Reading Genesis Like a Pagan, Part 1 (Video)
In this video we begin to unpack what I regard as a better way to read Genesis than we typically find in Christian circles. Genesis was written to accomplish many…
Did Jesus Sit in the Seat of Sinners?[1]
I knew a man who returned to Christ after decades of drugs and dealing, trafficking girls, violence, theft, and homelessness. Raised in church, he came back on fire for Jesus,…
Chatty God
Galileo said, “Mathematics is the language with which God wrote the Universe.” In Genesis 1:3ff, God said, “Let there be… and there was…” Psalm 19:1-4 praises, “The heavens declare the…
The Divine Gift of Enduring Shame
When I was growing up, if you said “trigger” everyone thought about guns or Roy Roger’s horse… maybe shooting guns while riding Roy Roger’s horse. Today if you say “trigger”…
Shamefully Shaming Shame (The Importance of Shame)
Shame is bad… right?! Our whole society today cries how terrible it is. Only people who shame others should be made to feel shame. So shame must be bad, right?!!…
Can I Get a Witness: The Call to Be Salt and Light in a Dark and Rotten World
As a teenager I worked in a grocery store doing anything that needed doing, whether bagging, cashiering, stocking produce, or even painting the kick spaces on the shelves. How many…
Take My Daughters, Please, Part 2 (Video)
In this video, we conclude our discussion of Lot’s supposed offer of his daughters to save two male strangers. Things are not as they appear to a modern reader. …
Weird Things Like Revelation & The Second Coming
It shouldn’t be too long into joining a church that you hear something that strikes you as rather peculiar—The Second Coming of Jesus Christ… not to mention whispers of an…
My Review of Interpreting The Wisdom Books by Edward M. Curtis
Shared with Permission from Criswell Theological Review Interpreting The Wisdom Books: An Exegetical Handbook by Edward M. Curtis as part of the Handbooks for Old Testament Exegesis series edited by…
My Review of Luke-Acts in Modern Interpretation edited by Stanley E. Porter and Ron C. Fay
Shared with Permission from Criswell Theological Review. Luke-Acts in Modern Interpretation in the Milestones in New Testament Scholarship series. Edited by Stanley E. Porter and Ron C. Fay. Kregal Academic,…
My Review of The Art of Bible Translation by Robert Alter
Shared with permission from Criswell Theological Review The Art of Bible Translation. By Robert Alter. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2019, 129 pp., $24.95, Hardback In The Art of Bible Translation,…
My Review of The Good Shepherd: The Thousand Year Journey from Psalm 23 to the New Testament
Shared with Permission from Criswell Theological Review The Good Shepherd: A Thousand Year Journey from Psalm 23 to the New Testament. By Kenneth E. Bailey. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2014,…
My Review of Biblical Critical Theory by Christopher Watkin
Shared with Permission from Criswell Theological Review Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible’s Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture. By Christopher Watkin. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Academic, 2022,…
My Review of A Ransom for Many by John J. R. Lee, and Daniel Brueske
Shared with Permission from Criswell Theological Review A Ransom for Many: Mark 10:45 As Key to the Gospel. By John J. R. Lee and Daniel Brueske.Bellingham: Lexham Press, 2023, 203…
Zipporah’s Raw Deal (Video)
It is common to portray Zipporah as a difficult and angry woman. I believe this is because of a rather poor understanding of the circumcision scene in Exodus 4. An…
Christians Hope in the Face of Death
Today we have a guest blogger. Amy Roberts Kinder has Master of Arts in Biblical Studies with a concentration in the Old Testament from Ashland Theological Seminary, and is a…
Weird Thoughts about the Holy Spirit
This article is for inclusion in a one month devotional for new believers called, “So You’ve Accepted Jesus.” It is almost finished. A Tip for Reading: You may want to…
A Still Small Voice in the Cool of the Day Part 2 of 2 (Video)
In part two of A Still Small Voice in the Cool of the Day we conclude our discussion on two often overlook storm theophanies, one in Genesis 3 and the…
A Still Small Voice in the Cool of the Day Part 1 of 2 (Video)
In this video, I begin a discussion about two overlooked storm theophanies in the Bible, one in Genesis 3 when God comes on in judgement against Adam and Eve, and…
I’d Like to Sucker Punch Genesis 1-11
I’ve found myself in a bit of a quandary when trying to help other believers see Genesis the way that I have come to see it after years of studying…