Can the Bible teach us how to write? Before we answer that let’s consider a more basic question: Where do writers learn to write? Writers learn to write by reading great books. (I know, great books are not the only place where writers learn their craft.) If the Bible is a great work of literature
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I’ve been working through the Ten Commandments for my course on Exodus. The second commandment (according to the enumeration used by most Protestants)—the one about not making carved images and not bowing down to them—brings up the controversial topic of making images of God. Well, I should say it brings up the historical controversy of
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As I looked over my blog entries I realized that Paul’s life and teaching influenced me in a number of ways. I guess that’s not surprising considering that he wrote more New Testament books (letters) than anyone else and he’s featured prominently in the first historical record of the church—the book of Acts. Here are
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[This post is part of my Guide for High School Bible Teachers.] We’ve already considered high school Bible class assignments which target the mind and heart. Unfortunately, I’ve had a much more difficult time coming up with assignments which target the hands—ways to encourage students to put into practice what they’ve learned. How can we
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[This post is part of my Guide for High School Bible Teachers.] Since I previously listed 15 high school Bible assignments for the mind this post will focus on Bible assignments for the heart. We not only want students to know biblical content, we want them to feel it—to engage with it on an emotional and
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