This was fun – Messianic rabbi Eric Walker walk through Lexham Press’s Demons quiz (it markets my book). We both missed a few! Find out why:
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The “Sin Unto Death” in 1 John 5:16-17
Here’s a link to a short article I originally wrote for Bible Study Magazine on this passage. Its meaning is a common question from Bible readers: “Does God Always Give Second Chances?”
Graduating from Strong’s Word Study Tools for Better Word Study: Logos’s Reverse Interlinears
I decided this morning to do a quick screen capture video on reverse interlinears. This tool was pioneered in digital form by my employer, Logos Bible Software. I’m asked repeatedly about how to do word studies, so I created this as an answer to that question (I...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 234: Apps and Art
Check out some new Bible study tools, Christian art, and a way to help the persecuted church! Part 1: Johnny Cisneros – Bible Study Apps for Word Studies in Colossians What are some of the best Bible study apps today? And how can you use those study apps to gain...
A Key Resource for the Intersection of Ancient Judaism and Christianity
I’m speaking here of the 3-volume Commentary on the New Testament from the Talmud and Midrash (3 vols.), by Hermann L. Strack and Paul Billerbeck. It is frequently referenced by scholarly New Testament commentaries (especially those on the four gospels). To this...
Peter Gurry of Evangelical Textual Criticism Blog Reviews “Fragments of Truth” Film
I recommend reading Peter's even-handed review of "Fragments of Truth," created by Faithlife Films. I've posted the trailer before, but here it is again. The visual quality is very high and, as Peter notes, it's filled with many scholars whose expertise in New...
Was there a “Septuagint Canon”?
That’s an important question — and the title of this post by John Meade over at the Logos Academic blog. It’s worth a read, so check it out!
Fragments of Truth Trailer: A Faithlife TV Original Film
Faithlife TV has created a feature film documentary on New Testament manuscripts and textual criticism. It's hosted by Dr. Craig Evans. The visuals are stunning. The content takes on folks like Bart Ehrman (Dr. Evans has debated him a number of times) and their claims...
New Online Hebrew Transliteration Tool
I sometimes get email asking about transliteration (and pronunciation) of Hebrew words. Transliteration can help folks who want to try and pronounce Hebrew. This new online tool allows you to paste in Hebrew text and get an instant transliteration (an accurate one,...
Aliens and Demons: New Documentary
This has been quite a while in coming, and I had to keep it under wraps. My employer, Faithlife (makers of Logos Bible Software) has a relatively new streaming TV channel called Faithlife TV. They’re about to launch a documentary (74 minutes) featuring some of...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 131: ETS-SBL Interviews with Scholars – Part 4
During the recent annual meetings for biblical studies scholars held in San Antonio, Dr. Heiser interviewed a number of scholars about their recent work. In Part 4 of those interviews, we chat with Dr. N. T. Wright (former Bishop of Durham and Canon of Westminster,...
Rick Brannan’s Lexical Commentary on 1 Timothy Now Available in Logos
Listeners to the Naked Bible Podcast will recall the appearance of Rick Brannan, a friend and colleague of mine at Logos Bible Software. Rick is an expert on New Testament textual data and has had a sustained interest (as long as I’ve known him) in the pastoral...
Works of George Wesley Buchanan Available on Logos Platform
Logos is publishing a compilation of George W. Buchanan’s works. Why do I mention this item out of the 3-4,000 items Logos publishes each year? Because I helped put this on the radar. Buchanan is one of the few serious NT scholars who is open to an alternative...
Why Do Christians Disagree About End Times?
That’s the title of a new Mobile Ed mini-course I created for my employer Faithlife / Logos Bible Software. It’s a short video introduction to some of the issues that undermine consensus in eschatology. Folks who follow this blog will have gotten more...
New Logos Mobile Education Course by Dr. Mike Heiser
Late last year I filmed two short mini-courses for my employer, Logos Bible Software (Faithlife Corp). The first one just went on pre-pub. It’s called Problems in Bible Interpretation: Difficult Passages, vol. 1. The passages covered can be found at the link. If...