July Biblical Studies Carnival Posted

Byhenry August 1, 2012

… at Reading Acts. This is one of those rare occasions when there is a link back to this very blog!

Asking Questions of a Biblical Text

Byhenry September 22, 2006

An excellent technique for digging deeper into a Bible text is to formulate questions about the text, and then look for answers to those questions. I discuss this briefly in my essay Reading the Text Precisely. A starting point for this is simply to ask basic fact questions about the text. Many difficult and angry…

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Barriers to Hearing the Word

Byhenry November 2, 2014

It turns out that I was off the track a bit in saying what we would discuss in Sunday School this morning. I think it’s one of the problems of teaching from a book I wrote. Everything is familiar and I can’t remember precisely what we’ve discussed and haven’t. I should perhaps take better notes,…

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Rightly Dividing or Slicing and Dicing – Jeremiah 4:23

Byhenry September 17, 2007

In debates on creation and evolution I have occasionally encountered the ruin and restoration theory. This view allows an old earth, but does so in a different way. Genesis 1:1 is viewed as an original creation, and then the word in 1:2 normally translated “was” is instead translated “became.” I discuss the details in the…

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NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible

Byhenry September 8, 2016

A little over a week ago I reviewed the NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible using the Olive Tree electronic edition. On Tuesday I received my hardcover copy from the publisher. (Note: I received this copy free of charge in exchange for an honest review. No other strings were attached!) This is not an extraordinarily new…

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Christian Carnival CCLIII Has Been Posted

Byhenry December 4, 2008

. . . at parables of a prodigal world. Go and enjoy!

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Philippians Study

Byhenry April 9, 2011

I’m going to have the privilege over the next eight weeks of teaching from the book of Philippians using advance copies of a new study guide. The study guide was written by Dr. Bruce Epperly, and will be released by my company, Energion Publications, in July. This will be the next release in the Participatory…