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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

In my last post I asked, "Is rape ever justifiable?" specifically in light of the story of Lot and his two daughters (Gen. 19:30-38). On Facebook my post… — December 2, 2016

Prostitutes and Polygamists (the book, not the people) is on sale now for $3.99 in e-book format directly from Zondervan. Here's the link to the Zondervan e-Book sale. Even… — November 14, 2016

Logos Mobile Ed has just released the courses I taped on 1, 2 Samuel and 1, 2 Kings.  If you're interested in these two courses, here is the link.… — July 3, 2016

A Baptist pastor named Roger Jimenez in Sacramento has been making headlines for preaching that the 49 people who died at the gay club in Orlando deserved it.  Somehow a… — June 15, 2016

I met Aaron Persky (here's the link to today's NY Times article on Persky) in the fall of 1980 when we were both freshmen at Stanford together. Aaron… — June 7, 2016

The twitter account has been going for almost a year, but the moment you've all been waiting for, the newest version of the Bible, in that special language… — June 3, 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

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

On Tuesday March 8 (tonight) at 10:00 ET the US network ABC will premiere a new drama called Of Kings and Prophets.  It tells the story of Saul,… — March 8, 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

Christianity Today just posted "The Top 20 Most-Read Articles of 2015." Number 14 was "David was a Rapist, Abraham was a Sex Trafficker." I guess people do want… — December 28, 2015

When I was 19, I attended Urbana 1981 with my parents and my older brother, Rich. Urbana is one of the world's largest missions conferences, held every three… — December 21, 2015

The e-book version of Prostitutes and Polygamists is currently 20% off at all major e-book retailers (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, CBD.com, etc)--only $7.99. The sale ends Nov 24… — November 20, 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

From my bathroom window I can see the local Catholic church two hundred yards away.  Yesterday, I noticed huge crowds in the parking lot, much bigger than I… — September 23, 2015

A lot has been happening related to my new book, Prostitutes and Polygamists: A Look at Love, Old Testament Style (Zondervan). Here is what Carolyn Custis James says… — September 22, 2015