Education
B.A. in Bible (minor: Graphic Design), BJU
M.A. in Bible, BJU
Ph.D. in New Testament Interpretation, BJU Seminary
Positions Held
2015-present | Logos Bible Software
(2022–present) Senior Editor, Digital Content
(2020-2022) Editor in Chief, Bible Study Magazine
(2017-2020) Academic Editor, Lexham Press
(2015-2017) Logos Pro
2006-2015 | BJU Press
Secondary Bible Writer
2001-2006 | BJU Mack Library
Research Assistant
Books
AUTHORIZED: THE USE AND MISUSE OF THE KING JAMES BIBLE
My attempt to apply the principle of 1 Cor 14—edification requires intelligibility—to the debate over the KJV.
BASICS FOR A BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW
A middle school textbook going in depth on issues of identity, worldview, and comparative religions.
BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW: CREATION, FALL, REDEMPTION
A substantive but engaging high school textbook providing a capstone to a secondary Christian education.
BIBLIOLOGY FOR BEGINNERS: WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT THE BIBLE?
PAUL'S RELIGIOUS AFFECTIONS
BIBLE TRUTHS: THE STORY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
BIBLE TRUTHS: PATTERNS FOR CHRISTIAN LIVING
TEN WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR BIBLE STUDY WITH DIGITAL TOOLS
Paper is a great tool for Bible study—but digital resources provide additional value.
THE COMPLETE BEGINNERS GUIDE TO BIBLICAL GREEK
EDITORIAL: Books
LEXHAM SURVEY OF THEOLOGY
Introductory articles in a careful schema that will help you study any theological topic.
LEXHAM CONTEXT COMMENTARY
An innovative new kind of commentary, one which provides brief synopses of every outline point of a Bible book. Zoom in or out as you wish. Get orientation quickly.
PIERCING HEAVEN: PRAYERS OF THE PURITANS
Rich Puritan prayers, lightly modernized (that was my job!) for the contemporary reader.
CHRISTIANITY CONSIDERED: A GUIDE FOR SKEPTICS AND SEEKERS
Insightful, clear, biblical apologetics from one of my favorite theologians.
WE ARE ALL PHILOSOPHERS: A CHRISTIAN INTRODUCTION TO SEVEN FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS
Classic Frame: simple, straightforward, biblical, philosophically astute.
EDITORIAL: Magazines
ARTICLES
Word by Word; the Logos Blog
“Do You Really Need to Know Hebrew?”
September 3, 2015
“Why Bible Typography Matters”
September 11, 2015
“Keep Track of Your Bible Study Notes with Logos”
September 18, 2015
“Get Help Learning Greek on Your Own”
September 24, 2015
“How to Instantly Spot NT Allusions to the OT”
October 8, 2015
“How to Filter the Information Flood with Logos”
October 15, 2015
“How to Find the Right Passage When Your Memory Fails”
October 22, 2015
“How Should We Number the 10 Commandments?”
October 29, 2015
“What Agape Really Means”
November 4, 2015
“Do You Break These Rules for Greek and Hebrew Study?”
November 12, 2015
“Middle-Eastern Man Forgiven 450 Gazillion Dollar Debt”
November 19, 2015
“A Bible Student’s Hidden Strength”
November 25, 2015
“How to Pronounce “Logos” and Other Important Evangelical Words”
November 26, 2015
“The Most Used Words in the Bible”
December 2, 2015
“How to Quickly Transliterate Greek and Hebrew”
December 3, 2015
“Do We Have to Choose Between Print and Digital?”
December 9, 2015
“Three Tips for Stirring Up Your Love for the Bible”
December 9, 2015
“Seeing the Forest and the Trees in Your Bible Study”
December 16, 2015
“Bible Translations and the Democracy of the Dead”
December 17, 2015
“The Most Christmasy Book in the Bible Isn’t What You Think”
December 22, 2015
“The Sermon on the Mount: Finding Happiness in the Flood”
December 30, 2015
“Start the New Year with a Free 30-Day Bible Study Course”
December 31, 2015
“On Christian Trinkets and Bad Exegesis”
January 6, 2016
“How to Search Your Entire Logos Library in a Flash”
January 7, 2016
“What if People Actually Studied Their Bibles?”
