The book of Esther never mentions God. It doesn’t discuss temple services or sanctification or justification. And yet without these…

All the elements of page and book design can be thought of as punctuation, even if some of them are…

The writer [of NT epistles] does not announce a succession of revelations, or arrest the inquiries which he encounters in…

Here's a great quote from Adam Nicolson's God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible: "A puritan is such…

I’m neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet, and I work for a non-profit organization (sort of). Plus,…

I just installed the brand-new Standard Theme 3 on my blog, and I want to take this opportunity to use…

So a man constructs a heavily fortified, state-of-the-art port on the coast of Somalia. He allows any ship in the…

About thirteen years ago—toward the end of my undergraduate education—I suddenly realized that there was some TV news I could…

David Pogue, entertaining and perceptive and level-headed tech reviewer at the NY Times, proves again why I read every one…

We need to ditch the false belief that cultural forms are neutral. Every enculturation of Christianity highlights some elements of…

If we are really Bible people, then we won’t let our rhetoric about the dangers of moralism (or antinomianism!) get…

Argument Learning a language after childhood is very difficult, so difficult that language learners require powerful motivation. Why then do…

Over ten years ago, one of my God-given spiritual leaders said in a class that King James Onlyism is actively…

Three minutes ago I discovered another passage I had been misreading for years because I always thought of it in…

Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell My rating: 4 of 5 stars Thoroughly enjoyed this easy read. Gladwell…

In the summer of 2006 I went on a mission team with a choir of 25 other young people (one…

Plato argued about whether beauty hews to any objective standard. We’re still at it. I’m on your side, A.O. I…

Comparing Bible translations is a very complex matter. One small example: The New American Standard Bible is generally (and, I…

Today I’m writing about the funny, interesting, and powerful story of Elijah for eighth graders. And just now—just now, after…

My good pastor read this whole chapter from John Flavel's The Mystery of Providence to our congregation last night. I…