Jesus

On Sunday, May 21, I preached at Franconia Mennonite Church on "God is the Same, Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow." If you've read God Behaving Badly, you may be wondering,… — May 28, 2023

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

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

Has anyone ever asked you to steal a brand new car for them?  It's never happened to me, but I'm not sure about the rest of you. Jesus… — March 25, 2016

How loyal are your friends? Have they ever hurt you, let you down, or perhaps even betrayed you? If you've been disappointed by someone close to you, then… — March 24, 2016

I was preaching at a church this past weekend, Palm Sunday, and was given five texts to preach from in 10 minutes.  It was an Episcopal church, they cover… — March 23, 2016

Why three?  I think there were five. We Five Kings of Orient Are... Matthew 2 narrates the story of the wise men, sometimes called magi. Now after Jesus… — December 10, 2015

"I am a historian, I am not a believer, but I must confess as a historian that this penniless preacher from Nazareth is irrevocably the very center of… — November 11, 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

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 received an email from a friend a few days ago.  She asked about the duplication and repetition in Scripture, specifically why there were two versions of the… — August 24, 2014

[vimeo 96337668 w=500 h=281] Church of Holy Sepulcher Vid from David Lamb on Vimeo. Tomorrow (May 25, 2014) at about noon ET in the US, the leaders of… — May 24, 2014

I was speaking at the InterVarsity group at the University of Maryland on God Behaving Badly a few weeks ago, and I got to the end where I… — May 7, 2014

I head to Israel tomorrow (March 23) with folk from Biblical Seminary. There will be 15 of us: students, alumni and Derek Cooper, another professor. We'll spend 7 days… — March 22, 2014

 In 1985, when I was a grad student in Industrial Engineering at Stanford, I took a course on Organizational Death. Why do companies fail, and what lessons can… — February 24, 2014

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

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