January 15, 2016
“How Good Are the Sermons You Preach to Yourself?”
January 20, 2016
“How To Search Logos.com (or Any Website) in a Flash”
January 21, 2016
“Tim Challies and Going All in with Ebooks”
January 22, 2016
“5 Ways the Logos Pros Can Help with Your Bible Study”
January 28, 2016
“How to Do Bible Word Studies: A Fool-Proof Guide”
February 3, 2016
“Why 10 Translations May Be Better Than 1 Greek (or Hebrew) Bible”
February 4, 2016
“The Question That Reveals Everything You Believe About the Old Testament”
February 10, 2016
“How to Get the Most Out of Your Logos Home Page”
February 11, 2016
“What Your View of Judges 11 Says About Your View of the Entire Bible”
February 17, 2016
“The Logos Feature That Makes Using BDAG a Breeze”
February 18, 2016
“Why the Questions Jesus Asked Were about More Than Answers”
February 25, 2016
“What Do Lying Shrimp Have to Do with New Testament Exegesis?”
March 9, 2016
“Is the Word “Easter” in the Bible?”
March 11, 2016
“What Passage Should You Study This Easter?”
March 16, 2016
“How Do You Apply a Passage When It Has No Commands?”
March 23, 2016
“Introducing the New and Improved Logos Pro Training Page”
March 31, 2016
“Why Words Mean What They Do, and Why It Matters for Bible Study”
April 6, 2016
“Have I Lost My Old Logos or Libronix Books?”
April 7, 2016
“And They Were Exceedingly Astonished”
April 14, 2016
“The Power of Naming the Bible Study Practices You Do Naturally”
April 20, 2016
“An Advanced Bible Study Skill Anyone Can Master”
April 27, 2016
“Top Bible Study Resources, as Picked by the Logos Pros”
April 28, 2016
“Which Bible Translation Is Best? All the Good Ones.”
May 4, 2016
“How to Create Links to Specific Logos Resources”
May 5, 2016
“When (and How) to Use Multiple Bible Translations”
May 11, 2016
“5 Powerful Logos Capabilities You May Have Missed”
May 12, 2016
“How to Understand the New Testament’s Use of the Old Testament”
May 24, 2016
“5 Guidelines for Picking the Right Bible Translation”
May 25, 2016
“The Top 5 Ways to Go from Logos Novice to Logos Pro”
May 26, 2016
“The Power of Slowing Down Your Bible Study”
May 27, 2016
“Bible Translations in the “Mere Christian” Hallway”
June 1, 2016
“How to Avoid Plagiarism in Your Sermons and Papers”
June 2, 2016
“Should We “Dumb Down” the Bible When People Don’t Get It?”
June 14, 2016
“When and How to Use the Septuagint in Your Bible Study”
June 16, 2016
“Should We Dumb Down the Bible? Yes. (Sort of.)”
June 22, 2016
“How to Highlight a Book Like a Bible Nerd”
June 23, 2016
“What Should You Leave Out When You Teach the Bible?”
June 29, 2016
“How to Study a Psalm: Essential Steps for Starting Right”
July 6, 2016
“The Open Secret to Actually Reading the Bible Regularly”
July 7, 2016
“How to Study a Psalm: 4 Keys to Interpretation”
July 13, 2016
“How to Do a Bible Word Study on “Love””
July 14, 2016
“How to Apply a Psalm to Your Situation”
July 20, 2016
“How to Use a Commentary to Study the Psalms”
July 21, 2016
“”Get behind Me” or “Be Gone”: How to Explore Textual Variants in Matthew 4”
July 27, 2016
“3 Tips for Using Logos on a Touchscreen Laptop”
July 28, 2016
“How Is Bible Study Like Ultimate Frisbee?”
