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February 2021

February 03, 2021

Reading Frederick Buechner

Jeffrey Munroe Reading Buechner: Exploring the Work of a Master Memoirist, Novelist, Theologian, and Preacher...

February 01, 2021

Podcast Interview with Outpost Theology

Over at Outpost Theology, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by theologian Josh McNall...

January 2021

January 30, 2021

Three Good Podcast Episodes for this Week

Hi everyone, Here are three good podcast episodes that I recommend you to listen to...

January 28, 2021

A Week in the Life of a Greco-Roman Woman

Holly Beers A Week in the Life of a Greco-Roman Woman. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity,...

January 27, 2021

John Swinton on Spirituality and Mental Challenges

John Swinton Finding Jesus in the Storm: The Spiritual Lives of Christians with Mental Health...

January 25, 2021

How Philo Paved the Way for Gnosticism

The definitions, origins, and features of Gnosticism are deeply contested. In one sense, however, it...

January 22, 2021

Pastoral Epistles Commentary by Chris Hutson

Christoph R. Hutson First and Second Timothy and Titus (Paideia; Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2019)...

January 19, 2021

OnScript Interview with Mike Bird and Scott Harrower on the Trinity

Over at OnScript, Amy Brown Hughes interviews Scott Harrower and myself about our book Trinity without...

January 19, 2021

Birds of Feather – Episode 3

Aimee Byrd and I continue our regular chats, this time about: American insurrection and Christian...

January 14, 2021

Christians and Conspiracy Theories – An Aussie Perspective

We have recently seen the American capitol stormed by people spurned on by President Trump...

January 13, 2021

Talking About Jesus Through Muslim Eyes with Richard Schumack

Here's a conversation I had with Richard Schumack about his book Jesus Through Muslim Eyes. The...

January 10, 2021

Mike Bird’s Next Book – 7 Things I Wish Christians Knew About the Bible

My new book, 7 Things I Wish Christians Knew About the Bible, drops on 7 June...

January 10, 2021

Introduction to Israel’s Wisdom Traditions

John L. McLaughlin An Introduction to Israel’s Wisdom Traditions Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 2018. Available at...

January 07, 2021

Mike Bird’s Lecture on Jesus among the gods

I had the pleasure of delivering Ridley College's 2020 Leon Morris Lecture on the topic...

January 04, 2021

Justin Martyr on the Logos

There is an intensification of Logos christology among the early apologists especially with Justin Martyr....

January 01, 2021

Gupta and Bird Chatting on the Gospel of John

To kick off the new year, in this video, Nijay Gupta (Northern Seminary) and me...

December 2020

December 24, 2020

Christmas Video from Ridley College

Here is Ridley College Christmas Video where I give my 45 second devotional of John...

December 23, 2020

Planet Theology Podcast Back from Hiatus

The podcast Planet Theology is back from hiatus due to COVID stuff. In this episode,...

December 22, 2020

My Top 5 Books for 2020

Here are my top books for 2020 5. The Book of Revelation: A Biography by...

December 21, 2020

Some Recent Podcast Interviews with Michael Bird

I've done a stack of podcast interviews in recent months, here's the latest ones: The...

December 19, 2020

Reflections on John’s Prologue

The prologue to the Gospel of John is one of the Rubik’s Cubes of...

December 16, 2020

John the Sectarian and Evangelicalism

I have always enjoyed Robert Gundry's works. His Mark commentary is one of the best...

December 13, 2020

The Nazareth Manifesto as the Gospel

One of the best examples of the holistic nature of the gospel is Lk 4:16-30. The...

December 13, 2020

The Deification of the Roman Emperor

In the Greco-Roman world, deity was relative to a relationship and plottable along a spectrum. ...

December 07, 2020

Chris Keith on the Matthew 23 Jesus

I've been reading Chris Keith's book Jesus Against the Scribal Elite, and loved this quote: Matthew...

December 05, 2020

Why Eternal Generation Matters

The latest issue of Credo Magazine has some terrific articles about the doctrine of the...

December 04, 2020

Christoph Heilig on Acts 10-11

I've been teaching on the Book of Acts this semester, and Christoph Heilig gives a...

December 01, 2020

Kevin Vanhoozer – Hearers and Doers

Kevin Vanhoozer Hearers & Doers: A Pastor's Guide to Making Disciples Through Scripture and Doctrine Bellingham, WA:...

November 2020

November 28, 2020

Interview with Josh Jipp about Messianic Theology

Here is my interview with Josh Jipp about his brand new book The Messianic Theology of...

November 25, 2020

HTR articles on Wright and Israel are Free Access for a Limited Time

Over at the CUP Blog, Harvard Theological Review articles by Joel Kaminsky/Mark Reasoner and moi...