between Lament and Complaint?”
     December 27, 2017

 

162. “Tips on Psalm 2”
     December 28, 2017

 

163. “How to Think Like a Christian Should”
     December 31, 2017

 

164. “One Thing Every True Evangelical Has in Common”
     January 19, 2018

 

165. “What Should New Testament Preachers Do with Old Testament Promises?”
     January 25, 2018

 

166. “3 Reasons You Should Read the Work of James K.A. Smith”
     January 31, 2018

 

167. “What Makes a Good Biblical Scholar?”
     February 1, 2018

 

168. “Verily, God Did Not Say “Thou Shalt Not Steal””
     February 7, 2018

 

169. “Search Logos for Things, Not Words”
     February 8, 2018

 

170. “The RSV Takes on the KJV”
     February 14, 2018

 

171. “A Systematic Theology for Black History Month”
     February 28, 2018

 

172. “If Commentaries Were Sports Teams”
     March 7, 2018

 

173. “How to Spot a Falsely Attributed Quotation”
     March 14, 2018

 

174. “3 Reasons To Study Greek, and 3 Reasons Not To”
     March 15, 2018

 

175. “Good and Bad Goals for Studying New Testament Greek”
     March 21, 2018

 

176. “How to Use a Critical Commentary If You’re an Evangelical”
     March 29, 2018

 

177. “Some Say Easter” Is Pagan. Is it Really?””
     April 2, 2018

 

178. “How to Write a Funeral Sermon”
     April 11, 2018

 

179. “The Key to Not Being a Bad Bible Reader”
     April 18, 2018

 

180. “Should Barbarians Get to Have God’s Words?”
     May 8, 2018

 

181. “4 Simple Language Principles That Will Improve Your Bible Study”
     May 9, 2018

 

182. “What’s the First Thing You Need to Know About NT Greek?”
     May 17, 2018

 

183. “The Easy Way to Do a Responsible Bible Word Study”
     May 30, 2018

 

184. “How to Use Logos Like a BibleWorks Pro”
     June 6, 2018

 

185. “How to Choose Your Next Read”
     June 13, 2018

 

186. “How to Do a Bible Word Study in English the Easy Way”
     June 20, 2018

 

187. “Search Original Languages for Word Meaning with Unique Logos Tools”
     June 27, 2018

 

188. “Someone Plagiarized My Book a Century Before I Was Born”
     July 3, 2018

 

189. “5 Reasons Studying Greek Is Worth the Pain”
     July 19, 2018

 

190. “Why We Do What We Do: C.S. Lewis on Motivation”
     September 18, 2018

 

191. “On Misquoting C.S. Lewis (and Knowing an Author’s Voice)”
     September 20, 2018

 

192. “Language Cannot Sit Still, Even in Church”
     September 27, 2018

 

193. “Why Luther’s 95 Theses Start with a Critique of a Bible Translation”
     October 25, 2018

 

194. “3 Sanity Checks for Odd Bible Interpretations”
     Mar 2019

 

195. “Include Systematic Theology in Your Bible Exposition”
     May 2019

 

196. “Review: An Introduction to the Greek New Testament Produced at Tyndale House, Cambridge”
     Jun 2019

 

197. “3 Free Logos Features That Make Seminary Easier”
     Aug 2019

 

198. “5 Words You’re Probably Not Getting in the Christmas Story”
     Dec 2019

 

199. “Never Take a Verse Out of Context Again with the New Lexham Context Commentary”
     Feb 2020

 

200. “How to See Changes in the ESV (though They Don’t Matter Much)”
     Feb 29, 2020

 

201. “Tattoo-Inspired New Testament Exegesis”
     May 19, 2020

 

202. “10 Reasons This Bible Nerd Loves Logos Bible Software”
     March, 2022

 

203. “What ‘Leah’s Eyes Were Weak’ Means—& What It Says about Bible Interpretation”
     May, 2022

 

204. “Tips for Bible Students: 2 Simple Things I Do in Logos All the Time”
     June, 2022

 

205. “Good Writing: Ten Short Maxims”
     August, 2022

 

206. “Typography in Logos: A Behind-the-Scenes Look”
     August 25, 2022

 

