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OK, I haven't practiced shameless marketing for a long time on my blog, so I have a few things stored up. First, for those of you who live… — September 28, 2011

After seeing The Blind Side last year, I went on a Michael Lewis kick, reading The Blind Side, Liar's Poker (about his life as a bond salesman in… — September 26, 2011

"Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the LORD" (Psalm 119:1). So, I'm blessed as long as I can keep my way… — September 25, 2011

Blogging has many enemies.  I've been doing it for a few months and posted over 60 entries.  The battle, however, is how to make time to write a… — September 23, 2011

Planking is the new craze.  You lay face down, keeping your hands at your side, and remain stiff (hence, a "plank").  (A bit like "Petrificus Totalus".)  Then you… — September 20, 2011

What inspires poetry?  Most often it is romantic love. The inspiration for the longest love song in Scripture is Scripture itself.  This particular song is also the longest prayer in the… — September 18, 2011

I'm constructing a Bible knowledge exam that students from my seminary will need to take before they graduate.  I've constructed over 30 questions so far. They need to… — September 17, 2011

"Tonight's speaker is the sister-in-law of the author of that great book we were reading through as a fellowship this summer."  This was how my wife Shannon was… — September 16, 2011

How do you make 9/11 funny?  It's not possible.  It's like good and evil.  They are mutually exclusive. But of the 24 Sunday comics in The Philadelphia Inquirer almost… — September 11, 2011

YHWH decided it was time to smash the Baal and slaughter the Bull.  He picked Gideon for the task (Judg. 6:25). Gideon's father, Joash had a Baal altar and before… — September 10, 2011

Received this email yesterday... Dear Dr. Lamb, I just finished your book "God Behaving Badly". I am not yet a Christian, but have been on a decade and… — September 6, 2011

Nice try Dad, but I do occasionally read my email. This is an email sent to me by my older son, Nathan (16), in reply to my email… — September 5, 2011

"The trouble with this country is that there are too many people going about saying, 'the trouble with this country is...'" - Sinclair Lewis. This is how Bradley… — September 4, 2011

Timothy Dalrymple writes: An Open Letter to a College Freshman | Philosophical Fragments. This is the advice I wish I had read and taken as a freshman in… — September 3, 2011

Does God command genocide? One of the most difficult questions that face people who believe that the Bible is the word of God is, "Why does God command his people… — September 2, 2011

This is Dave Lamb reporting from Hatfield, PA on the extensive damage from Hurricane Irene.  As I braved the 12 mph winds (with gusts up to 15 mph), I was… — August 28, 2011

To impress his guest, Gideon makes the angel cakes (presumably not angel food cake?) and goat stew(next time you have an important visitor, I dare you to prepare them a… — August 27, 2011

Christianity Today's Her.meneutics blog hosted two posts on the issue of women in leadership: William Webb the egalitarian: Her.meneutics: The Gender Debates Come to Her.meneutics. Russell Moore the… — August 26, 2011