August 10, 2016
“How to Choose Your Top Bibles in Logos”
August 11, 2016
“5 Ways Loving Your Neighbor Will Change Your Bible Teaching”
August 17, 2016
“How To Find a Bible Verse Fast”
August 18, 2016
“What to Do When You Find an Interpretive Quandary”
August 31, 2016
“6 Reasons Pastors Will Love the Sermon Editor in Logos 7”
September 1, 2016
“9 Reasons I Use Logos When I Preach”
September 6, 2016
“How to Know That You Know the Bible”
September 7, 2016
“3 Practical Tips to Keep in Mind When You Quote Scripture”
September 8, 2016
“How to Copy-Paste Bible Text from Logos without Leaving Your Word Processor”
September 14, 2016
“3 Things That Logos Can Do for the Lay Leader”
September 15, 2016
“Crush Your Exegesis Paper: 3 Secrets Every Student Should Know”
September 21, 2016
“3 Reasons Not to Panic over Bible Translation Revisions”
September 29, 2016
“2 Digital Bible Study Tips for Busy Moms”
October 5, 2016
“How to Quickly Find Every Rhetorical Question in the New Testament”
October 13, 2016
“How to Compare Translations Like a Bible Nerd”
October 19, 2016
“How to Make Your Logos Screen Look Like a Pro’s”
October 26, 2016
“3 Logos Shortcuts You Can Use Right Away”
November 2, 2016
“If the Bible Is Clear, Why Are There So Many Opinions?”
November 9, 2016
“Why Difficulties in the Bible Are a Good Thing”
November 16, 2016
“Why Do So Many Christians Disagree over the Bible?”
November 30, 2016
“10 Practical Tips for Family Devotions This Christmas”
December 7, 2016
“What Pop Music Can Teach Us about Interpreting Scripture”
December 21, 2016
“What If People Really Studied Their Bibles in 2017?”
December 30, 2016
“My Favorite Example of Engaging the Head & Heart in Preaching”
January 18, 2017
“3 Reasons You Should Read the Whole Bible This Year”
January 25, 2017
“What’s the Best Evangelism Strategy? Some Wisdom from John Piper”
February 16, 2017
“Is It Ever OK to Take Shortcuts in Bible Study?”
February 22, 2017
“Listen: Logos Bible Software on the Shaun Tabatt Show”
February 24, 2017
“How to Do a Bible Study on Abortion”
February 28, 2017
“How to Use-and How Not to Use-the Amplified Bible”
March 2, 2017
“The Power and Pitfalls of Studying Biblical Lists”
March 8, 2017
“What a Postmodern Literary Theorist Taught Me about Biblical Authority”
March 9, 2017
“Biblical Studies & the Myth of Neutrality”
March 22, 2017
“Which Are More Accurate: Literal or Non-Literal Bible Translations?”
March 29, 2017
“Video: How to Create, Deliver, and Publish a Powerful Sermon”
March 30, 2017
“How to Do Some Spring Cleaning in Your Logos Library”
April 5, 2017
“How to Search Your Highlights inside Logos”
April 12, 2017
“How What You Love Shapes How You Interpret the Bible”
April 26, 2017
“3 Tips for Discovering Biblical Connections in Logos”
April 27, 2017
“When Two Bible Translations Disagree, Which One Is Right?”
May 3, 2017
“The Power of Spotting Metaphors in Your Bible Study”
May 4, 2017
“Get Logos Training Made Especially for Academics”
May 9, 2017
“Why Pastors Should Use a Different Greek Text”
May 10, 2017
“A Simple New Way to Search Your Bible Inside Logos”
May 11, 2017
“Why We Need a New Kind of Hebrew Lexicon”
May 18, 2017
“A Simple Tip for Keeping Your Greek & Hebrew Skills Sharp”
May 24, 2017
“How to Create a Church Culture that Loves Bible Study”
May 25, 2017
“Has the Gospel-Centered Pendulum Swung Too Far?”
