As mentioned in this series, all up the Apostle Paul wrote 13 canonical letters, making up almost half of the New Testament. These are two…
Eerdmans, 2018. What a difference a generation makes. When it comes to buying new commentaries, some might ask: Why bother? Are not the older ones…
The two lengthy letters Paul wrote to the believers at Corinth are very important parts of our New Testament. Both letters were likely penned in…
The book of Romans is in many ways the magnum opus of the Apostle Paul. In its 16 chapters so many vital Christian truths and…
Eerdmans, 2018. The newest volume in the excellent Pillar New Testament Commentary series is another first-rate effort. The American New Testament professor has already done…
The Apostle Paul is a major figure in the New Testament. He is the author of 13 of the 29 books found in the New…
The first three gospels – Matthew, Mark and Luke – are known as the synoptic gospels, and they share a number of similarities. However, the…
The importance of the Old Testament for believers today cannot be overstated. But neither can it be overstated how often and how much the OT…
In this series on study tools on the entire Bible we now come to the final twelve Old Testament books – the Minor Prophets. These…
New theology titles keep pouring from the presses, and it is hard to keep up with everything that is out there. A few months ago…
The internet and social media have created a relatively new and malicious monster: the troll. Today mischievous and irksome trolls seem to be everywhere, and…
The Christian religion is one in which books really matter. Reading and writing matter greatly to biblical Christianity. It is a bookish religion. Note, I…
This is another passage (or two) that is not only rather difficult but also a matter of some contention. Of course, atheists and those wanting…
The Bible the Christian reads contains two Testaments and 66 books. The Old Testament contains 39 books while the New Testament has 27 books. That…
I had a rather strange thing happen to me some years ago. I was invited to be a key speaker at a Christian conference in…
Various introductory matters were laid out in Part 1 of this article. If you have not yet read it, I urge you to do so…
In this third of a four-part article I look further at issues of textual criticism, translation theory, pros and cons about manuscript types and translations,…
I have covered quite a bit of territory in the first three parts of this article. Now I seek to wrap things up, and offer…
Christians believe that the Bible is the divinely inspired and infallible Word of God. However, this needs to be carefully unpacked, and it has been…
The homosexual activists have long sought to rewrite the Bible in order to make their lifestyle appear to be scripturally acceptable. They have failed big…