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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

Prostitutes and Polygamists (the book, not the people) is on sale now for $3.99 in e-book format directly from Zondervan. Here's the link to the Zondervan e-Book sale. Even… — November 14, 2016

Stephen Russell's new book, The King and the Land: A Geography of Royal Power in the Biblical World (Oxford, 2016), discusses the various ways the rulers of Israel and Judah used… — October 25, 2016

I need your help. Help figuring out how to apply the book of Kings. I've been working hard this summer on a commentary on 1, 2 Kings for… — August 10, 2016