May 31, 2017
“You’ve Probably Never Seen the Real King James Version”
June 7, 2017
“Why We Should Stop Capitalizing Pronouns Referring to God”
June 8, 2017
“How to Customize the Copy Bible Verse Tool in Logos”
June 14, 2017
“How to Search Connections between Greek and English Bibles”
June 15, 2017
“5 Reasons Studying the Original Languages Is Worth the Pain”
June 21, 2017
“How to Get Free Logos Books and Other Swag”
June 22, 2017
“5 More Reasons Bible Teachers Should Learn Greek & Hebrew”
June 28, 2017
“3 Reasons Preachers Shouldn’t Publicly Contradict a Bible Translation”
July 5, 2017
“Why Does Logos Say “Dine” Is a Metaphor in Luke 14:1?”
July 6, 2017
“What Would the Author of Amazing Grace” Say about Social Media?””
July 26, 2017
“4 Simple Tips for Getting the Most out of Logos Bible Software”
July 27, 2017
“The Twist in the Sermon on the Mount That You Probably Missed”
August 23, 2017
“How I Prepare, Preach, and Publish Sermons When Time Is Short”
September 13, 2017
“Do We Have to Answer Every Tough Bible & Theology Question?”
September 14, 2017
“3 Free Logos Features That Make Seminary Easier”
September 16, 2017
“2 Quick Hacks That Will Help You Learn from Early Christians”
September 20, 2017
“3 Simple Ways to Find That Quote or Passage You Can’t Quite Remember”
September 21, 2017
“A New Translation of a Bible Translation Preface”
September 27, 2017
“What a 400-Year-Old Bible Preface Can Teach Us about Translations”
September 29, 2017
“3 Tips for Professors Training the Next Generation of Ministers”
October 4, 2017
“How Paragraph Breaks Can Help You Understand the Bible”
October 5, 2017
“4 Ways to Thank Your Pastor This Pastor Appreciation Month”
October 9, 2017
“Why Would a Church Ban the Bible?”
October 10, 2017
“Why Bible Teachers Should, Like, Care about Proper English”
October 25, 2017
“Why Logos’ Typography Matters”
October 26, 2017
“Why Luther’s 95 Theses Start with a Critique of a Bible Translation”
October 31, 2017
“What a Viral Video Tells Us about a Reformation Truth”
November 1, 2017
“Thinking of Getting Logos? Read This.”
November 2, 2017
“How to Be Truly Free: Become a Slave of Christ”
November 8, 2017
“3 Ways to Start Studying the Bible with the Logos Web App”
November 3, 2017
“The Hidden Figure behind Oswald Chambers’ My Utmost for His Highest”
November 15, 2017
“Last Day: Get Started with Greek for Under $35”
November 22, 2017
“Misunderstanding the Most Common Old Testament Literary Device”
November 22, 2017
“Did Augustine Believe in Biblical Inerrancy?”
November 23, 2017
“Is There Anything New to Say about the Christmas Story?”
November 29, 2017
“How Evangelical Theologians Are Tackling the Doctrine of the Trinity”
December 6, 2017
“What Do We Really Know about the Three Wise Men?”
December 7, 2017
“5 Words You’re Probably Not Getting in the Christmas Story”
December 14, 2017
“Is the Pope Right or Wrong on “Lead Us Not Into Temptation”?”
December 15, 2017
“Evidence of God’s Grace amidst the “War on Christmas””
December 20, 2017
“How to Teach the True Meaning of Christmas to Your Kids”
December 25, 2017
“What’s the Difference between Lament and Complaint?”
December 27, 2017
“Tips on Psalm 2”
December 28, 2017
“How to Think Like a Christian Should”
December 31, 2017
“One Thing Every True Evangelical Has in Common”
January 19, 2018
“What Should New Testament Preachers Do with Old Testament Promises?”
January 25, 2018
“3 Reasons You Should Read the Work of James K.A. Smith”
January 31, 2018
“What Makes a Good Biblical Scholar?”
