Lexham PressThis post is adapted from Church History for Modern Ministry: Why Our Past Matters for Everything We Do by Dayton Hartman. I used to suffer from chronological snobbery, but that wasn’t my only problem. I was also arrogant, rude, and condescending to...
Logos StaffBy David Instone-Brewer, adapted from Moral Questions of the Bible: Timeless Truth in a Changing World. Prison is a great place to find Jesus. A friend of mine in Cambridge offered to work in a prison as a chaplain and found that prisoners...
This post on knowing Christ is adapted from In Season and Out: Sermons for the Christian Year by David A. deSilva. This title is available through Lexham Press. *** Paul, of course, was not just a seeker of Christ on Sundays. His passion for...
By Matthew Kim, adapted from Preaching Points: 55 Tips for Improving Your Pulpit Ministry. I once sat under the preaching ministry of a pastor who loved his people. He cared about them. Everyone knew it. Everyone felt it. But after years of...
Mark WardIf you go to seminary, there are certain tasks you will be asked to do. I don’t have to know which school you’re going to or what classes you’re taking. You’ll be doing these things. Three of them. Promise. I’ve used pretty much all the major tools...
Guest AuthorThis is the most thought-provoking book I have read in a long time . . . none of the weak portions undermine his general thesis that the supernatural personages envisioned in the OT are both central and coherent in the text.
Remember ERP: Estimated Relationship Potential. This is a social science theory from the field of interpersonal communication which demonstrates that when we meet someone we quickly form an estimate of the potential for a relationship. We start to...
What you need is a system that allows you to take notes easily (one that is not clunky); allows you to use your notes for drafting essays (one that allows you to find and search easily); and one that protects you from plagiarism, both now and for...
In this adaptation below, we read about the gutsy step preachers should take with their preaching. *** In an issue of Leadership journal, Lee Eclov tells the story of a researcher named Hillary Koprowski, who was a leader in the search for the polio...
Love the smell of an old book or the feel of the cover of a new one? Or does downloading a new digital book make you smile? Today is your day. Book Lovers Day (aka National Book Lovers Day in the United States) is celebrated on August 9 every year...
Even if you haven’t watched it, you have probably heard of Netflix’s hit show Stranger Things. Below Dr. Heiser discusses whether it’s possible to see the gospel in Stranger Things. *** The show has been growing in popularity and viewership...
This post is adapted from “In our preaching, less is more” by Haddon Robinson. *** There is an old story that preachers tell: A man came to church one Sunday and the only person who was there, besides himself, was the preacher. The preacher was...
Michael S. HeiserThe seventh chapter of my book The World Turned Upside Down marks the transition of Stranger Things from season one to season two. Basically, chapter seven takes us from before Eleven’s sacrifice to after Eleven’s sacrifice. The initial episode of...
You may never have asked yourself this question before, but do your sermons sound angry? *** There is a temptation in every preacher to begin and end every sermon with correction. Didn’t Paul tell us in 2 Timothy 3:16 that “all Scripture is God...
by Richard Rohlfing | Durham University Most of us are aware that 35-40% of the Hebrew Bible can be described as poetic (not to speak of the poetic dimensions of Hebrew narrative). Yet, what theological difference does it make that poetry is the...
By Walter C. Kaiser Jr., with Tiberius Rata, adapted from Walking the Ancient Paths: A Commentary on Jeremiah. Probably more than in most other biblical books, Jeremiah presents God as one having deep feelings, emotions, and passions (pathos)...
By Scott M. Gibson, adapted from Preaching Points: 55 Tips for Improving Your Pulpit Ministry. Charles Gore, formerly bishop of Worcester, Birmingham, and finally Oxford, wrote more than a century ago, “The disease of modern preaching is its search...
By Walter C. Kaiser Jr., adapted from I Will Lift My Eyes Unto the Hills: Learning from the Great Prayers of the Old Testament In Daniel 9:1–27, we are told that Daniel opened his windows toward Jerusalem three times daily in order to pray to God...
Over the years I’ve developed, in good Lutheran fashion, ten theses on spiritual cure, the care of souls. Spiritual care comes from God My first thesis is this: All spiritual care is provided by God the Holy Trinity through his word in spoken and...
G. K. Chesterton writes, "(Children) always say, 'Do it again'; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough to exult in monotony."
Strive to be a professor who is concerned about heart application as much as theological information.
An excerpt on sermon preparation and prayer by Matthew Kim, adapted from Preaching Points: 55 Tips for Improving Your Pulpit Ministry. It’s something that we all know in our minds. We’ve considered it. But it’s often difficult to put into practice...
Tavis BohlingerHey everybody, here is the second instalment of our coverage of the 2019 Tyndale House Conference. Yesterday I posted some commentary and a photo essay on Day 1 (well, actually it was Day 3 since the conference began on Monday, but NT and Biblical...
Words and Photographs by Tavis Bohlinger I’m here in Cambridge right now for the second half of the annual Tyndale House Study Groups. This is my first time attending the conference, although members of the Logos team have been here in past...
The Old Testament consistently teaches the distinct, creative agency of the Spirit of God over the cosmos and all that is in it, including humankind. Not only does the Spirit of God [ruach] create all things but he also sustains them (Gen 6:3)...
When students ask for recommended books on pastoral ministry before entering seminary, I usually have Paul Tripp’s Dangerous Calling at the top of my list. Tripp points out many of the common heart problems related to pastoral ministry. But this...
By Walter C. Kaiser Jr., with Tiberius Rata, on the issue of two Jeremiah scrolls, adapted from Walking the Ancient Paths: A Commentary on Jeremiah. Editor’s note: the textual issues surrounding Jeremiah are among the most difficult in all the...
Matthew BoffeyThere are at least two senses in Scripture in which Jesus is the word of God. Though related, one has to do with the idea of revelation, and the other with the Greek word logos. Jesus as God’s revelation One way to understand Jesus as God’s word is...
Nijay GuptaNijay K. Gupta, professor of New Testament at Northerm Seminary (PhD, University of Durham), contributed a series on biblical commentaries on the Pauline epistles. Dr. Gupta has written three commentaries (Colossians, 1–2 Thessalonians, Lord’s...
By Jeffrey Arthurs It was said of Winston Churchill that “he mobilized the English language, and sent it into battle.” I exhort you, send your best words into battle against the world, the flesh, and the devil. Send language forth like soldiers...