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I was working on my CV today (I'm not applying for jobs, I just update it regularly), and I decided to count up my publications by category (books,… — January 23, 2014

On Sunday, I fly to Seattle, then drive up to Bellingham, where I'll tape two courses for Logos Bible Software. When I was invited to write a commentary… — January 10, 2014

I biked to work today. It was 7 degrees outside (Fahrenheit).  Why did I do it?  (No, that's not me in the picture.) 1) Was the car was… — January 8, 2014

Everyone is sharing memories about Nelson Mandela, so I thought I should do the same.  No, I never met him.  These are stories from famous people you may… — December 18, 2013

This year the official Christmas season is the shortest it ever gets. My wife Shannon says it begins immediately after Thanksgiving, although many stores seem to think Christmas… — December 16, 2013

In Jesus, God was with his people. In the Old Testament, God was with his people. In the present time, God is with his people. Here are a… — December 11, 2013

My father Richard Lamb is a physicist.  To be precise, a gamma-ray astrophysicist. What he does isn't rocket science, it's more complicated than that. He loved his job… — December 10, 2013

Do you need a speaker for a conference, a seminar, a retreat, a class, a sermon?  Yes, I'm available, but if for whatever reason I'm not the person… — December 9, 2013

In the sexism chapter of God Behaving Badly, I said that I like to read books written by women, but since putting that in print, I realized that… — December 2, 2013

I just returned from the Society of Biblical Literature meeting in Baltimore, where I saw old friends and made new ones. Here are 8 things I'm thankful for… — November 26, 2013

"Is it possible that the Exodus never happened at all?"   Just to be clear, I think it did (although we might quibble about some of the details),… — November 22, 2013

On Wed Nov 13 (2013), The History Channel began a six part series of 1-hour shows entitled Bible Secrets Revealed, with the first episode focused on Translation (click… — November 17, 2013

Zondervan's new Story of God Bible Commentary has come out with its first two volumes. See these two links to Free E-Books and to the Promo Video. I have a hardback… — November 15, 2013

The History Channel is about to start a 6-part series entitled: Bible Secrets Revealed, starting tonight (Wed, Nov. 13, 2013) at 10:00 ET.  Program your DVR's. You can… — November 13, 2013

On my blog two weeks ago, I asked, "Who is to blame for the David/Bathsheba adulterous affair?"  The results are rather conclusive after 90 responses (feel free to… — November 11, 2013

Yes, Barak.  I spelled it right.  You're thinking of Barack.  I want to talk about the other one, the famous one, the one in the Bible (no "c").… — November 6, 2013

I eat a banana every day at 10:15.   Ask anyone who's near me around 10:15. "Yep, He does." I like them. They're good for me. I'm a… — November 5, 2013

A year ago, we were bailing out our basement every 2 hours, all through the night because Super Storm Sandy took away our electricity, so our sump pump… — November 1, 2013