Seminary Secrets Revealed
Saturday, January 22nd, 2011When I was in seminary, I was married with three kids, I worked full time, and I attended school more than full time. Not to brag…okay, to brag…but I completed a Th.M. (120 credit hours) in three years. I do not recommend this, and neither does my wife. But at the time, it was what [...]
Bible Study Software
Monday, January 17th, 2011You may remember my rant from last year about Bible Study Software. I wanted something that was quick, powerful, easy to use, and didn’t have built-in expiration dates. I recommended a few programs in that post, but over the past year have found myself using only one of them: BibleWorks. I first discovered this software [...]
Study Deadlines
Sunday, March 22nd, 2009I think if I am going to make any progress on this commentary at all, I am going to have to change my study procedure somewhat, and provide some self-imposed deadlines. My procedure so far has been to study the text, write the commentary, then do validation research by reading the commentaries on the passage. [...]
New Approach to Scripture – Part II
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009Let me discuss a bit further on how I plan to approach this commentary. First, this is a massive undertaking, and so I cannot focus on everything at once. I will try, to the best of my ability, to work through one book of the Bible at a time before moving on to another. Ideally, I would [...]
New Approach to Scripture
Friday, January 2nd, 2009Ultimately, this commentary is an attempt to flesh out a new approach to Scripture which I call Redemptive Incarnational Hermeneutics. (Sounds fancy, right? I did, after all, attend semitary.) This is an approach to Scripture I have been thinking through for about two years now. But recently, I have stumbled across several authors and teachers who already use [...]
Welcome!
Thursday, October 9th, 2008Welcome to the Online Interactive Grace Commentary! What qualifies a person to write a commentary on the Bible? When you turn to a commentary for Bible study (or pick up any book at all) how do you decide if the author should be listened to? Do you generally turn to the back cover and read the little blurb [...]