February 1, 2018
“Verily, God Did Not Say “Thou Shalt Not Steal””
February 7, 2018
“Search Logos for Things, Not Words”
February 8, 2018
“The RSV Takes on the KJV”
February 14, 2018
“A Systematic Theology for Black History Month”
February 28, 2018
“If Commentaries Were Sports Teams”
March 7, 2018
“How to Spot a Falsely Attributed Quotation”
March 14, 2018
“3 Reasons To Study Greek, and 3 Reasons Not To”
March 15, 2018
“Good and Bad Goals for Studying New Testament Greek”
March 21, 2018
“How to Use a Critical Commentary If You’re an Evangelical”
March 29, 2018
“Some Say Easter” Is Pagan. Is it Really?””
April 2, 2018
“How to Write a Funeral Sermon”
April 11, 2018
“The Key to Not Being a Bad Bible Reader”
April 18, 2018
“Should Barbarians Get to Have God’s Words?”
May 8, 2018
“4 Simple Language Principles That Will Improve Your Bible Study”
May 9, 2018
“What’s the First Thing You Need to Know About NT Greek?”
May 17, 2018
“The Easy Way to Do a Responsible Bible Word Study”
May 30, 2018
“How to Use Logos Like a BibleWorks Pro”
June 6, 2018
“How to Choose Your Next Read”
June 13, 2018
“How to Do a Bible Word Study in English the Easy Way”
June 20, 2018
“Search Original Languages for Word Meaning with Unique Logos Tools”
June 27, 2018
“Someone Plagiarized My Book a Century Before I Was Born”
July 3, 2018
“5 Reasons Studying Greek Is Worth the Pain”
July 19, 2018
“Why We Do What We Do: C.S. Lewis on Motivation”
September 18, 2018
“On Misquoting C.S. Lewis (and Knowing an Author’s Voice)”
September 20, 2018
“Language Cannot Sit Still, Even in Church”
September 27, 2018
“Why Luther’s 95 Theses Start with a Critique of a Bible Translation”
October 25, 2018
“3 Sanity Checks for Odd Bible Interpretations”
Mar 2019
“Include Systematic Theology in Your Bible Exposition”
May 2019
“Review: An Introduction to the Greek New Testament Produced at Tyndale House, Cambridge”
Jun 2019
“3 Free Logos Features That Make Seminary Easier”
Aug 2019
“5 Words You’re Probably Not Getting in the Christmas Story”
Dec 2019
“Never Take a Verse Out of Context Again with the New Lexham Context Commentary”
Feb 2020
“How to See Changes in the ESV (though They Don’t Matter Much)”
Feb 29, 2020
“Tattoo-Inspired New Testament Exegesis”
May 19, 2020
“10 Reasons This Bible Nerd Loves Logos Bible Software”
March, 2022
“What ‘Leah’s Eyes Were Weak’ Means—& What It Says about Bible Interpretation”
May, 2022
“Tips for Bible Students: 2 Simple Things I Do in Logos All the Time”
June, 2022
“Good Writing: Ten Short Maxims”
August, 2022
“Typography in Logos: A Behind-the-Scenes Look”
August 25, 2022
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
“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
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 Institute, 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
ERLC Piece, forthcoming
Book Reviews
“Review of The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self, by Carl Trueman“
Journal of Biblical Theology & Worldview, vol. 1 no. 2 (Spring, 2021).
“Review of The Doctrine of Creation, by Bruce Riley Ashford and Craig Bartholomew“
Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal, vol. 26 (2021).
“Review of Myths and Mistakes in New Testament Textual Criticism, edited by Elijah Hixson and Peter Gurry“
Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal, vol. 26 (2021).
“Review of Fiction, Lies, and the Authority of Law, by Steven D. Smith“
Journal of Biblical Theology & Worldview, Vol. 2, No. 2,
Spring 2022.
Lectures and Seminars
Multiple BibleWorks and Logos Training Sessions, 2004ff.
“Shaping a Biblical Worldview through the Study of Literature“
online CHART webinar, BJU Press, Nov. 10, 2011
“Technology Giveth” and “Technology Taketh Away“
Reformed Baptist Seminary, Jan 24, 2012
“Stanley Fish and Christian Apologetics”
two lectures, Bob Jones Seminary Apologetics course, Jan 22 and 24, 2013
“Using BibleWorks and Logos“
Mount Calvary Baptist Church Whetstone Conference, June 6, 2013.
