Chase KrugYou’ve likely been there before. You carve out time for a devotion, read a passage on the Lord’s majesty or grace—something that you know should thrill your heart—but you don’t feel thrilled. You don’t feel much of anything. How can we move forward?
Dustin BurletAt the heart of all effective interpretation of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (HB/OT) lies a nuanced understanding of syntax (discourse). Syntax involves diligently studying the way(s) in which words, phrases, clauses, and sentences relate to one...
Mark WardHermeneutics is the art and science of interpretation. Most often, in my experience, the word is used to describe interpreting one specific book, as that book presents a wholly unique set of interpretive challenges. That book is, of course, the...
Steve AuldThe living God is and always has been a missionary God. God’s passion for his glory to be known and enjoyed by all nations is at the heart of this missionary God. This missionary heart is most clearly revealed in the gospel: Seeing his people in...
Logos StaffSome days you want to open the app and just read. Other days you want all your study tools spread across the screen. And most of us have started a reading plan with good intentions, only to lose track by week 2. Version 54 (v54) lets the mobile app...
Few would dispute that all students of biblical languages must prioritize learning vocabulary. To that end, this guide covers some of the best resources for effectively building one’s Hebrew vocabulary.
Chris PalmerAt the moment of writing, I am at Cambridge University. I have just had the privilege of hearing Dr. John Lennox lecture to a room full of eager students at Jesus College. Lennox is a world-renowned mathematician, scientist, and bestselling author...
Scott HurstNobody in my church was shaken by Richard Dawkins’s claim that God is a moral monster. However, Alex O’Connor explaining why he is not a believer by highlighting the problem of divine hiddenness hits much closer to home. In the silence of seemingly...
Michael SvigelWould you ask a newly married couple on their honeymoon for marriage advice? Probably not with a straight face. But that’s what it felt like when a small group of seminary students asked me to be their internship mentor during my second year of full...
Daniel StegemanOur family cat Buttercup is a hunter par excellence. Almost daily she deposits a kill on our back porch, be it a mouse, bird, mole, squirrel, chipmunk, or even rabbit. (I have joked with my wife that we don’t need a dog, we already have a watch-cat...
Glenn ButnerIf God is good, why is there so much suffering? Most of us have probably sought explanations for suffering in light of our faith in God, or else evil may have contributed to our doubts about God’s existence. If you have spent any extended amount of...
T. Desmond AlexanderJerusalem, for most people, refers primarily to a real city in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. Also known as Zion, this city is mentioned many times in the Bible. But the name Jerusalem is also associated with...
David VeldkampPresbyterian and Reformed colleges, universities, and seminaries equip their students to fulfill what many Reformed Christians confess is their primary goal, which is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever. Within college and university contexts...
Brent ParkerContemporary theological—and even political—debates often center on the relationship between national Israel and the church. While vital, these discussions belong to a much broader motif: the identity and development of the people of God across...
Michael F. BirdThe ultimate destination of believers is not our immortal souls experiencing disembodied bliss among the angels in some kind of cloud-like cathedral. The ultimate destiny of God's people is the new creation. But what will we do there?
Ed StetzerNearly 50,000 denominations exist today. Are we missing the unity Jesus prayed for (John 17)? Let’s look at Jesus’s final prayer and what genuine gospel partnership requires.
Beth StovellProphets are associated with hearing the Lord’s word for the future, speaking into situations of injustice, and calling for change. As we better understand who the prophets were, the prophecies they gave, the role of prophecy in the Old and New...
George MooreThis piece will explain best practices for one-on-one discipleship, but before we get there, we must first lay out the importance of discipleship. Jesus’s leadership plan At the age of thirty, Jesus of Nazareth embarked on a mission that would...
Dana HarrisAs someone who has done lots of home improvement projects in the past few years, I have come to realize how valuable proper tools are. But as with most jobs, there isn’t one tool that works on every project. The right tool makes all the...
Richard HarveyWhen we started the London Messianic Congregation in the 1970s, there were almost no books on Messianic Judaism. There are now thousands of Messianic congregations around the world, and hundreds of thousands who identify as Jewish disciples of...
Version 53 makes the Logos mobile app easier to navigate, brings Study Assistant to the passage you’re already studying, and lets you reshape a Reading Plan without throwing away everything you’ve already read. Let’s get into it...
Sean McGeverAs a theology professor, summers often allow me to shift my focus away from my classes. Not this summer. Like many educators, I’ve known in the back of my mind I need to consider making changes in my assignments because of one thing: AI. If you are...
As encouraging as our church’s numerical growth has been in recent days, the real growth I long to see is spiritual growth. I long to see my people hunger and thirst more and more for God; I long to see them beholding and becoming more like Jesus; I...
James SewardReading and understanding the Bible is something most of us do intuitively. At least, that is, until we encounter someone who has interpreted a passage in a way that seems completely at odds with what it’s plainly saying. Suddenly, we realize how...
Ryan LyttonThe doctoral landscape has changed significantly in recent decades. In the past, earning a research doctorate often meant relocating to a Western institution for years of expensive, immersive study. Today, prospective doctoral students have an array...
In the opening chapters of Acts, Luke offers what is likely the most comprehensive description of a healthy church in the New Testament. And yet, while it’s easy to think that the Jerusalem Church was nearly perfect, Luke disabuses us of any such...
Steven WedgeworthMany churches are discovering the practice of reading from a lectionary. Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran, and Anglican churches have historically used formal lectionaries, but the practice is growing in other Protestant church bodies. I’d...
Joshua JippBy the late first or early second century AD, the last book of the New Testament had been written. In AD 325, the Council of Nicaea would articulate the doctrine of the Trinity and adapt the church’s rule of faith into an official creed. But what...
Ben HicksWhen will I actually use this? It’s a fair question asked by many a Greek student. Preachers-in-training spend hours and hours memorizing verb charts and vocabulary; learning participle, infinitive, and genitive uses; and trying to grasp the grammar...
Wyatt GrahamSacrifices in the Old Testament can seem strange, even repulsive: animal death, blood splashed on altars, covenant salt, ritual uncleanliness. Yet the sacrificial language of Leviticus matters, and not only for Israel’s worship. These offerings...