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On Sunday, May 21, I preached at Franconia Mennonite Church on "God is the Same, Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow." If you've read God Behaving Badly, you may be wondering,… — May 28, 2023

On November 17, 2022, I spoke on "The Sorrow of God," based on John 11:29-38 at Breakfast with Missio as a part of my series on The Emotions… — May 16, 2023

On October 6, 2022, I spoke on "The Jealousy of God," focusing on Exodus 34:10-14 at Breakfast with Missio as a part of my series on The Emotions… — May 12, 2023

Here are links to a few recent podcast I've done, mainly related to my book, The Emotions of God. The Netzer Podcast, The Quite Reformation: "God, You're Soooooo… — May 4, 2023

My book, The Emotions of God: Making Sense of a God Who Hates, Weeps and Loves has been selected as a finalist for the InterVarsity Press Readers Choice Awards 2022.… — January 18, 2023

A talk given at Samil Church, Seoul, South Korea (October, 2022). — November 1, 2022

My latest book The Emotions of God: Making Sense of a God Who Hates, Weeps, and Loves comes out in November, 2022. If this sounds interesting to you, come… — October 4, 2022

I started working on my commentary for 1-2 Kings in 2012. My doctoral dissertation was focused on 2 Kings (the dynasty of Jehu), so I was excited to… — November 18, 2021

I got a question from a student today asking about capitalizing pronouns for God. Here is her email: Many times when I am writing, when it refers to God,… — June 19, 2020

My short article for the Theology of Work Commentary, "David's Rape of Bathsheba and Murder of Uriah" went live today.  From their website: "The vision of the Theology… — April 23, 2020

Here’s my sermon on Persistent Prayer (Luke 18:1-8) at SaRang Church, Seoul, South Korea (31 minutes; Nov 2019). — November 10, 2019

Scot McKnight invited me to respond to questions about John Goldingay's translation of the Old Testament, The First Testament. Here are my responses just posted on Scot's blog,… — February 18, 2019

Since 1946, God has spoken to over 300,000 students at the Urbana conference about missions and what he is doing around the world. The conference started in Toronto,… — December 19, 2018

What do you keep track of? People keep track of calories, expenses, water consumption, sex, bills, medications, vacation time, chores, taxes.  Why do we record these things?  When… — April 20, 2018

I often hear someone say, "I'm going to read through the whole Bible this year."   I don't say it, but I think, "Yeah, that's not going to happen." … — April 11, 2018

My father (Richard C. Lamb, senior) passed away yesterday (Feb 10, 2018).  While it wasn’t a shock, he was 84 and in hospice, we are still really sad.… — February 11, 2018

As my Korean friends drove me to Incheon Airport to send me home to JFK last Sunday, I expected them to just drop me off at the curb,… — November 10, 2017

I leave today (Oct 25) to travel to Korea for 12 days.  I will be speaking at one of the largest churches in Korea, SaRang (which means "Love")… — October 24, 2017