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In recent years there has been a spate of books addressing the problem of the “Canaanite genocide” by Wright, Copan, and Seibert. Even Lamb entered the fray.  In… — February 20, 2015

Carolyn Custis James, author of The Gospel of Ruth: Loving God Enough to Break the Rules will be teaching a course based on her book at Biblical Theological Seminary from April… — February 13, 2015

When I spoke to Paul Copan at a biblical studies conference in November 2013, he told me about a book he was co-writing on the Canaanite Genocide. I… — February 6, 2015

Thomas V. Taylor passed away on Saturday, January 17, 2015. Tom was one of the founding faculty members of Biblical Theological Seminary, where he taught, among other things,… — January 23, 2015

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This… — December 29, 2014

Here’s my one sentence review — Exodus: Gods and Kings was better than expected, and less weird than Noah. In the full review, I address two questions, 1) How'd… — December 15, 2014

If you are a Bible geek, and a fan of Gilbert & Sullivan, you will love this (less than 4 minutes). Truly amazing. Wet your pants funny. Thanks to… — December 12, 2014

An article appeared in the Guardian last week asking if Moses was just a myth.  I got into an interesting online discussion with a few InterVarsity friends (Jon,… — December 10, 2014

A few days ago some InterVarsity friends (Jon, Dan, Tim, and Jesse) and I were discussing an article that appeared in the Guardian asking if Moses was just… — December 8, 2014

I’m thankful, but I still grieve.  I have many things to be thankful for.    I’m thankful to be a man.  I love the things typically associated with… — November 27, 2014

The new film, "Exodus: Gods and Kings" will be released December 12, 2014 (watch the trailer below). I obviously, haven't seen it, but I know what's going to… — November 16, 2014

"You must have accurate scales and accurate weights, an accurate ephah and an accurate hin (1 gallon)" (Leviticus 19:36). If you read that verse carefully, you should have… — November 4, 2014

The Ten Commandments have been smashed a second time.  The first time the perpetrator was Moses.  He got mad when he saw that the Israelites were worshiping the golden… — October 25, 2014

The Democrats are blaming the Republicans for gridlock. The Republicans are blaming the Democrats for waste. Denominations are splitting over the issue of gay marriage. Churches are dividing over… — October 16, 2014

In 1994, Justin Hall, a freshman at Swarthmore college began begin his web-based log, Justin's Links from the Underground. Thus, began the first blog. In 2004, New York… — October 12, 2014

"Denzel Goes Old Testament" is the title of the film review of The Equalizer by Richard Corliss in the most recent Time (Oct. 6, 2014).  He plays Mac who… — October 3, 2014

Everyone wanted to kill Moses.  In Exodus 1-2 Pharaoh tried multiple times. He told the midwives to kill all Hebrew baby boys, and when that didn't work he… — September 29, 2014

Recently, Joel Osteen Ministries posted on Facebook that we should pray "hidden dreams" and "unborn promises" based on Psalm 2:8. I disagree, and write about it here on… — September 26, 2014