Old Testament

On July 30, 2023, I preached on "The Sound of Silence" at in the Proverbs Series at Calvary Church of Souderton (no Simon and Garfunkel, though). While we… — August 7, 2023

My short article for the Theology of Work Commentary, "David's Rape of Bathsheba and Murder of Uriah" went live today.  From their website: "The vision of the Theology… — April 23, 2020

Scot McKnight invited me to respond to questions about John Goldingay's translation of the Old Testament, The First Testament. Here are my responses just posted on Scot's blog,… — February 18, 2019

Confusion, for lack of a better word, is good. At least that's what we see in several passages in the Bible.  Why would God want to intentionally confuse… — July 7, 2017

IVP has just come out with a new book which could be very helpful to people trying to figure out how to understand the laws of the Old… — February 10, 2017

On New Years Eve Eve, I dragged my family to see the Ark Encounter in Grant County, Kentucky, as part of a visit to my father in Lexington.… — January 4, 2017

I need your help. Help figuring out how to apply the book of Kings. I've been working hard this summer on a commentary on 1, 2 Kings for… — August 10, 2016

"It sets the standard for a new generation of introductions to the Bible." This endorsement comes from Mark Boda (McMaster Divinity College) about The Historical Writings: Introducing Israel's Historical… — July 11, 2016

  My interview on Bible Gateway just went live on the Bible Gateway blog. In the interview, I discuss my recent (but not most recent) book, Prostitutes and… — June 9, 2016

There's a sale on now of Prostitutes and Polygamists (the book, not the people). The eBook version of Prostitutes and Polygamists is on sale for only $3.99 (a… — May 4, 2016

My interview with Jonathan Merritt of Religion News Service about Prostitutes and Polygamists was posted last Friday.  As of today (12 April 2016) it has been shared over… — April 12, 2016

The newest addition to IVP's Reformation Commentary on Scripture (vol. 5) just came out, on the books of 1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings, 1-2 Chronicles, edited by my BTS… — April 12, 2016

Like the dynasty of Saul it portrayed, the ABC TV show based on the books of 1, 2 Samuel Of Kings and Prophets was cut short, canceled after only two… — March 29, 2016

When we lived in England and our sons we young we would "read" the Where's Wally (or in the US, Where's Waldo?) books. A tiny image of Wally… — March 7, 2016

My family arrived home at midnight last night after an amazing five days in St. Louis at Urbana 15, a gathering of 16,000 students and leaders who are interested in missions,… — January 3, 2016

My seminary held an Alumni reunion in October 2015 and they asked me to speak on my most recent book, Prostitutes and Polygamists: A Look at Love, Old Testament… — November 19, 2015

The book of Numbers gets no respect. Seriously, don't you feel bad for Numbers? It's the fourth book of the Bible, but it gets ignored. I think one of… — November 13, 2015

My recent post on the issue of homosexuality was posted a few days ago on the Missio Alliance blog. Check it out here: "We are all Sodomites: Love,… — November 6, 2015