207. “3 Reasons to Use Better Bible Study Resources than Strong’s”
     October 4, 2022

 

208. “Why Did John Piper Say He Hardly Needs BDAG?”
     October 17, 2022

 

209. “Is Language Change Dangerous?”
     December 15, 2022

 

210. “3 Reasons Not to Mention Greek and Hebrew Words in a Sermon”
     February 16, 2022

 

211. “Why Does Logos Cost So Much?”
     March 13, 2023

 

212. “How to Use Strong’s Concordance and What to Use Instead”
     March 30, 2023

 

213. “What Is the Moral of the Story of the Good Samaritan?”
     April 26, 2023

 

214. “Why Did John Piper Say He Needs Very Few Commentaries?”
     April 27, 2023

 

215. “The Secret Meaning of YHWH”
     July 27, 2023

 

216.  “What Speak Truth in Love Means—and Doesn’t Mean”
     Sep 1, 2023

 

217.  “40 Best-Selling Books for Baptists”
     Feb 2, 2024

Logos Academic Blog

“Diminutives and the Nelly Effect”
Oct 28, 2015

“Helping Students Keep Up with Greek”
Nov 4, 2015

“Words of Delight”
Nov 13, 2015

“Why Do People Learn Κοινή Greek?”
Nov 17, 2015

“Greek Is Not Math”
Nov 25, 2015

“Moisés Silva Writes a Personal Note About the New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology and Exegesis”
Dec 2, 2015

“Did Jesus Speak Greek?”
Dec 9, 2015

“The Big Fat Greek Family Tree”
Dec 16, 2015

“Seeing James in Higher Definition”
Mar 3, 2016

“Fighting the Good Fight: When Translations Differ over a Metaphor”
Aug 24, 2017

“Grass Roots Ablaze: An Interview with Mark Ward about His Book Authorized: The Use and Misuse of the King James Bible”
Feb 19, 2020

Lexham Press Blog

“How KJV-Only Christians Responded to Authorized: The Use and Misuse of the King James Bible”
Aug 14, 2018

“Why Do I Have to Learn this Stuff?! Christian Answers for the Start-of-School”
Sep 12, 2018

Faithlife Blog

“I. Howard Marshall, 1934-2015”
Dec 23, 2015

“Evaluating C.S. Lewis’ ‘Liar, Lunatic, or Lord’ Trilemma”
Apr 13, 2016

“Why Would a Church Ban the Bible?”
Oct 24, 2018

“How’s Your Biblical Literacy? Deepen Your Knowledge with This New Podcast.”
Oct 31, 2019

“For the Love of Scripture and Its Readers: Interview with Mark Ward”
Mar 22, 2019

On Language & Scripture

FrontLine column; 2014–2020

“How long halt ye between two opinions?”
March/April 2014

“The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places”
May/June 2014

“But God commendeth his love toward us”
July/August 2014

“Is-ree-uhl”
Sep/Oct 2014

“Etymological Fallacy 1: Words don’t necessarily mean what they used to mean”
Nov/Dec 2014

“Etymological Fallacy 2: Fabulous”
Jan/Feb 2015

“Etymological Fallacy 3: Greek and Hebrew are the result of language change”
Mar/Apr 2015

