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Gary Manning Jr — April 20, 2022
There are a lot of interesting claims about historical background to the New Testament that float around, especially on social media. I tell my...
Erik Thoennes — March 16, 2022
My good friend Jon Lunde does a lot of counseling with people who are going through many kinds of challenges. Through the years, he has learned...
Carmen Imes — November 15, 2021
This is the third post in a three-part series on the top ten myths about “The Ten Commandments.” Read Part 1 and Part 2 . In the first two...
Carmen Imes — November 08, 2021
This is the second post in a three-part series on the top ten myths about the Ten Commandments. Part 1 was posted last week and Part 3will be...
Kenneth Berding — October 20, 2021
In a former post , I tried to answer the question of whether Paul was a literal tentmaker. In this post, I ask whether Paul was a figurative...
Kenneth Berding — October 18, 2021
In today’s post (part 1), I will try to answer the question of whether Paul literally sewed tents. It turns out that this is a disputed question....
Kenneth Berding — June 03, 2021
There must be something in the water of the Sea of Galilee. Otherwise, how can you explain why so many people allegorize stories from the life of...
David Horner — June 02, 2021
Faith and Reason were brothers. More than that, they were friends — indeed, best friends. Faith and Reason loved each other deeply and did...
Kenneth Berding — May 21, 2021
Have you ever been present when God’s manifest presence breaks into a prayer time, a sermon, a worship service or a Bible study? This happened...
Rob Price — May 10, 2021
Isaiah is a remarkable book, renowned for its rhetorical power, vivid imagery, sweeping historical vision, stinging rebuke of injustice and...
Mick Boersma — May 03, 2021
When I was a child and younger adult, I struggled with anxiety a lot. Being a pastor didn’t help (Haha!). A wonderful wife, a few good friends and...
Darian Lockett — April 22, 2021
A few years ago, I was asked by the editor of a publishing company to dream up a volume that contained some of the greatest critical hits...
The Good Book Blog, Darian Lockett — April 07, 2021
In this post, we interview Darian Lockett, author of the new book Letters for the Church: Reading James, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John, and Jude as Canon ....
Kenneth Berding — April 01, 2021
Last year, I was at home with my family on Good Friday because of the Covid-19 crisis. My home church streamed a somber and beautiful online...
Gary Manning Jr — March 17, 2021
You may have seen one of the many articles about some new fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS) that were recently discovered. Fascinating stuff!...
Mark Saucy — July 08, 2020
Like never before, events of recent weeks give weight to the claim that tribalism in American society has never been greater than it is today....
Kenneth Berding — January 28, 2020
When you read the Bible, how do you connect what you read to practical life? When you preach or teach from the Bible, how do you move from a...
Matthew Williams — January 14, 2019
I was putting my sons to bed one night. I said my good nights, and I was just lying there for a few moments when I heard my six-year-old son say...
Matthew Williams — January 09, 2019
That Jesus was a man of prayer is without question. My guess is he spent extended time each and every day praying to his Father in order to find...
Just How Many Ways Are There to Make Peace with God?
David Horner — July 02, 2018
Smorgasbords are tempting to the eyes and to the taste buds. Once a person has witnessed the extensive varieties of delicacies spread out in a fine...
Kenneth Berding — May 23, 2018
Can you chant by memory through all of beginning Greek grammar in 75 seconds?[1] Everyone in my Greek classes can do it in 90 seconds, but...
Joe Hellerman — May 10, 2018
In the first installment of Course Corrections For Worship Ministry , I maintained that Worship Is About US — Not About ME . I challenged us to...
Joe Hellerman — May 08, 2018
I am a pastor. I play keyboards on our church worship team. And I am a New Testament scholar. As you might imagine, I have some pretty strong...
Karin Stetina — April 01, 2018
How does the world reply to Christ’s question in Mark 16:15 ,“But who do you say that I am?” Great teacher? Religious leader? Humanitarian?...
Tom Finley — March 14, 2018
Sometimes meditating on Scripture can be enhanced by viewing art in conjunction with the Scripture. Recently my wife, Anita, attended a one-day...
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