May 2013

Christianity Today's Men of Integrity blog has been going through portions of chapter 2 of God Behaving Badly (Is God angry or loving?) in its daily devotions. I mentioned this… — May 31, 2013

I love charts and tables.  I'm working right now on the book of Kings for a textbook for the Historical Books of the OT, so I've been revising… — May 30, 2013

Big news on the Old Testament scene, check it out here: Expert discovers ancient Torah scroll in plain sight - CBS News. The "re-discovered" scroll is of the… — May 29, 2013

"God, sometimes it's hard to obey, but help us to obey your word completely, even if it means we have to kill people." A killer prayer?  Is that… — May 28, 2013

Two years ago I arranged to present an academic paper at Oxford on the Wise Women of the book of Samuel.  I was really looking forward to going… — May 27, 2013

Christianity Today's Men of Integrity blog is going through God Behaving Badly this week in its devotions. Here's the first post: Angry, Crabby, and Snarky | Men of Integrity. — May 26, 2013

What do you think of Psalm 137, the end of the psalm where it talks about blessing people who bash babies heads against the rock? I was asked… — May 24, 2013

I'm the divine anger guy.  I've written articles recently on "Wrath" in the Dictionary of the Old Testament: Prophets (IVP Bible Dictionary) and Divine Wrath and Divine Compassion in Holy War in… — May 17, 2013

Remember your word to your servant, in which you have made me hope (Psalm 119:49) What types of people do you need to say "Remember" to?  People who… — May 17, 2013

"My name Bethany only means 'house of figs' or perhaps 'house of the poor.'" In one of my classes we were discussing how important names are in the… — May 1, 2013