Note: I have written a somewhat lengthier and more definitive post on this topic for the Logos Bible Software blog. I write Bible textbooks for a living, and the various publishing houses for which I write (a grand total of two) have style manuals. Conservative...
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Great Article Ya Gotta Read It
If you've been wanting a good summation of the hot issue of Christian political involvement, look no further. I read this article a little while back when it came out, and when just now I ran across a few quotes I saved from it, I knew I had to recommend it to you and...
NIV Books of the Bible
Biblica now has an edition of The Books of the Bible set in the NIV, though it’s just the New Testament (at least I can’t find an entire Bible on their website). The new edition is set in a serif typeface rather than the odd, hybrid typeface used for the TNIV editions...
Context, Context, Context!
Oops! Check out my review of this unfortunate Christian tchotchke! Update: There’s more!
The Pastor and His Technology
My friend Dr. Bob Gonzales is the Academic Dean at Reformed Baptist Seminary, whose upstate SC modules meet down the street from my neighborhood. He’s asked me to deliver two little lectures at their upcoming module, and they say “auditors are invited.” I think that...
1 Marks Interview Series: Kerry McGonigal, Preaching and Teaching Preaching
Right click here to download the interview. In the first installment of the 1Marks interview series, I spoke with Dr. Robert Bell about Old Testament stuff. In the second, I spoke with one of my pastors, Dr. Robert Vincent, about church and personal evangelism. Today...
Two Questions for KJVOs
1. Has anyone else noticed that the standard language in the doctrinal statement of Crown College (and the approximately 130 other churches and ministries that use it verbatim) is inherently contradictory? "The King James Version of the Bible is the only English...
1Marks Interview Series
Some moons ago, I interviewed Dr. Robert Bell in the first of what I hoped would become a 1Marks Interview Series. It is now officially a series, because Dr. Robert Vincent agreed to sit with me for an hour-long interview (right click link; choose "Save Target As")...
Another KJV Verse That Is Difficult to Understand
"I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily" (1 Cor 15:31). What does that mean? "I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ"? What? That doesn't make any sense to me, and I happen to speak very well English! Add it to the...
Absolutely Stolen
I will happily take this down if anyone has a copyright, but I couldn't just link to it. I had to put it on the blog. It is too perfect. (And then it sat in my queue so long that I can't find the link to the original...) I won't say that no pastor has the capacity or...