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The books of Joshua, Judges, 1, 2 Samuel and 1, 2 Kings are known by three titles: 1) The Historical Books (along with a few other books). 2)… — August 13, 2013

Do you run or walk in the rain?  A recent post for Biblical's website about how rain helps me connect to God. Running in the Rain (Psalm 68).… — August 12, 2013

Obama's recent decision to snub Putin over Russia's decision to grant NSA leaker Edward Snowden asylum for a year, prompts me to ask the question: What if marital… — August 8, 2013

When you're looking at a book on Amazon, there's a blue tab that says, "Look inside" to allow you to magically look at some content, a free sample… — August 6, 2013

So Einstein's Bible was just sold for $68,500 at an auction in New York. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57591466/bible-signed-by-einstein-fetches-$68500-in-nyc-auction/ How much is your Bible worth? Einstein's inscription says (translated from the German)… — June 28, 2013

For those of you who were interested in Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas but were scared of the 624 pages, you should pick up a… — June 24, 2013

I still remember the first time I saw a film in 3-D, I kept trying to grab things in front of my face, a buzzing fly, a bouncing… — June 21, 2013

Still don't have a copy of one of IVP's best-selling books? The Westminster Theological Seminary Bookstore is running a serious discount on God Behaving Badly.  To get it,… — June 20, 2013

It's painful to say.   Much harder than, "I'm sorry". I don't say it enough. But when I can manage to squeeze it out of my lips, things… — June 16, 2013

My son Noah's AP World History class did a May Madness competition between 64 of the supposedly most influential individuals in world history.  Each student represents an individual… — June 11, 2013

Our younger son Noah (16) is taking AP World History.  The AP exam was a few weeks ago, so they wind down the school year with May Madness--64… — June 10, 2013

Last week, I watched "The Constitution, with Peter Sagal" on PBS with my family. They interviewed a woman from Kentucky who had to fight for thirteen years to… — June 7, 2013

When I was 5 I went to see my first baseball game at Wrigley Stadium in Chicago (1967).  I was hooked.  Forty-six years later, I'm still a Cubs… — June 2, 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