After Crossway partnered with Tyndale House to produce a new Greek New Testament, it was only a matter of time before a THGNT-ESV parallel Bible was produced. How can students of the Scriptures benefit from these tools? How can seminaries and Bible colleges train students to use tools like these? What is the goal of language learning for exegetes?
How is 1 Corinthians structured? Visual learners will be delighted to open up Scott Bashoor’s work Visual Outline Charts of the New Testament (SCS Press, 2020).
Can the importance of context be visualized?
A unique and innovative resource, Visual Charts of the New Testament (SCS Press, 2020) introduces, surveys, and outlines every book of the NT in single-page charts, breaking them into discourse units and smaller sub-sections.
In this episode of Tool Talk, Travis interviews author Scott Bashoor, faculty associate and instructor at The Master’s Seminary and University and co-pastor at Community Bible Church in Anaheim, CA.
Thinking in terms of discourse and outlining Scripture visually can help Bible teachers, Bible preachers, and Bible readers display how the parts relate to the whole and better understand the Word.
What does it mean for Jesus to be the ‘Son of God’? In John 3, that title refers primarily to Jesus as the Messiah and Davidic king. In John 5, Jesus claims to be the Son who has “life in himself” from the Father. The Church Fathers called this ‘eternal generation.’ Guest post from Matthew Barrett, author of Canon, Covenant and Christology (IVP Academic, 2020).
The Gospels don’t have a ‘lower’ Christology than Paul, so why has this claim gained ground? On this episode of Tool Talk, Matthew Barrett of Midwestern Seminary and Credo Magazine discusses his new book, Canon, Covenant, and Christology: Rethinking Jesus and the Scriptures of Israel.
What does a biblical scholar do? Andreas Köstenberger’s answer is simple, but he has applied it in his own career in a variety of ways.
Köstenberger is a professor at Midwestern Seminary, Director of the Center for Biblical Studies, Founder of Biblical Foundations, Editor of JETS, and a prolific author.
In this episode of Tool Talk, Travis asks Dr. Köstenberger about a range of topics, including his career, his current sense of calling, the nature of biblical theology, scholars he admires, his forthcoming works, what he’s been learning, and Kansas City BBQ.
Christians have one Bible with two testaments, and the New Testament authors frequently refer back to the Old Testament Scriptures. But they don’t only point to prophecies that have been fulfilled or directly quote OT passages. In this episode, joined by co-host Taylor DiRoberto, Travis gives an overview of the NT use of the OT and considers some trickier examples.
What has Athens to do with Jerusalem? What does philosophy have to do with the New Testament? In Acts 17, Paul answered, “Plenty!” In this episode of Tool Talk, Travis chats with Joseph Dodson about two common errors when it comes to studying extrabiblical parallels to Scripture, especially in Greco-Roman philosophy. Dodson (PhD, Aberdeen) is associate professor of New Testament at Denver Seminary and co-editor (with David Briones) of Paul and the Giants of Philosophy: Reading the Apostle in Greco-Roman Context (IVP Academic, 2019).
How is so-called “devotional” reading of the Bible different from so-called “academic” reading of the Bible? Why must the serious student of Scripture make time for both? How can the methodical and inquisitive reader make Scripture reading a time of worship? In this episode of Tool Talk, Travis asks these questions and more of John Linebarger, a “collector of degrees,” bivocational minister, and author of Meeting God in the Bible: How to Read Scripture Devotionally (Fontes Press, 2019).
In what way did Jesus “fulfill the Law,” as He said in the Sermon on the Mount? Patrick Schreiner, author of Matthew, Disciple and Scribe, gives an explanation: Jesus is the ideal Davidic King, who embodies wisdom by living the Law.