JoAnna HoytEvery year new students walk into classrooms ready to build upon their first-year biblical language skills by learning how to exegete the Hebrew or Greek text. They are taught how to examine the nuances of words, the rules of grammar. They discover...
Timothy MillerFar from receding after the Gospels, the theme of repentance continues throughout the book of Acts. When a guilty crowd asked how they should respond to their complicity in the death of Jesus, their Messiah, Peter commanded them, "Repent and be...
Mark WardWatch Mark Ward’s full interview with Jonathan Leeman on the theology of love. Love is the most important commandment in the Bible. And the second most important. On love for God and neighbor hang both testaments. And at the center of the Bible...
I love writing for sharp readers; they keep me on my toes. Once, in my post “The Easy Way to Do a Responsible Bible Word Study,” after studying the word hilasterion, one of them presented me with a challenge: Can we do a high-quality Bible word...
Ryan NelsonThere’s something special about seeing hand-drawn ancient characters. It’s like the smell of old books, or the feel of papyrus. You can’t simulate the smell of books (yet!), and you probably shouldn’t open glass cases to feel...
Josh WestburyHave you ever noticed that some Old Testament figures are given one name when they're introduced and then referred to by a different name or expression as the story unfolds? Think of the various names and expressions used for God throughout the Old...