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Today is the day you’ve all been waiting for.  September 1—Prostitutes and Polygamists: A Look at Love, Old Testament Style is finally available. I know what you’re thinking,… — September 1, 2015

I start a course in a few weeks on the books of Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy—the Pentateuch books everyone ignores, including me until this year.  I thought I… — August 24, 2015

Immediately before Jesus gives his final words to his disciples, perhaps his most famous address, often called The Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20), the text includes a curious phrase.… — August 10, 2015

Five years ago we bought a cheap telescope, but never got it to work well on anything other than the moon.  It was basically a waste.  We stored… — July 24, 2015

In her latest book, Malestrom: Manhood Swept into the Currents of a Changing World (2015), Carolyn Custis James challenges the perception that our world is characterized by a… — July 14, 2015

The faculty of Biblical Theological Seminary (BTS) went on a tour in North Philly recently to visit the area that surrounds our Hunting Park extension site. You will… — June 25, 2015

So, did Cain really marry his sister?  What happened between David and Bathsheba--was it adultery or rape? In my next book, Prostitutes and Polygamists: A Look at Love,… — June 10, 2015

First there was The Bible (2013), then Noah (2014), and Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014), now... Of Kings and Prophets, about the life of Saul and David based on the books of… — June 2, 2015

In November of 1944, in the US, Franklin Roosevelt had just won his fourth term as president. In Western Europe, Allied forces were gradually retaking land from the Nazis… — May 25, 2015

I’m currently teaching a course at BTS on the books of Samuel and Kings. One of the assignments is to write a blog about a controversial passage in… — May 22, 2015

If you've ever wondered... "What's up with all the weird sexual behavior in the Old Testament?" ...then you should check out the book trailer for my new book, Prostitutes and Polygamists:… — May 15, 2015

I'm currently teaching a course at BTS on the books of Samuel and Kings. One of the assignments is to write a blog about a controversial passage in… — May 15, 2015

This day has a special significance in our family. On May 4, 1997 our younger son Noah was born. He turns eighteen today. He’s now an adult. Today… — May 4, 2015

“Samuel, Samuel.” Most readers of the Old Testament are familiar with the story of young Samuel sleeping at the tabernacle, under the care of the priest Eli (1… — April 29, 2015

According to the Bible, Jesus wasn't dead for three days.  It was closer to a day and a half, perhaps just over a day.  Which day?  The Sabbath.… — April 1, 2015

I love to give others a love for God’s word (see here), and the context where I learned to love the Bible was InterVarsity, where we studied the… — March 23, 2015

As we remember MLK’s march for voting rights fifty years ago, it’s interesting to go back further in our history, we can wonder how the story of race… — March 11, 2015

The 23rd Psalm must be the best-known, most-loved psalm, or perhaps even poem, in the world. Kenneth E. Bailey, author of Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes, has written… — February 27, 2015