Tavis BohlingerThe following post, authored by Tavis Bohlinger, was originally posted on the Logos Academic blog. If you don’t know who Jacob Neusner is, it’s time to bone up. Apart from his exceptional prolific publishing output (and that’s an understatement; see...
Ryan Lytton*Editor’s note: This is the second of two Fuller Seminary interviews conducted by Ryan Lytton (the first interview was with Amos Yong). He recently had the opportunity to interview Christopher B. Hays, who is the D. Wilson Moore Associate...
Mark WardAn editor once told me I could not say that a certain contemporary theologian “channeled” Jonathan Edwards. It felt too New-Agey to him. Usually I accept 100% of an editor’s suggested changes. I feel safer that way. But this time I protested. I felt...
I was looking for a Mother’s Day gift and I stumbled across a quotation on the website of a local massage therapist: I’m a huge Lewis fan, and I immediately said to myself, C.S. Lewis never said that. I just knew. First a techie lesson on how I...
Logos StaffIt’s C.S. Lewis week here at Logos! We’re celebrating the scholar’s life and writings and the 30-volume C.S. Lewis Collection. This is a post from Logos staff member Ben Amundgaard critiquing three scholarly works included in this collection. Many...
Picking my favorite C.S. Lewis piece is like picking my favorite child. I can’t do it. I won’t. I love them all. But on any given day, one of them may be especially and noticeably good. Today, one is. It’s a sermon called “The Weight of Glory.”...
If you want to add a ton of valuable C. S. Lewis works to your library without buying each book individually, the 30-volume C.S. Lewis collection in Logos is the way to go. The collection contains many of his most popular works, but it also includes...
Guest AuthorTom Holland, Tom Wright and the Search for Truth: A Theological Evaluation (London: Apiary Publishing), 2017. Pp. 495. by Don Garlington This full-sized volume consists of thirteen chapters: (1) “Probing the Contours of Recent Research;” (2)...
Danny Zacharias and Ben Forrest wrote Surviving and Thriving in Seminary to help students prepare for the stress and hardships they might encounter when attending seminary. This academic and spiritual handbook provides advice on how to prepare your...
Jake MailhotThe new school year is quickly approaching, and here are three highlights from Lexham Press. Biblical Greek Made Simple Diligent study of God’s Word involves engaging with it in the language it was written. Learning Greek can be a challenging...
Larry W. Hurtado has been one of the leading scholars on early Christology for decades. He has written dozens of articles and a number of books examining not just what early Christians believed or wrote about Jesus but what their devotional...
The following is the official statement of Logos Bible Software concerning the very unfortunate news that BibleWorks is closing shop.
We have the immense privilege of interviewing Jonathan T. Pennington here on theLAB concerning his recent book, The Sermon on the Mount and Human Flourishing, available now on the Logos digital library. This book was one of the highest-rated...
Didaktikosby Kevin J. Vanhoozer | Trinity Evangelical Divinity School There’s a word for describing the latest cultural fad of bringing back styles, fashions, or designs from the recent past: “retro.” Vinyl records are popular once again despite the superior...
I’m in the middle of a series of posts on learning Greek, and each time I write I find myself wanting to start by holding up a warning sign. Here’s the last one, I promise (sort of): “Greek is not math.” The first thing you need to know about New...
Affectionately known as the “dean of evangelical scholars,” F.F. Bruce was a towering figure in modern evangelicalism. One of the twentieth century’s most prolific scholars, Bruce penned more than 40 books spanning commentaries, church histories...
Tim Sansbury, PhDThe printing press is often credited with bringing Scripture out of the control of the clergy and into the hands of everyday Christians. It spread the ideas of Reformers such as Luther and quickened the advance of the gospel and gospel theology...
Though one of the shortest books of the New Testament, Titus is packed with vital instructions on the qualifications of church leaders, the importance of sound doctrine, and how to live a godly life. In Living Doctrine: The Book of Titus, author...
John Stott didn’t become one of the most influential evangelical leaders in the twentieth century by happenstance. Like so many preachers before him, he was always looking for ways to strengthen his preaching and ministry. Beginning in the 1940s...
If you had to prove why the Bible is God’s word, what would you say? Even among Christians, confidence in the Bible’s authority is waning. Many are casting aside the doctrines of inerrancy and inspiration, with devastating consequences. The God Who...
Logos sells many different commentaries. Literally thousands. They all fall into different categories, and here’s one schema you could use to organize them (though there are others): Devotional/practical commentaries (NIVAC, LABC) focus on applying...
The traditional interpretation of the book of Ruth is a beautiful love story between the eponymous Moabite and Boaz, the wealthy Israelite landowner. But this book is not a Disney movie. In Finding God in the Margins, Carolyn Custis James reveals a...
Matthew BoffeyFour lines, thirty seconds long, and yet one of the most popular worship songs for centuries. How has “Doxology”—officially called “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow,” but usually referred to as The Doxology (as if there were no other)—become...
If you don’t know who Jacob Neusner is, it’s time to bone up. Apart from his exceptional prolific publishing output (and that’s an understatement; see point one below), he was known both for his highly acerbic nature to some and his deeply...
Elliot RitzemaFor almost sixty years of his fruitful career as pastor, writer, and evangelical leader, John Stott used a system of note cards to keep track of quotations and stories that he wanted to use in his sermons and books. With the help of his faithful...
“There’s no way to know it without discovery.” — Sara Groves, songwriter Groves isn’t talking about commentaries when she sings that line, but she’s describing a fundamental truth about deep knowledge: it only comes by discovery. And...
by Craig L. Blomberg When I was a college student, I attended several time-management seminars. Invariably, someone would start off with the solemn declaration, “We all have twenty-four hours in a day. The only difference is how we choose to use...
Douglas EstesDescribing Ben Witherington III as prolific is like saying water is wet. Over the past thirty years, he has written commentaries on all twenty-seven New Testament books—plus dozens of other volumes. He is currently working on a biblical theology...
February is Black History Month, and I took opportunity to pick up a Lexham Press title by the late African American theologian Charles Octavius Boothe: Plain Theology for Plain People. Our American culture has changed since this book was first...
Learning to read Koine (or biblical) Greek is essential, if you are training for church ministry, an academically focused career in biblical studies, or simply as a means to reading the New Testament in its original language. Even while I was in...