“The One Story of Scripture”
Bob Jones Academy Faculty In-Service, Aug 12, 2013.
West Virginia Christian Education Association Conference, Sep 25-26, 2013 & Grandview Christian School ACTS Conference, Oct 24-25, 2013
- “How to Set Up a Cheap but Attractive Church/School Website”
- “The One Story of Scripture”
- “By Faith We Understand: Forming a Biblical Worldview”
“Which Bible Software Should I Buy? Accordance, BibleWorks, or Logos?”
BJU Greek Forum, April 10, 2014
Reformed Baptist Seminary Hermeneutics Module, May 9, 2014. BibleWorks, Logos, Accordance lectures.
- Part 1: Guidelines for Choosing and Using Bible Software
- Part 2: BibleWorks
- Part 3: Logos
- Part 4: Accordance
Screencasts supporting and extending NT 251 (“The Sermon on the Mount”) and NT305 (New Testament Theology); Logos Mobile Ed; 2014-2015.
“Why Bible Typography Matters“
Mount Calvary Baptist Church combined adult Sunday School, Jan 25, 2015.
“Why Bible Typography Matters”
Logos’ BibleTech Conference, May 1, 2015.
Creation, Fall, Redemption
Three messages at Grace Baptist Church of Victoria, British Columbia; Oct 11-12, 2015.
Biblical Worldview: Creation, Fall, Redemption
Block class, Foundation Baptist College, Edmonton, Alberta; May 9-14, 2016.
“Why the Standard View of Agape Is Wrong and What We Should Preach Instead”
Pastors FAST Class, Meadowlands Baptist Church; May 9-10, 2016
Asia Center for Advanced Christian Studies Lectures
- Prolegomena I
- Original Languages
- Exegetical Tools
- Exegetical Fallacies
- Logos Bible Software and Publishing in Biblical Studies
- The LXX and Intertextuality
Let’s Talk Marijuana, hosted by InDoubt.ca, part of Back to the Bible Canada
Feb 22, 2018, Surrey, B.C.
Hill Creek Christian School kick-off message
Sep 5, 2018
Bible and Apologetics Family Conference; Sep 8, 2018
- How Can Christians Know that We Know the Truth?
- Who Decided What’s in My Bible?
Bibliology Lectures for Communion Church, Mount Vernon; Oct 3 and 17, 2018
- Transmission: How Were the Words of the Bible Preserved and Copied?
- Translation: How Was the Bible Translated from Its Original Languages?
SNT 614, Exposition of Romans; Spring, 2019
BJU Seminary Online MDiv
BibleTech Conference, Seattle; April 11-12, 2019
- “Visualizing Textual Critical Data for English-Speaking Laypersons: Lessons from KJVParallelBible.org”
- “Tagging Meaning and Not Just Form”
- “A Media Ecology of Bible Software“
Reformed Baptist Seminary, Sacramento, CA; Sep 19-20, 2019
Linguistics, Bible Translation, and Hermeneutics Lectures
- How Words Mean, Part 1: An Introduction to Linguistics
- How Words Mean, Part 2: Exegetical Fallacies
- Bible Translation, Part 1: Theories of Bible Translation
- Bible Translation Part 2: Characteristics of Major Bible Translations
- Bible Translation Part 3: How to Help Your Congregation Use Bible Translations Profitably
- An Evaluation of Confessional Bibliology
- How to Handle KJV-Only Sheep, Or, How to Inoculate Your Congregation Against One-Version Onlyism
Grace Baptist Church of Rochester, WA; Oct 10-11, 2020
Bible Conference: Biblical Worldview: Creation, Fall, Redemption
Tri-County Bible Church, Madison, OH; Oct 31, 2021
“Identity: A Biblical Worldview of Yourself | Part 1: Cultural Analysis“
“Identity: A Biblical Worldview of Yourself | Part 2: Biblical Teaching“
BJU Seminary Special Lecture; Nov 1, 2021
“Is the Textus Receptus Perfect in Every Jot and Tittle?“
BJU Chapel; Nov 2–3, 2021
“Three Ways to Love Your Neighbor through Social Media with Special Appearance by the Apocrypha“
“Three More Ways to Love Your Neighbor through Social Media from an Alumni of Bob Jones University“
Exponential Conference; Mar 9, 2022
Break-out session: “Empowered Illumination: When Leaders Dig Deeper, So Do the People”
Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary; July 26, 2022
Summer Seminary for Pastors
1. Which TR and Why? Confessional Bibliology’s Conflicting Answers to Key Questions.
2. How to Pastor Those Influenced by KJV-Onlyism and Confessional Bibliology
Church Conference in Toronto area; Oct 14–15, 2022
1. Worldview
2. Creation
3. Fall
4. Redemption
TruCon 2023, Telugu Reformed Union
Hyderabad, India
1. How to Develop a Doctrinally Discerning Church
2. How to Rightly Divide the Word of God
Interviews
A talk with my linguistics hero John McWhorter on Lexicon Valley.
A few talks with Isaac Dagneau on the InDoubt podcast from Back to the Bible Canada:
- Ep. 099: What’s With All the Bible Translations?
- Ep. 106: The KJV and Bible Translation Idolatry
- Ep. 114: Culture’s Words and Actions on Recreational Marijuana Use
- Ep. 148: Adding to the Conversation – Marijuana, Science and Creationism
A talk with John Marino on the CrossView podcast.
A talk with Travis Montgomery on the Exegetical Tools podcast.
A talk with Shaun Tabbat on the Shaun Tabbat Show.
A talk with Tyler Robbins of Sharper Iron in a video chat; great discussion.
A talk with Kristin Tetteh of Faithlife in a Facebook Live interview.
A talk with Eric Walker of Ignite a Nation.
A talk with the Bible Gateway.
A talk with Kerby Anderson on Point of View Live.
A talk with Janet Mefferd on Janet Mefferd Today.
A talk with Kevin Thompson on the Basic Bible podcast.
A talk with Joe Taylor of Faith on the Edge.
A talk with Carmen Laberge of Reconnecting Faith.
A talk with Bob Crittenden of the Meeting House.
A tlak with DJ Harry on Let’s Talk Church.
A talk with Roger Marsh of The Bottom Line on KBRT.
A talk with Zach Bartels on the These Go to 11 podcast.
A talk with Aimee Byrd, Carl Trueman, and Todd Pruit on Mortification of Spin.
A talk with the guys at Bridge Ministries.
A talk with J.A. Medders on the HomeRow podcast.
A talk with Jason K. Allen on the Preaching and Preachers podcast.
A talk with Nick Kennicot, et al., of Wrath and Grace Radio.
A talk with John Marino on the CrossView Podcast for a second time!
A talk with John Hall on WORD FM 101.5, Pittsburgh.
A talk with Mike Jackson on the Free Born Podcast.
A three-part talk on the Frisch Perspective: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.
Four-part interview with the Recovering Fundamentalist Podcast: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.
A talk with the guys at Remnant Radio.
A talk with Ryland Brown at Logos Daily about Bibliology for Beginners.
A talk with Steve Pettit of Bob Jones University.
A talk with Dwayne Green about textual criticism and KJV-Onylism, broken up into | three | videos.
A talk with the guys at The Gospel Perspective Podcast. Part 1 | Part 2.
A talk with Josh Lewis and Michael Rowntree at Remnant Radio’s YouTube channel.
A talk with Chris Arnzen at Iron Sharpens Iron radio. Part 1 | Part 2.
A talk with Nick and Erika Fain at Digital Campfire.
A talk with James-Michael Smith at Disciple Dojo.
A talk with Paul Weaver on Bible and Theology Matters. Part 1 | Part 2
A talk with Claude Ramsey at the Here I Stand Theology Podcast.
A talk with Jordan Burrows on Revivalists for Christ.
A talk with John and Kathy on The Ride Home about being gracious online.
A chat at ETS 2022 with the guys at Remnant Radio.
A chat with Zach Miller at What Your Pastor Didn’t Tell You.