“Imminent, Immanent, and Eminent”
May/June 2015

“Pure Religion”
July/August 2015

“Wimmin”
Sep/Oct 2015

“Biblical Worldview”
Nov/Dec 2015

“John McWhorter and Bible Study”
Jan/Feb 2016

“Conservatism, Progressivism, and the English Language, part 1”
Mar/Apr 2016

“Conservatism, Progressivism, and the English Language, part 2”
May/June 2016

“The OED, part 1”
July/August 2016

“The OED, part 2”
Sep/Oct 2016

“Give Me the Text”
Nov/Dec 2016

“Let’s Stop Capitalizing Deity Pronouns”
Jan/Feb 2017

“How the KJV Takes God’s Words out of People’s Hands”
Mar/Apr 2017

“The Generic He”
May/June 2017

“Other People’s Grammar and Spelling Mistakes”
July/August 2017

“Water Closets and the Euphemism Treadmill”
Sep/Oct 2017

“Lexiles, Seuss, and the Bible”
Nov/Dec 2017

“Semantic Conservatism”
Jan/Feb 2018

“The Barbarians Might Could Getcha”
Mar/Apr 2018

“In the Greek”
May/June 2018

“David Bellos Is Wrong about the Bible and Language”
July/Aug 2018

“Australian English”
Sep/Oct 2018

“The Etymology of ‘Atonement’”
Nov/Dec 2018

“Written vs. Spoken Language in Scripture’”
Jan/Feb 2019

“Anglicizing Bible Names”
Mar/Apr 2019

“Translating ‘James’”
May/June 2019

“Bono and the Bible”
July/Aug 2019

“Neither Do They Spin”
Sep/Oct 2019

“Evangelical Is the New Evangelistic”
Nov/Dec 2019

“The Lexham English Septuagint”
Jan/Feb 2020

“Don’t Cut Covenants”
Mar/Apr 2020

“The Pure Word New Testament”
May/Jun 2020

“Language and Redundancy”
July/Aug 2020

“A Perfect Bible”
Sep/Oct 2020

“A Farewell and a Thank You”
Nov/Dec 2020

Word Nerd: Language and the Bible

Backpage column, Bible Study Magazine; links are to YouTube versions of each column.

“Where Did the Word “Lord” Come From?”
Nov/Dec 2020

“The NASB Is So Fastidious—And That’s Why I Love It”
Jan/Feb 2021

“‘Jehovah’ Is a Mistake—But I Still Say the Word”
Mar/Apr 2021

“Bible The”
May/Jun 2021

“Alternatives to Strong’s Dictionary”
Jul/Aug 2021

“How Words Are Born & What This Has to Do with Your Bible Study”
Sep/Oct 2021

“International Thank a Bible Translator Day”
Published only on YouTube

“What Counts as “Literal” Bible Translation?”
Nov/Dec 2021

“A Lesson from the LOLCatz Bible”
Published only on YouTube

“How Do You Pronounce Hard Bible Words?”
Jan/Feb 2022

“Don’t Mix Up the Senses of Bible Words”
Mar/Apr 2022

“The Literal Gun”
May/Jun 2022

“Specious and Arbitrary Lucidity”
July/Aug 2022

“The NRSVue’s Translation of 1 Cor 6:9″
Sep/Oct 2022

“Language Change is Good”
Nov/Dec 2022 

Other Articles by Date

“The Baptist General Conference”
Mack Library Research Report, June 2005

“The Young Fundamentalists Survey: Summary and Analysis”
Mack Library Research Report, June 2005

“Choosing Bible Software”
Today’s Christian Preacher, Summer 2007, pp. 7-9

“Christian’s Dangerous Book”
Modern Pilgrim

“Gospel-Centered Buzzwords”
FrontLine Magazine, July/Aug, 2012

“Straight Cuts: Proverbs 1:7”
FrontLine Magazine, Sep/Oct, 2012

“Introduction to the Bible”
For all Bibles produced by Bibles International, 2012

“Introduction to the Old Testament”
For all Bibles produced by Bibles International, 2012

“Introduction to the New Testament”
For all Bibles produced by Bibles International, 2012

“How To Do Word Studies (And How Not To Do Them)”
FrontLine Magazine, Nov/Dec, 2012

“The Dwarfs Are for the Dwarfs: Stanley Fish The Pragmatic Presuppositionalist” PDF, HTML
Answers Research Journal, vol. 6, 2013; first presented at Bible Faculty Summit, Aug 1, 2012, Northland International University

“The Hermeneutics of Homosexuality”
FrontLine Magazine, Nov/Dec, 2013

“The Allure of the Iron Cage: Reactions to Steven D. Smith’s The Disenchantment of Secular Discourse.”
Bible Faculty Summit, Aug 6, 2014, Baptist Bible Seminary, Clarks Summit, PA.

“The Ardennes Counteroffensive and Luke’s Account of the Virgin Birth“
FrontLine Magazine, Nov/Dec, 2014

“Wicked Ignorance: A Creationist Agrees with Richard Dawkins“
Answers Magazine; October, 2015

“Labeling Your Bible Reading Intuitions“
Bible Study Magazine, May/June 2016

“And They Were Exceedingly Astonished“
Bible Study Magazine, May/June 2016

“The Story of ͗Ἀρσενοκοίτης according to BDAG“

Bible Faculty Summit, July 27, 2016, Maranatha Bible Univeristy, Watertown, WI.

