Learn about the Cultural Background to the Bible (with pictures and everything)

May 9, 2013 By 6 Comments

In 2009, Zondervan released the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary. The Old Testament portion of this set is a massive 5-volume, 3000+ page, hard cover boxed set that cost about as much as my first car. (The New Testament set is a mere 4 volumes.) The dilemma is that this heavy and expensive set (about [...]

Filed Under: Genesis, Isaiah, John Walton, Psalms, Zondervan Illustrated Bible Background Commentary 6 Comments

Trying to Believe in God (or, listening to your inner atheist)

November 21, 2012 By 42 Comments

I think I know more people who are trying to believe in God than people who actually do. Maybe I need to get out more often, or maybe I need to have a less selective group of conversation partners, but this is my experience. You go through your day hoping to catch a glimpse of [...]

Filed Under: belief in God, Christian Life, doubt, Ecclesiastes, evangelicals and academia, Psalms, spirituality 42 Comments

David Williams on C. S. Lewis and a Very Human Bible

April 9, 2012 By 8 Comments

David Williams, my friend and campus minister for InterVarsity in a state that is the epicenter of ACC basketball, recently ran–without my realizing it–an amazing series on C. S. Lewis on his blog resurrecting raleigh. David goes deeper than I do here, and I think you’ll like what he has to say. Here are the links to his [...]

Filed Under: BIble and myth, C. S. Lewis, David Williams, Genesis, Psalms 8 Comments