Alan Brill Interviews David M. Carr

Byhenry January 8, 2012

… and a mighty interesting interview it is, including discussion of how authors, readers, and texts were understood in the ancient world.

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100 Enlightening Bible Study Blogs

Byhenry February 25, 2009

According to ChristianColleges.com (link removed due to odd request by linked site), and since they include this blog, how could I argue? Well, besides including me, there are a number of others on the list that are on my blogroll, and several other sites that I use regularly in study. If I have time, I’ll…

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Convoluted Reasoning on Women Writing Commentaries

Byhenry April 3, 2013

John Piper is asked in a podcast whether a man can read a commentary written by a woman, with a follow-up as to whether one could then quote the commentary from the pulpit (HT: Jesus Creed). I find his reasoning here very convoluted. There is a much better logical basis for reading 1 Timothy 2:12…

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1 Chronicles 14:1-16:3 (The Ark Again)

Byhenry November 21, 2010

I’m continuing my notes on 1 Chronicles, working from the Cornerstone Biblical Commentary volume on 1 & 2 Chronicles by Mark J. Boda. One of the strengths of this particular commentary is making the themes of the book and the connections between the various passages very clear. The chronicler presents his theology in the form…

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Perspectives on Paul 10-28-30

Byhenry October 31, 2020

I recorded this on 10-21-30 because of the approach of Hurricane Zeta on the evening of the 28th. Video PowerPoint This is an embedded Microsoft Office presentation, powered by Office. PDF

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Lectionary Notes

Byhenry July 27, 2009

One of my devotional practices is to keep track of the weekly lectionary texts (not the daily and often not special days during the week), and read them through daily using different versions and different reference sources. I keep notes online when I have time. I haven’t publicized this very much because I have been…

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Following the Path of Jesus

Byhenry September 19, 2017

On January 1 God called two texts to my attention as themes for the year. They are Philippians 1:27-30 and Ephesians 5:1-2. I haven’t said a great deal about this, though the theme of those texts has shown up in a number of posts. Then yesterday I saw Dave Black’s latest translation of Philippians 1:27-30,…