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Hélène M. Dallaire discusses Mastering Biblical Hebrew
HÉLÈNE M. DALLAIRE (PhD, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion) is Earl S. Kalland Professor of Old Testament and Semitic Languages and Chair of the Old Testament Depar...
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What Does It Mean to Be Evangelical?
Brandon Washington opens chapter one of A Burning House: Redeeming American Evangelicalism by Examining Its History, Mission, and Message wi...
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War in the Bible: an Examination of Biblical Conflict and Violence
The Bible doesn’t flinch at portraying the world’s violence, especially during wartime. And while there is no such thing as a kind and gentl...
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As a Father Disciplines his Son (Hebrews 12:5)
When we go through difficult times, sometimes they are the consequence of our own actions, but not always. When the book of Hebrews talks ab...
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What Is the Wrath of God? An Examination of Colossians 3
Today's post is adapted from Colossians, Philemon in the NIV Application Commentary series and David E. Garland's lectures on Colossians on ...
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Why can “the” mean “some”?
ὁ has got to be one of the most flexible words in Greek. When I first saw the 85 pages Wallace commits to the article, I remembered being sh...
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Father’s “house” or “business” (Luke 2:49)
Omitted words. We all do it. I am from Minnesota, and we love to end sentences in repositions. “Do you want to go with?” From context, you k...
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How can Lazarus Rise Again? (John 11:23–24)
The “etymological error” is defining a word by it morphemes, its little parts. There are times when context supports that a word still carri...
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Wait on the Lord (Psalm 27:14)
Let’s have a little fun in the LXX. I have been especially interested lately in what it means to “wait on the Lord.” It seems to me that wai...
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What does Paul Pray For? (Hebrews 13:21)
One of the debates in translation work is whether there is meaning in the form of a sentence. If one word is an infinitive, for example, and...
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Are You Absolutely Confident That God Will Win? (Revelation 10:7)
This is one of the basic points we try to make in first year Greek, but in the rush to simplify the language sufficiently for a first year s...
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Is Paul a “Good Deed Doer”?
<p>One of the more interesting expressions in the Pastorals is ἔργον ἀγαθόν. It presents a conundrum whether you translate it as “good...
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Is Philosophy Inherently Evil? (Colossians 2:8)
<p>Colossians 2:8 is often misunderstood to say that all philosophy is bad and Christians should not engage in the discipline. It is j...
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An Interview with Gavin Ortlund, Author of What It Means to Be Protestant
GAVIN ORTLUND (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is president of Truth Unites and theologianin-in-residence at Immanuel Nashville Church in ...
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An Interview with Joan Taylor, Author of Boy Jesus
GAVIN ORTLUND (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is president of Truth Unites and theologianin-in-residence at Immanuel Nashville Church in ...
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An Interview with Sarah Irving-Stonebraker, Author of Priests of History
SARAH IRVING-STONEBRAKER (PhD, Cambridge) is associate professor of history and Western Civilization at Australian Catholic University....
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Introducing the one-volume edition of the NIV Application Commentary!
The NIV Application Commentary on the Bible is a masterful blend of content written by today's top academics in a way that is compelling and...
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