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Gary Manning Jr — April 27, 2026
This blog post was originally published on the Good Book Blog in 2011. When I teach or preach from the Gospels, I always bring in relevant aspects...
Kenneth Berding — April 13, 2026
Yes, the Bible commands us to memorize Scripture. But the command probably doesnt come in the form you think. Normally, people think of a biblical...
Kenneth Berding — April 01, 2026
My colleague, Dr. Isaac Blois, who teaches in the Torrey Honors College at 51勛圖窪蹋, recently published an academic book entitled The Role...
Kenneth Berding — March 23, 2026
I used to find a strange sort of comfort in two verses that seemed to indicate that the author of Hebrews sometimes didnt know where he was...
Gary Manning Jr — February 09, 2026
The New Testament clearly presents the Holy Spirit as a person. The Spirit is described as doing things and experiencing things that only make...
The Good Book Blog — January 21, 2026
Good Book Blog (GBB): Congratulations on your new book: The Bible by Heart: The Bibles Own Method for Scripture Memory . Ken Berding (KB): Thanks...
John Bloom — January 09, 2026
Over my long academic career, one of my greatest joys is seeing students grow in their faith and confidence in the Lord; but one of my greatest...
Kevin Lawson — December 19, 2025
You, however, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, my persecutions and...
Pero t繳 has seguido mi doctrina, conducta, prop籀sito, fe, longanimidad, amor, paciencia, persecuciones, padecimientos, como los que me...
Kenneth Berding — December 03, 2025
I was driving to work this morning and happened upon a Christian radio station where a preacher (Im unsure who) was expositing a passage of...
Kenneth Berding — November 19, 2025
Not long ago, I helped a group of young adults memorize the famous verses below using hand motions. Perhaps you can do the same. (Adapt to...
Kenneth Berding — November 03, 2025
How can I grow to love Gods Word more than I currently do? One night recently, I had trouble falling asleep. So I got up and spent three hours in...
The Good Book Blog — October 31, 2025
The following blog post is a meditation by former Talbot School of Theology adjunct professor Joy Mosbarger, initially published in October 2012....
Kyle Strobel — October 29, 2025
I will often use the language of true self and false self, because I think it gets at something important. The problem is that others use this...
Kevin Lawson — October 10, 2025
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and...
Si yo hablase lenguas humanas y ang矇licas, y no tengo amor, vengo a ser como metal que resuena, o c穩mbalo que reti簽e. Y si tuviese profec穩a, y...
Gary Manning Jr — October 08, 2025
In season 2 of the popular television series The Chosen, the apostle Simon the Zealot is depicted as a former assassin from the Zealot party with...
Kenneth Berding — October 03, 2025
How many times have I heard someone say, Thats just wrong! when the action being discussed isnt wrong in a moral sense, but is simply unwise...
William Lane Craig — September 29, 2025
This is a Q&A blog post by Talbot School of Theologys Visiting Scholar in Philosophy, William Lane Craig. Question I'm not a Christian...
Kenneth Berding — September 15, 2025
Did you know that the Bible tells us that there are certain things we shouldnt even talk about? The apostle Paul writes in Ephesians 5: But...
Kenneth Berding — September 05, 2025
This morning, while reading in 1 Timothy 4:11-16 (in Greek), I was drawn to a surprising cluster of intense verbs that the apostle Paul uses to...
Kenneth Way — August 08, 2025
In our previous post, we discussed faith in Gideons story. Here in Part Two, we discuss the remaining three individuals from Judges who are...
Kenneth Way — August 06, 2025
Hebrews 11:32-34 mentions four infamous individuals from the book of Judges (ordered Gideon, Barak, Samson, and Jephthah). [1] But these four are...
Gary Manning Jr — July 30, 2025
In John 4:9, the Samaritan woman is surprised that Jesus asked her for water from the well. The reason for her surprise is that Jews do not ____...
Kenneth Berding — July 21, 2025
God trains us through waiting. On the day I started writing this post, I was waiting for God to answer a prayer. You see, Trudi and I have been...