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Pre-Order Preview #8: Genesis, Paul, Geisler, and Waltke

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Shipping tomorrow! Get a great deal on these resources below while they are still in pre-order status:

6/17/2022    Biblical Theology for the Church (2 vols.) – These two volumes in the Biblical Theology for the Church series explore Biblical worship and leadership.


6/17/2022    Genesis in Space and Time – Dr. Francis A. Schaeffer shows how the first eleven chapters of Genesis stand as a solid, space-time basis for answering the tough questions posed by modern man.


6/17/2022    Paul and Scripture: Studying the New Testament Use of the Old Testament – This volume illuminates Paul’s use of the Old Testament, providing a big-picture overview for students of the New Testament. Steve Moyise, a recognized expert on the use of the Old Testament in the New, discusses Paul’s handling of creation stories, Abraham, Moses, the Law, the Prophets, and the Writings.


6/17/2022    Paul, Then and Now – Matthew Novenson puts contextual understandings of Paul’s letters into conversation with their Christian reception history.


6/17/2022    The Apologetics of Jesus: A Caring Approach to Dealing with Doubters – In this original book, readers will find a new way of looking at the message and miracles of Christ and will be revived by the example of Christ’s caring approach to dealing with doubters.


6/17/2022    The Christ in the Bible Commentary (6 vols.) – The Christ in the Bible Commentary bundle is a 6-volume commentary on the entire Bible by A.B. Simpson.


6/17/2022    The Norman L. Geisler Apologetics Library (13 vols.) – The Norman L. Geisler Apologetics Library contains the full text of a dozen Geisler books on apologetics to provide accessible, reliable, and thoughtful answers on how to defend Christianity against skeptical claims.


6/17/2022    The Way of Wisdom: Essays in Honor of Bruce K. Waltke – In tribute to Dr. Waltke, we present this collection of writings exploring the wisdom perspective of the Bible. The Way of Wisdom displays a level of scholarship and insight in keeping with Bruce Waltke’s high academic standards, and a breadth of outlook reflective of his own broad grasp of God’s Word and its application to all of life.

The Joy (?) of Administration in Academia

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by Mark Strauss | Bethel Seminary

This is the last of five articles addressing the multiple hats we as professors wear, including research and writing, teaching, mentoring students, ministry in the church, and administrative roles. My goal throughout this series has been to celebrate the different roles of professors and perhaps to stretch you a bit in areas you may not consider your strengths.

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The Power of Visual Filters in Logos

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Visual Filters augment the text of a resource to focus your attention on specific features in a resource. By marking up the text, Visual Filters provide additional insight without requiring you to actively engage in study.

For example, you can set up Visual Filters to automatically show:

  • Indicators for Atlas entries to a pericope
  • Icons showing any custom notes you’ve created in a resource
  • Highlights for specific verb conjugations or uses (like historical presents in the Book of Mark)
  • Markers for grammatical constructions like the Granville Sharp Rule

Seeing the visual indicators can deepen your study with a glance or prompt additional study.

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Pre-Order Preview #7: Video Studies, New Covenant Commentaries, Science and God

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This seventh edition of Pre-Order Preview features a host of resources dropping in the next three days. If you want to grab some great deals on solid academic, biblical and theological content, do it quick before these books ship on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday this week (if you’re asking, “what is pre-order?”, go here):

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Teaching for Transformation: A Conversation with Robert K. Johnston

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Although students often enter into theological education for information, their journey should be marked by formation, with the end result being transformation. This call to transformation animates the pedagogical life of Robert K. Johnston, senior professor of theology and culture at Fuller Theological Seminary. Johnston has served theological education for the last forty-five years not only as a professor, but also as provost at both Fuller and North Park Seminary. He has written, edited or co-authored a number of books on film and theology, including Deep Focus (Baker, 2019), and is a past president of the American Theological Society. Johnston recently spoke with Didaktikos editor Douglas Estes about the role of the theological educator in student formation.

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Resurrection and the Reorientation of Philosophy

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“He is Risen” – R. O. Hodgell

by Donald McIntyre

Introduction

The doctrine of the resurrection has drastic implications for life here and now. If Christ was resurrected on the third day, then there are necessary truths which follow which should seriously impact one’s worldview. This article discusses how the resurrection is evidence of life after death which in turn should affect one’s view of philosophy. 

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Pre-Order Preview #6: Leon Morris, Francis Watson, and Walter Brueggemann

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This sixth edition of Pre-Order Preview features a host of resources dropping in the next two days. If you want to grab some great deals on solid academic, biblical and theological content, do it quick before these books ship Thursday and Friday this week.

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Why the NIV, NRSV and NET Bible are the Best Translations Available

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by Ben Witherington | Amos Professor of New Testament for Doctoral Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary

Of the making of new or renewed translations of the Bible there is no end. And I am often asked what translation should I use? But the answer to that question depends on the use that will be made of the Bible. For the serious student of the Bible who wants and loves detailed notes and cross references, maps etc. I usually recommend the NET Bible, not to be confused with the NEB. For those looking simply for a readable Bible without all the clutter around the edges of the page, I will normally recommend the long time bestseller the NIV.

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Placement is Everything: Greek Conditional Clauses

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Dependent adverbial clauses are a common feature of Koine Greek, generally categorized based on the kind of content conveyed (e.g., conditional, comparative, spatial, temporal, reason/result, etc.) While many spatial and temporal adverbial clauses are evenly distributed before and after the main clause on which they depend, the same cannot be said of conditional clauses introduced by ἐὰν and εἰ. Only rarely are they found following the main clause.

So why are they not more evenly distributed?

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Teaching as Ontological Formation

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Timothy Gatewood | Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

In a time when teaching success is defined by pragmatic, content-based assessment, I would like to offer a different path forward: teaching as ontological formation. Rather than viewing adjunct  teaching as a means of content delivery, adjuncts should focus on the task of individual student formation. While this will require a shift in mindset for many of us, it does not need to be an either/or decision. Adjuncts have the responsibility to meet the common needs of all students and to develop them as theologians, historians, biblical scholars, and competent thinkers through the transmission of content, but, more importantly, adjuncts have the opportunity to develop students as people—as individuals living coram Deo. To that end, make teaching less about information and more about formation.

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