“A Muslim Reads the Bible“
FrontLine, July/Aug 2016)

“Dear Paul“
Bible Study Magazine, July/Aug 2016

“Run a Quick Search for Rhetorical Questions”
Bible Study Magazine, Nov/Dec 2016

“American Idol, American Culture, the Christian Church, and Your Bible Study“
Modern Reformation, Nov/Dec 2016).

“Exploring the Old Testament Law in Context”
Bible Study Magazine, Jan/Feb 2017

“New Tools for Teaching Textual Criticism to Laypeople“
Bible Faculty Summit, Aug 2, 2017, Appalachian Bible College, Mount Hope, WV.

“Typography in Early Reformation Vernacular Bibles”
Evangelical Theological Society annual meeting, Nov 17, 2017, Providence, RI.

“3 Ways to Graciously Engage KJV-Only Believers“
The Gospel Coalition, July 26, 2018

“Can We Trust the Biblical Manuscripts?“
Cover story, Bible Study Magazine, Sep-Oct 2018.

“I Don’t Know How I Learned Anything“
Didaktikos (Sep 2020), 44.

“How to Rescue People from the Trap of KJV-Onlyism“
Credo Magazine (Oct 9, 2020).

“Don’t Be a One-Bible-Version-Onlyist“
Credo Magazine (Oct 16, 2020).

“3 Temptations Old Books Will Help You Face“
The Gospel Coalition (Dec 28, 2020).

“Esau McCaulley”
Cover story, Bible Study Magazine, July/Aug 2021.

“A Revolution in Bible Design”
Cover story, Bible Study Magazine, Nov/Dec 2021.

“Let Me Help You Help Your KJV-Only Friend”
BJU Seminary Viewpoints, Oct 28, 2021

“Borrowing from the KJV Bank & Trust”
Text & Canon, Nov 8, 2021

“I Frequently Feel Like a Father Failure”
Growing Fathers, Feb 22, 2022
See also YouTube version

“Let the KJV Preface Teach You to Trust Modern Bibles: The KJV Translators Were Not KJV-Only”
Baptist Bulletin, Sep/Oct 2021

“Does the NRSV Compromise on Homosexuality?”
The Gospel Coalition, July 6, 2022

“Jonathan Leeman and Vern Poythress on the Language of Love in the New Testament”
Cover story, Bible Study Magazine, Nov/Dec 2022

“How to Be Gracious When Haters Gonna Hate”
Idea Network, Oct 3, 2022

“Does the Accuracy of Its Second-Person Pronouns Commend the Continued Use of the AV in Public Reading and Preaching? A Debate Between Christian McShaffrey and Mark Ward”
Bible League Quarterly, 2023

“What Makes a Bible Translation Bad?”
Text & Canon, June 13, 2023

“What Makes a Bible Translation Really Bad?”
Text & Canon, July 11, 2023

“Examining False Cognates in the Bible (Authorized Version) with the Help of the OED”
OED Website, March 21, 2024

“Original Language Research”
Logos Blog, Forthcoming

“The Amplified Bible”
Text & Canon, Forthcoming

Interviews

1. A talk with my linguistics hero John McWhorter on Lexicon Valley.

 

2. A chat on InDoubt: What’s With All the Bible Translations?

 

3. A chat on InDoubt: The KJV and Bible Translation Idolatry

 

4. A chat on InDoubt: Culture’s Words and Actions on Recreational Marijuana Use

 

5. A chat on InDoubt: Adding to the Conversation – Marijuana, Science and Creationism

 

6. A talk with John Marino on the CrossView podcast.

 

7. A talk with Travis Montgomery on the Exegetical Tools podcast.

 

8. A talk with Shaun Tabbat on the Shaun Tabbat Show.

 

9. A talk with Tyler Robbins of Sharper Iron in a video chat; great discussion.

 

10. A talk with Kristin Tetteh of Faithlife in a Facebook Live interview.

 

11. A talk with Eric Walker of Ignite a Nation.

 

