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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

Christianity Today invited me review Brent Strawn's The Old Testament is Dying: A Diagnosis and Recommended Treatment. Here is my review (titled, "Man shall not live on the New Testament alone").… — August 2, 2017

During the time of Noah, God wiped out humanity with a flood (Gen. 6-9).During the time of Moses, God killed all the Egyptian firstborns and then drowned their… — July 26, 2017

On Saturday (April 8) at 1:00 am I was picked up by Moses, the LIFES (= Liberia International Fellowship of Evangelical Students) staff-worker, and his family.  Shannon joined… — July 13, 2017

Confusion, for lack of a better word, is good. At least that's what we see in several passages in the Bible.  Why would God want to intentionally confuse… — July 7, 2017

Despite the malaria, it was one of the highlights of my life. In the summer of 1985, I went on a summer mission project to Nigeria.  We taught… — March 31, 2017

IVP has just come out with a new book which could be very helpful to people trying to figure out how to understand the laws of the Old… — February 10, 2017

As we were driving down the highway recently as a family, I informed my college-age sons that a recent album (Reflektor) released by one of their favorite bands (Arcade… — January 25, 2017

On New Years Eve Eve, I dragged my family to see the Ark Encounter in Grant County, Kentucky, as part of a visit to my father in Lexington.… — January 4, 2017

Do you ignore your dreams? Christmas is a good season to pay attention to them. Do you know where the highest concentration of dreams occurs in the Bible?… — December 9, 2016

In my last post I asked, "Is rape ever justifiable?" specifically in light of the story of Lot and his two daughters (Gen. 19:30-38). On Facebook my post… — December 2, 2016

Is it ever possible to justify rape? The issue arises in a bizarre story found in Genesis 19. Immediately after the city of Sodom is sulfur-ified for wickedness and… — December 1, 2016