As we began to study leading and following in the New Testament, we were startled by how much language there is about following, modeling and imitation, and how comparatively rarely leadership terms appear. Even more startling are Jesus' own statements about himself in the Gospel of John.

“I’m writing a book on followership?” “You are writing a book on what???” We can hardly count the number of times each of us have had this conversation in the past two years.

I used to love Psalm 42. I still do. But now it’s for a slightly different reason. When I was younger, I often quoted the first words of the Psalm...

We live in an unusual mix of both secular and religious cultures in the U.S., unlike the rest of the Western world, which is largely secular and...

The Think Biblically podcast is turning five. It’s hard to believe, but that means my co-host Scott Rae and I have recorded over 250 episodes! It...

Dr. Dongsu Kim recently published a valuable (and very large!) book entitled Perseverance and Apostasy in the New Testament: Unpacking the Dynamic...

A Plea Against the Overreach of Civil Government and its Support Through a Submissive Church

It’s not uncommon to hear a critic dismiss the miracle stories of Jesus by saying, “There may be miracle claims in the stories about Jesus, but...

This is a Q & A blog post by our Visiting Scholar in Philosophy, William Lane Craig. Question If God wants something and man wants the...

Dr. Walter Bo Russell, former professor of Bible exposition at Talbot School of Theology, passed away on Saturday, September 3, 2022. Below is a...

Was Thomas really a doubter? Did “Saul” the persecutor have his name changed to “Paul” the missionary at his conversion? Was Simon part of the...

About a year ago I spent a couple hours talking with my long-time friend, Adam Day (a professor at Tyndale Seminary in Amsterdam, the Netherlands),...

Young Latino protestants are rising as the fastest-growing segment of evangelicals in America. Biola University’s 43rd Biola Hispanic Conference...

Los jóvenes protestantes Latinos se están convirtiendo en el segmento de mayor crecimiento de los evangélicos en Estados Unidos. La 43ª Conferencia...

I recently stumbled upon a delightful biblical discovery while doing a word search on the word “seek.” I discovered that the most common place in...

If you’ve ever experienced seasons of feeling fairly indifferent about spiritual things, you may have wondered how you got to that place. While...

How We Think and Talk About the Kingdom of God Jesus did not come to turn the world upside down. How does that statement strike you? Does it...

What is the average amount of time it takes to solve a Wordle puzzle? I can’t locate any hard data on this question, but a guy who wrote a computer...

“We pray against this stronghold…” Have you ever heard someone utter this line in prayer — or have you uttered it yourself? If you have ever used...

On this day three years ago, I blogged about Psalm 23 from the perspective of ancient Near Eastern studies and my personal battle with the enemy of...

How should Christians respond to insults, hostility and suffering? Given that our culture seems to be moving toward greater division and...

Do movies really affect us? It’s natural to think they affect others, but that we are somehow immune. The facts seem to point otherwise. Let me...

No one can really know God and not serve Him, and no one can adequately serve God without knowing Him. Our knowledge of God or theology always has...

Nadie puede conocer realmente a Dios y no servirlo y nadie puede servir correctamente a Dios sin conocerlo. Nuestro conocimiento de Dios o teología...

What is the meaning of “fall short of the glory of God” (ὑστεροῦνται τῆς δόξης τοῦ θεοῦ) in Romans 3:23? (“For all have sinned and fall short of...