This morning I read Ps 136 (135 LXX) in the ScriptureStoryline reading. I noticed the paucity of indicative verbs and the abundance of substantival participles. This screenshot from a Logos…
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I reflect here on some of the books I read in 2019. My Book of the Year? Well, read and find out! Biography/Memoir https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Murray-MCheyne-Andrew-Bonar/dp/085151085X This summer for the @themcckc Pastoral…
In preparation for the second Sunday of Advent, I decided to take a look at Matthew 1 in Vaticanus. I had read it a few times over the years and…
Isaiah’s prophecy of a child that would be born to a virgin and named Immanuel (Isa 7:14) and his statement that a child would be born to rule on David’s…
I suggest that in Luke 15-16, Jesus weaves teachings related to money with ideas of salvation history. Luke 15-16 is divided into seven labeled units in the ESV. These units…
At ETS this year, I enjoyed a paper titled “The Lukan Major Textual Variants included in the THGNT.” The presenter argued that the longer readings in Luke 22:43-44 and 23:34…
Last night I attended the annual Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW) dinner at ETS. This was my third year attending. I think they have been doing these dinners…
To inspire his downcast audience, the Chronicler listed the good days Judah enjoyed under men like King Asa (2 Chronicles 14-16). The Chronicler wasted no time in elevating Asa as…
In material unique to Matthew in chs. 8-10, Matthew describes the helpless, pitiable state of those receiving the benefits of Jesus’ ministry. In this same material, Jesus is concerned for…
In Scripture’s storyline, God uses famine to direct his people and advance His redemptive plans. Abraham went to Egypt because of a famine in Canaan (Gen 12:10-20) and Isaac was…