Guest AuthorScot Miller reviews Emma Wasserman’s Apocalypse as Holy War: Divine Politics and Polemics in the Letters of Paul Emma Wasserman, Yale University Press, 2018. 352 pp. This present era of binary perspectives and hyperbolic representations of...
Logos StaffDavid Powlison’s story stands out in modern debates that ask, “What has Christianity to do with psychology?” Powlison’s life rose to answer this question. Before becoming a biblical counselor, David Powlison spent four years working in psychiatric...
Nijay GuptaNijay K. Gupta, professor of New Testament at Northerm Seminary (PhD, University of Durham), contributed a series on biblical commentaries on the Pauline epistles. Dr. Gupta has written three commentaries (Colossians, 1–2 Thessalonians, Lord’s...
The Logos forums have reached an important milestone—1,000,000 posts on over 144,000 threads from more than 250,000 users. A special shoutout to our forum MVPs, a select group of Logos wizards who go above and beyond to answer questions and help...
By Matthew Elliot “Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?” (Matt 22:36) An “expert in religious law,” backed up by the Pharisees, poses this seemingly innocent question to Jesus in an attempt to trap him. Will he agree...
Tavis BohlingerReading Plutarch will generate new ideas in your own thinking, ushering you into the company of the great minds who came before and inviting you to live life well along with them.
In this excerpt from John for Everyone, esteemed New Testament scholar and professor N. T. Wright explains why John 7:52–8:12 is often included in the Gospel, though there are good reasons for its omission. Whether the story “should” be...
In the below excerpt from N. T. Wright, the esteemed professor draws a connection between the Great Commission, 2 Corinthians 13:1–13, and portions of Isaiah 40. It’s taken from Twelve Months of Sundays: Reflections on Bible Readings, Year A. The...
Mike AubreyBoth Brill’s new Dictionary of Ancient Greek (GE) and Liddell and Scott Greek–English Lexicon with Revised Supplement (LSJM) are more or less the same size and length. As a publishing decision, this introduces an important set of constraints upon...
I realize these are widely held views, and that I am going up against some of the titans of biblical scholarship in the 20th century.
Michael S. HeiserAs a biblical scholar, I’m often asked for advice on how to interpret the Bible. I could refer people to tools (like Logos study platform) and techniques for analyzing the original languages, even for people dependent on English. But neither of...
Matthew BoffeyBy Jeffrey Arthurs It was said of Winston Churchill that “he mobilized the English language, and sent it into battle.” I exhort you, send your best words into battle against the world, the flesh, and the devil. Send language forth like soldiers...
Brevard Childs and Julius Wellhausen are two of my intellectual heroes. But they do not get along—so to speak.
"Genesis 1‐3 has a powerful message to the modern world, if only we got hold of it and believed it." --Vern Poythress
By Kevin Vanhoozer This excerpt from Kevin Vanhoozer highlights the importance of not just hearing God’s voice but truly listening with the intent to obey what he says. In perhaps the most famous Arabian Nights story, Aladdin discovers a magic...
Top Bible Verses about Blasphemy Exodus 20:7 “You shall not misuse the name of Yahweh your God, because Yahweh will not leave unpunished anyone who misuses his name. Read Exodus 20:7 Matthew 12:31–32 For this reason I tell you, every...
A few weeks ago Faithlife hosted BibleTech, a two-day conference on the intersection of technology and Scripture in the Christian life. As a cohost, I had the privilege of sitting in on at least half the talks. Topics ranged from the future of AI in...
Brill’s Dictionary of Ancient Greek is now available at logos.com. Many of us Greek language geeks have been rather eagerly waiting for its digital appearance on Logos, though perhaps other Logos users might be wondering what Brill’s GE...
The lauded International Critical Commentary Series (ICC) (62 vols.) is 40% off in May. As one of the most thorough critical commentaries around, this is a stellar deal. Here’s what serious students of Scripture like you say about this renowned...
adoption [ uh–dop-shuhn ] Also called: Child of God, Inheritance, Sonship Legal transfer from one family or situation into another family, used in the NT to describe believers’ relationship to God. Top Bible Verses...
DidaktikosDougald McLaurin | Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Last fall a student walked into the library and asked me where the commentaries on the book of Romans were located. He said he needed them for an exegesis paper he was writing. I asked...
Did you hear? The best of Christianity Today is being collected into books! These books mark the beginning of a three-year project between CT and Lexham Press, the publishing imprint of Logos, makers of Logos study platform. Since 1956, Christianity...
In my previous post, I noted that the right context for interpreting the Bible accurately isn’t the history of Christianity in any of its creedal distillations or denominational forms. But I went even further—I said that the biblical context isn’t...
If your church is like many others, you use WorshipPlanning.com to plan your services. This video and linked tutorial show you how to integrate the two. That way you don’t have to double-up any work you do in WorshipPlanning.com. This is just...
By Kevin Vanhoozer The church is the body of Christ, and its core—the community of disciples, the faith corps—enables its characteristic bodily movements: witnessing to the gospel, worshiping the God of the gospel, maintaining the health of the...
By Craig Bartholomew It may seem laughable in our present media-dominated context to imagine that a long, three-volume exposition of doctrine, written by a thoroughly orthodox Reformed theologian in another place and time, might hold vital clues for...
If you want your church to be more discoverable online, one of the best things you can do is nail your church website domain name. Here are nine quick tips to follow on your way to a memorable, discoverable domain name for your church website. 1...
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself.Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. Which one is it? Answer the fool or not? On the surface, these verses appear contradictory. But...
"Hebrews is a majestic and disturbing Christian speech that calls its audience to perseverance in its Christian identity" - Jason Whitlark
D.A. Carson describes Leon Morris’ writing style in The Gospel according to John as “superb.” Interested to see for myself, I opened the commentary to see how Morris treats my favorite passage in all the Gospels. Indeed, his introduction to the High...