Kirk E. MillerIt’s the most wonderful time of the year. Except when it’s not. Christmas has a way of magnifying life’s joys. We take stock of them and set aside time to enjoy them. Like a magnifying glass, Christmas time not only spotlights what’s already present...
Christopher KouFor I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.—Jeremiah 29:11 (ESV) Who is God’s promise for? Casual readers of the Bible may read this popular verse and think, “Wow...
Logos StaffBy Walter C. Kaiser Jr., with Tiberius Rata, on the issue of two Jeremiah scrolls, adapted from Walking the Ancient Paths: A Commentary on Jeremiah. Editor’s note: the textual issues surrounding Jeremiah are among the most difficult in all the...
Michael S. HeiserIf we look beyond the details of Jeremiah’s anguish and apparently fruitless ministry, we can spot a dual emphasis in the book that bears his name: judgment and repentance. But emphasis is not the only double issue. Two full versions of the book...
David HeimannAt one point in the famous allegory Pilgrim’s Progress, Christian finds what he thinks is a more agreeable path to the Celestial City; but this choice puts him in the grips of the savage brute Giant Despair, and he finds himself locked in the...
John D. Barry“For many within the biblical field, the publication of yet another commentary seems about the last thing needed,” says Brevard Childs in the preface to his commentary on Isaiah. The author of Ecclesiastes would probably agree: “For the writing of...