12. A talk with the Bible Gateway.

 

13. A talk with Kerby Anderson on Point of View Live.

 

14. A talk with Janet Mefferd on Janet Mefferd Today.

 

15. A talk with Kevin Thompson on the Basic Bible podcast.

 

16. A talk with Joe Taylor of Faith on the Edge.

 

17. A talk with Carmen Laberge of Reconnecting Faith.

 

18. A talk with Bob Crittenden of the Meeting House.

 

19. A talk with DJ Harry on Let’s Talk Church.

 

20. A talk with Mike Heiser on the Naked Bible Podcast..

 

21. A talk with Roger Marsh of The Bottom Line on KBRT.

 

22. A talk with Zach Bartels on the These Go to 11 podcast.

 

23. A talk with Zack Groff on the Confessing Our Hope Podcast of Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

 

24. A talk with Aimee Byrd, Carl Trueman, and Todd Pruit on Mortification of Spin.

 

25. A talk with the guys at Bridge Ministries.

 

26. A talk with J.A. Medders on the HomeRow podcast.

 

27. A talk with Jason K. Allen on the Preaching and Preachers podcast.

 

28. A talk with Nick Kennicot, et al., of Wrath and Grace Radio.

 

29. A talk with John Marino on the CrossView Podcast for a second time!

 

30. A talk with John Hall on WORD FM 101.5, Pittsburgh.

 

31. A talk with Empty Tomb Media.

 

32. A talk with Mike Jackson on the Free Born Podcast.

 

33. A three-part talk on the Frisch Perspective: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.

 

34. A talk with Dwayne Greene.

 

35. A talk with Don Vanzant.

 

36. Four-part interview with the Recovering Fundamentalist Podcast: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.

 

37. A talk with the guys at Remnant Radio.

 

38. A talk with Ryland Brown at Logos Daily about Bibliology for Beginners.

 

39. A talk with Steve Pettit of Bob Jones University. 

 

40. A talk about the Dead Sea Scrolls and Bible Study Magazine and Bible translation with Ken and Deb on Moody Radio in the Morning.

 

41. A talk with Dwayne Green about textual criticism and KJV-Onylism, broken up into | three | videos.

 

42. A talk with the guys at The Gospel Perspective Podcast. Part 1 | Part 2.

 

43. A talk with Josh Lewis and Michael Rowntree at Remnant Radio’s YouTube channel.

 

44. A talk with Chris Arnzen at Iron Sharpens Iron radio. Part 1 | Part 2.

 

45. A talk with Nick and Erika Fain at Digital Campfire.

 

46. A talk with James-Michael Smith at Disciple Dojo.

 

47. A talk with Paul Weaver on Bible and Theology Matters. Part 1 | Part 2

 

48. A talk with Claude Ramsey at the Here I Stand Theology Podcast.

 

49. A talk with Jordan Burrows on Revivalists for Christ.

 

50. A talk with John and Kathy on The Ride Home about being gracious online.

 

51. A chat at ETS 2022 with the guys at Remnant Radio.

 

52. A chat with Zach Miller at What Your Pastor Didn’t Tell You.

 

53. Another chat with the Remnant Radio guys.

 

54. A chat with the guys at G220 Radio.

 

55.  A chat with “the Mad Ones” about Bible translation and the KJV.

 

56. A chat about bad Bibles with Sean McDowell on his YouTube channel.

 

57. A chat about good Bibles with Sean McDowell on his YouTube channel.

 

58. A chat with Matthew Everhard about the King James Bible Study Project.

 

59. A talk with the guys at the Theologic podcast.

 

60. A chat with Justin at Hello from Saints.

 

61. A chat with Dwayne Green about 1 Cor 1:18 in the NKJV.

 

62. A chat with Peter Goeman about the textual variant in Deuteronomy 32:8.

 

63. A chat with Nahum O’Brien about the KJB Study Project.

 

64. A chat with Jesse Randolph and Aaron Nicholson about KJV-Onlyism.

 

65. A chat with Austin McCormick about Bible translation.

 

66. A chat with Pastor Scott Ingram about the NKJV.

 

67. A chat with a precocious young man in India about New Testament textual criticism.

 

68. A chat with Zach Allen about KJV-Onlyism.