“Learning to grasp the unity of the Bible, of its one overall message from Genesis to Revelation, is necessary for a right understanding of the meaning of any individual text.” – Graeme Goldsworthy, According to Plan Dane Ortlund’s post ‘Transform Your Bible Reading’ is something everyone who tries to read the Bible should check out. [...]
In March 2010, the Kimyal people of Papua, Indonesia, received copies of the New Testament which had been translated into their language – for the first time in history! This video is, personally, overwhelming to watch. I own several Bibles to say the least. I’m sure there are no fewer than thirty in my possession. [...]
I caught this video post today at The Gospel Coalition (originally created by Heath McPherson) and wanted to share it here as well. This is an excerpted message from Tim Keller’s 2007 conference message (which is one of my all-time favorites) put together in video form. While there might be some liberties taken in a [...]
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“Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.” – Acts 17:11 (ESV) I’ve been asked quite a bit about my thoughts on William Paul Young’s novel The Shack which is the imaginative story of a [...]
A few Sundays ago I spoke on how we got our Bible. I walked through not only the formation of the canon in the first few centuries of the Church but also the progression of the English translation of the Bible (You can see my article on the progression of English Bible translations here). I [...]
