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July 2019

July 30, 2019

Covenant and law, grace, works, and faith.

I've updated this post with a new section and handout, after the overview. It treats...

January 2019

January 19, 2019

NT Gospel Doctrine Lesson 3: Luke 2, Matthew 2

Arvo Pärt's Nunc Dimittis, the Latin text of Luke 2:29-32, "Now dismiss..." Matthew and Luke provide...

January 18, 2019

NT Gospel Doctrine Lesson 2: Matthew 1, Luke 1

Arvo Pärt's magnificent Magnificat, one of many songs based on the Latin translation of Mary's "my...

January 03, 2019

Brief NT Introduction and Gospel Doctrine Lesson 1: John 1:1-14, Isa 61:1-3, JST Luke 3:4-11

Let's start the new year by reminding ourselves how little we know, with a brief...

December 2018

December 29, 2018

New Testament Gospel Doctrine Resources, Part 3: Everything Else

(Post 1, post 2) I've decided to gather together my other recommendations into one big...

December 06, 2018

New Testament Gospel Doctrine Resources (Post 2): The Bible, Text, and Translation

(Link to Part 1, the Short List) First, I'm doing a book giveaway on Facebook....

November 2018

November 16, 2018

New Testament Gospel Doctrine Resources (Post 1): Top 5 Books

It's that time of year when sales happen, Christmas money appears in your stocking, and...

October 2018

October 27, 2018

“You either believe the scriptures or you don’t”

"You either believe the scriptures or you don't." I have, on occasion, been accused of wresting...

October 09, 2018

Group study- Recycling an old suggestion

I have more thoughts on group and family study to supplement replace our lost hour...

September 2018

September 30, 2018

The Future Faith of Our Seminary Students

This is a long post, with four sections, but I ask you to read it because...

August 2018

August 14, 2018

Raymond Brown on Understanding and Teaching Complicated Historical Issues

Raymond E. Brown SS, was a Catholic priest and Bible scholar, known for his Introduction...

December 2017

December 21, 2017

A Christmas Plug

One of the best ways for laypeople to learn about the history, text, interpretation, archaeology,...

July 2017

July 30, 2017

Kenton Sparks on Genre

In the LDS Perspectives podcast, I alluded to this passage from Kenton Sparks' section in Genesis: History,...

July 19, 2017

Podcast post

I was interviewed last year for the LDS Perspectives podcast, which I recommend. Therein, I...

April 2017

April 20, 2017

Announcement: Online Mormon Reading Group of Luke T. Johnson’s Introduction to the New Testament

It's paper-writing season for me, not a ton of time to blog anything substantial. However,...

February 2017

February 17, 2017

Greek/Hebrew Followup: Another Demo and more Free Stuff Through March 1

It's Logos' 25th Anniversary, and they're offering a $25 coupon through March 1. That means it's...

February 11, 2017

How to Use Greek and Hebrew: New and Improved

I'll get back to my Transitional Mormonism and Tradition, but I was really excited about...

November 2016

November 30, 2016

New/Forthcoming books of Interest

Update: Between now and Dec 5, get 5$ off any physical Amazon book order of...

August 2016

August 19, 2016

Critical Scholarship and Faith at BYU, Brief Partial Summary and Thoughts

Several weeks ago, the Maxwell Institute's Studies in the Bible and Antiquity journal sponsored a small non-public...

November 2015

November 29, 2015

New Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 43: 1-2 Peter, Jude

These three epistles are usually grouped with James and the three epistles of John, together...

September 2015

September 19, 2015

New Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 36: Romans

Paul's letter to Romans "has been the most studied of the apostle's writings -- indisputably...

August 2015

August 23, 2015

Necessary background on grace, faith, works, law, justification for the coming LDS Gospel Doctrine discussions (updated)

[Please see my newer version of this post here.] Let me open by saying, this...

October 2014

October 15, 2014

(Cross-posted at Times&Seasons) Many of these can be purchased in paper, kindle, or from Logos...