The Beginning with Moses site has a new design. You’ll want to check it out, and here are some features to note: * the unique feature of Biblical Theology Briefing papers remains; * they host a number of reviews of good biblical theology books; * the site has a brand new design; * the site …
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Watch the Crossway Blog for the Book of the Month
Crossway recently gave away Greg Gilbert’s What Is the Gospel for Kindle through Amazon, and I’ve just heard they’ll be giving away another in September. Looks like it will be an every other month program. I recommend you subscribe to their blog, that way you’ll get the notice when the word comes out. Even if …
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From the Makers of Modern Parables: Visual Latin
Looking for help learning Latin or teaching it to your kids? Here’s a great deal for a limited time: Visual Latin | Lessons 1 to 10 Complete [Single/Family] Go to the Site. Price: $25.00 (excluding tax) Ok, this is a really special, very low, tell-all-your friends intro price. It is extremelyinexpensive for this product. We are not …
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New Getty Music Blog
Modern Irish hymn writers Keith and Kristyn Getty (“In Christ Alone,” and many more) now have a blog. May the Lord continue to bless them.
Couldn’t Disagree More!
Joseph Fitzmyer writes regarding Genesis 3:15: “Moreover, this verse does not mention משיח [Messiah], or even have a hidden reference to a coming Messiah, despite the later interpretations often given to it in both the Jewish and Christian tradition” (Joseph A. Fitzmyer, The One Who Is to Come [Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007], 28). The language …
Important New Commentaries by Andrew Steinmann
Andrew E. Steinmann has recently published three commentaries that perhaps are not receiving the attention they deserve. Before I came across the volume on Daniel, I may have been dimly aware of the Concordia Commentary series, but Steinmann’s fine work deserves a much wider readership than the Lutheran circles that appear to be the series’ …
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Stephen P. Lawhead’s Byzantium
I bought Byzantium, a novel by Stephen R. Lawhead, when Justin Taylor blogged on it. I love to read fiction, but when I do, good plots tend to dominate my free time and steal some hours when I should be sleeping. Being robbed of shut-eye, however, pays me back with more vacuum capacity for sucking the …
Interview with Dan Born, New Pastor at Believers Church, Hannibal, MO
I first met Dan Born when he was a student at SWBTS Houston, and he and his wife Jenn were also members at Baptist Church of the Redeemer there. He left Houston to study at SBTS, then when the Lord moved the Hamiltons back to Louisville, the Borns were still here. Soon after the Lord …
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He Being Dead Yet Speaketh
I’m not talking about Abel (Heb 11:4, KJV) but about A. T. Robertson, who now tweets on Twitter. Lots of good quotes from a great scholar who loved the Lord and his Word. HT: Chris Cowan
Thinking about Chiasms?
Rod Decker has posted a review of what looks like a helpful dissertation. Craig A. Smith, “Criteria for identifying Chiasm of Design in New Testament Literature: Objective means of distinguishing chiasm of design from accidental and false chiasm,” Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Bristol, 2009. The review summarizes the argument and contribution of the dissertation, which …
Köstenberger Joins B&H Academic Editorial Team
Big news from B&H: CONTACT: Jim Baird, B&H Publishing Group (615) 251-2533, jim.baird@bhpublishinggroup.com Andreas Köstenberger Joins B&H Academic Editorial Team Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary professor adds director of acquisitions title NASHVILLE, Tenn. (August 2010) — B&H Publishing Group is pleased to announce the hiring of Andreas J. Köstenberger as director of acquisitions for its academic program. …
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Motivation to Persevere in the Biblical Languages
Rod Decker has posted some excellent resources: Martin Luther, The Importance of the Biblical Languages John Piper, “Brothers, Bitzer Was a Banker!” The Standard, June 1983, 18-19. The full text of this excellent article is used by permission. A. T. Robertson, The Minister and His Greek New Testament (1923; text below taken from a 1977 reprint by Baker; no …
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Review of Dodson, The ‘Powers’ of Personification
Joseph R. Dodson. The ‘Powers’ of Personification: Rhetorical Purpose in the Book of Wisdom and the Letter to the Romans. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche. New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2008. 263pp. 9783110209761. $155.00 (cloth). Published in Bulletin for Biblical Research 20.2 (2010), 288-89. This book is …
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Graham Bible Church Blessed to Have Ryan Bishop
It was a joy to have Ryan Bishop serve Kenwood Baptist Church as Associate Pastor for Discipleship and Evangelism, and we are sad to see him move back to Texas. That sadness is mingled with excitement about the way the Lord will use him at Graham Bible Church, however, where he has answered the call …
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Andrew Peterson’s On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness
Do you want to read a thrilling novel about the conflict for the fate of the world between the Fangs of Dang (snake-men, seed of the serpent) and the seed of the woman (little children who have lost their father and have a strong, noble mother)? Let me commend to you Andrew Peterson’s On the …
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BibleMesh Against Biblical Illiteracy
Thanks to Robbie Sagers for the heads up that the BibleMesh site has launched. In addition to this nice trailer, there are some cool introductory videos down the right hand side of the homepage over at their site (mom, go watch these and keep an eye out for your son). This looks like a useful …
Here’s a Hint: You Know What Isaiah 9:6 Says
Isaiah 2:1-4 depicts the exaltation of Jerusalem, the salvation that comes through and after the judgment of exile. Isaiah 2:4 reads in part: they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore. (Isa 2:4 ESV) Isaiah 9:1-7 …
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Was Gender Usage in the English Language Shaped by the Old Testament in Hebrew?
I’m not presenting a thesis here, just making some observations and posing a question. In the guidelines for a dictionary article I’m in the process of writing, I read this: In particular, articles should avoid referring to “man” (likewise “mankind,” “men,” “he,” “his” and so on) generically. Language often regarded as patriarchal should be modified …
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Andrew Peterson: In the Night My Hope Lives On
In his song, “In the Night My Hope Lives On,” Andrew Peterson has turned Romans 15:4 into poetry and put it to music that will stir the soul. It left me wiping my eyes from the pain of the beauty of hope. Romans 15:4, “For whatever was written in former days was written for our …
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Why Special Treatment for Islam?
In 1963 the Ku Klux Klan bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church. Four precious little girls died. Let’s do a thought experiment: suppose that some “moderate” members of the KKK wanted to build a Klan Activity and Meeting Center on the site of that church for the year 2013, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of …