Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Winner Announcement – Letters to the Church

We ended up with 37 comments on our book giveaway post from earlier this week. This morning my four oldest children each picked a number between 1 and 37. Then my 2 year old daughter drew number 17. This means … Continue reading

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Book Giveaway: Letters to the Church

We’re giving away a copy of Karen Jobes’s book Letters to the Church: A Survey of Hebrews and the General Epistles. In order to be entered in the drawing, just share this post on Facebook, Twitter, or your blog. Once … Continue reading

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Book Giveaway: NIV Greek and English New Testament

This week we’re giving away a free copy of the new NIV Greek and English New Testament, published by Zondervan (retail price = $52.99). In order to enter the drawing, you’ll need to do one (or more) of the following: (1) … Continue reading

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“History is More or Less Bunk”… But Let’s Build a Museum Anyway

In 1916, the Chicago Tribune published a series of articles about Henry Ford, the famous industrialist. One of those articles included a statement from Ford that, with slight variations, has been repeated many times over, often to the chagrin of … Continue reading

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The Olympics

The Olympic Games are with us again. Of course, the ancient games originated in 776 B.C. in Olympia, Greece, and were held in honor of Zeus. Even the the Apostle Paul seems to reference Olympic sports in 1 Cor 9:24–26, … Continue reading

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Grade Expectations

Allan Bevere has some interesting observations about grade expectations by students: When I was in college and graduate school many years ago, most students, I think, had no assumptions about what grade they deserved on an assignment for a class. … Continue reading

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Boys Will Be Men

Earlier this month many Americans were saddened to hear of an American soldier who allegedly killed some 16 Afghan civilians in cold blood—most of them women and children. Although this isn’t the first time an American soldier has been accused … Continue reading

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World’s Largest Tire

Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary is actually in Allen Park, Michigan. And if you come to Allen Park, you will want to see the world’s largest tire on Interstate 94 in our city.   Check out this article for even more info … Continue reading

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Biblical and Theological Essays

In a previous post, I called attention to the Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal, which the seminary has been publishing annually since 1996. BMH Books has published a collection of articles from the first five years of the journal titled, Biblical and … Continue reading

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Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal

If you notice the header of this blog, you will see a tab marked “Journal,” which if selected will take you to the web page for our seminary journal. Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal began in 1996 and is published annually … Continue reading

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Artful Dodges

Personally, I think that Thabiti Anyabwile has provided some of the best commentary on the inclusion of T. D. Jakes into the Elephant Room discussion. His initial offering before the event was dead on target, and his follow up post … Continue reading

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Frederick William Danker: RIP

Today is the memorial service in St. Louis for Frederick Danker, who died on Thursday. Danker was the editor of the Bauer-Danker-Arndt-Gingrich Greek lexicon (BDAG), which is the standard Greek dictionary of the New Testament. Those of us who teach … Continue reading

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