Why It Would Be Worse If God Wasn’t Angry

| Wed, July 17, 2019 | biblical studies, Books, Products 0
Christ and the Samaritan Woman at the Well by Angelica Kauffman, 1796.

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). Yahweh shows his love and affection for Israel and the peoples of the earth, but he also shows his deep anger and wrath for all the moral degradation and flaunting of his law. This is hard for many contemporaries to understand, for we have forgotten that it is a matter of evil to stand in the presence of wickedness or sin and not be moved to hate that evil with a passion. [Read more…]

War, Massacres, and Conquests: Why on Earth Would You Study Joshua?

| Tue, July 16, 2019 | Products 0
Poussin Nicolas, The Victory of Joshua over the Amalekites, c. 1625

By Dr. L. Daniel Hawk

In this guest post, Dr. L. Daniel Hawk discusses his approach for teaching the unsettling aspects of Joshua in Mobile Ed: OT315 Book Study: Joshua (12 hour course), now on pre-order. [Read more…]

The Disease of Modern Preaching That Will Kill Its Power

| Mon, July 15, 2019 | Books, Lexham, Preaching 1

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 after popularity.” [Read more…]

All the Best Commentaries, Most 50% Off

| Mon, July 15, 2019 | Bible Study, biblical studies, Books, Logos 8, Products 1

For a limited time, save up to 50% on the top five commentaries as ranked on BestCommentaries.com.

This is the perfect opportunity to get that commentary you need for your upcoming sermon series or class, or to enrich your library with resources that help you get more out of your Bible studies. [Read more…]

Learning Logos: How to Display All Search Results on the Timeline

| Mon, July 15, 2019 | Training 0

A fellow Logos user contacted me with a question I wanted to pass along to you:

I’m doing a search for Moses on the Timeline which says I have 29 hits. But I can’t see them. I have to move through the Timeline to find them and I’m not sure I’m viewing them all. Surely there’s something I’m not doing. Help! [Read more…]

Throw Yourself on the Written Word of God

| Fri, July 12, 2019 | Bible Study, biblical studies, Books, Lexham, Lexham Publishing, Products 0

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 (Dan 6:10). And we have no reason to doubt that just as often he opened the Scriptures to know the will of God, for it was from his understanding of “the word of the Lord given [earlier] to Jeremiah the prophet” (Dan 9:2) that he knew how to pray. Daniel may have carried a scroll of the prophet Jeremiah with him from his homeland, or he used one that was in the possession of the exiles. This high regard for the Scriptures is likewise very evident when we hear Daniel praying, for he does so in a series of subtly woven quotations from what we today call the Old Testament. [Read more…]

3 Days, 21 Libraries, Thousands of Books

| Fri, July 12, 2019 | Bible Study, biblical studies, Books, Logos 8, Products 0

The Logos library expansion sale is a scholar’s dream, and it ends in three days.

It features 21 library expansions of four sizes each, so you can find just the right addition to your own library. [Read more…]

Why Archaeology Makes Faith Less ‘Blind’

| Fri, July 12, 2019 | Articles, Bible Study, biblical studies, Books, Products 0

Biblical archaeology is archaeology focused on the ancient Near East. It includes places like modern-day Israel, Jordan, Syria, Turkey, Egypt, Iraq, and Iran from 1,400 BC through the first century AD. 

And though students of the Bible often overlook archaeology, it’s one of our most significant partners in Bible study—a witness to the events, culture, and people in the Bible’s stories.  [Read more…]

God Lives Well—and That’s Good News

| Thu, July 11, 2019 | biblical studies, Books, Lexham, Lexham Publishing, Logos 8, Products 0

There is no shortage of writings on the nature of human wisdom.1

But what of divine wisdom, the wisdom that is unique and specific to the triune life of God?  [Read more…]

Massive Tomes. Bigger Savings.

| Thu, July 11, 2019 | Bible Study, biblical studies, Books, Logos 8, Products 0

Announcing the IVP sale: up to 30% off major collections this month only.

As we wrote in a different post, IVP is one of those names. Those names in biblical studies everyone knows. [Read more…]