Topic
New Testament
It's Okay to Expect a Miracle
Scholar Craig Keener rediscovers the reality of divine intervention.
December 9, 2011
Interpretation Sparks a Grave Theology Debate
Apologist’s questioning of Matthew 27 creates theological war of words.
November 7, 2011
Harold Camping Is (Sort of) Right
Jesus will put an end to this earth—but that is not the end of the story.
June 16, 2011
Abandon Studying the Historical Jesus? No, Jesus Studies Matter
A response to 'The Jesus We'll Never Know.'
April 9, 2010
Abandon Studying the Historical Jesus? No, We Need History
A response to 'The Jesus We'll Never Know.'
April 9, 2010
The Jesus We'll Never Know
Why scholarly attempts to discover the 'real' Jesus have failed. And why that's a good thing.
April 9, 2010
Preach. The. Word.
Still, says Charles Swindoll, the best sermons are wrapped in stories.
April 7, 2010
The Evolution of Sin
Old Testament professor Gary Anderson explains how sin came to be seen as a debt rather than a weight—and how that shaped Christianity.
March 17, 2010
Jesus and the Unclean Woman
How a story in Mark's gospel sheds light on the problem of obstetric fistula.
January 13, 2010
Who Was Jesus' Grandfather?
What the two genealogies of Christ, found in Matthew and Luke, are really trying to say.
December 21, 2009
We've Won the Lottery—Now What?
The meaning of evangelical scandals—including our own.
July 30, 2009
Obama Uses Sermon on the Mount to Elevate Speeches
The president has used the mountainside sermon several times in recent years to explain policy.
April 24, 2009
Easter, Unedited
N. T. Wright says the Gospels' Resurrection accounts are odd because they are fresh.
April 9, 2009
'Dead Sea Scrolls on Stone' 
Prof says first-century tablet tells of messiah who will die and rise.
August 15, 2008
Surveying the Whole to See the Parts
Tom Schreiner's New Testament Theology searches for Scripture's unifying themes.
June 16, 2008
Q&A: Daniel B. Wallace
On his organization's ancient New Testament manuscript haul in Albania.
April 23, 2008
The 8 Marks of a Robust Gospel
Reviving forgotten chapters in the story of redemption.
February 29, 2008
Two Testaments, One Story
Top evangelical scholars team up for landmark commentary on New Testament use of Old Testament.
February 8, 2008
This Samaritan Life
How to live in a culture that is vaguely suspicious of the church.
February 7, 2008
History and Parables
The author of The First Christmas reviews the other First Christmas.
December 21, 2007
No Room in the What?
Mary and Joseph weren't trying to check into a hotel—they were staying with relatives.
December 19, 2007
From the Seminaries to the Pews
The 'new perspective on Paul' gets the popular treatment.
August 31, 2007
What Did Paul Really Mean?
'New perspective' scholars argue that we need, well, a new perspective on justification by faith.
August 10, 2007
Harry Potter 7 Is Matthew 6
The young wizard may not have read the Bible, but someone else certainly did.
August 2, 2007
They Really Saw Him
Richard Bauckham argues that the Gospels are based on eyewitness testimony, not "anonymous community traditions." The key, he says, is in the names.
June 7, 2007
Revisiting a Non-Standard Scholar
Bruce Metzger devoted his life to helping us know early Christianity and its manuscripts better.
February 15, 2007
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