A feather in your theological cap.
The personal blog of Bible curriculum editor, PhD candidate, and runner Brent Niedergall
Three Meals, Two Covenants, One Kingdom
Two chicken-fried steaks with gravy and sliced onions. A triple-patty bacon cheeseburger. Cheese omelet with ground beef, tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, and jalapenos. A bowl of fried okra and ketchup. One pound of barbecued meat with half a loaf of white...
Is New Docs Something New to You?
For those who study the Greek New Testament, there’s a set of lexical tools that don’t receive enough attention. It’s a set of slim-ish, mismatched volumes that offer a glimpse into how the words of the New Testament were used in real-life historical contexts. There...
Is Your Faith Dead?
What does the film with the longest production time in motion picture history have in common with the book of James? https://youtu.be/yTLwaG1kOto
Sunday Prayer (Psalm 141)
This is the latest in the series of corporate prayers for Sunday worship that I’m writing from the Psalms, working through them in reverse order. O Lord, we call unto you and trust that you will hear us. You are our help and our shield. We trust in you. Our help...
Why All This Waking?
We all know that feeling of waking up in the morning. You’re moving slowly. Your head is swimming in a fog. Your brain isn’t ready to think until you drink your coffee or take a shower. You could use a jolt of energy. You need energized. I like how David, in the...
Public Reading of Scripture
Others have written helpful material for the public reading of God's Word in a church service. (I included links to some good ones at the end of this post.) But here is what we came up with so we can hand something short and instructive for those serving in this...
Remembering Farid Ahmad Khpalwak (1989–2020)
On Saturday 26 September 2020 at approximately 8:00 am local time, my good friend Captain Farid Ahmad Khpalwak was killed by insurgents at a Taliban checkpoint in Pul-e Qandahari, Logar Province. His three fellow Afghan National Army soldiers travelling with him on...
Greek New Testament Manuscripts Missing No Longer
The romance of old-fashioned detective work and Tischendorfesque manuscript discoveries has been largely reduced to emails and library searches. On the plus side, this means that almost anyone can jump in and give it a try. Case in point: me. Look at what just arrived...
What Do You Buy Time For?
Did you get everything accomplished this past week that you wanted to accomplish? Do you have deadlines and projects looming over you for the week ahead? We all want more time. We all want to be as productive as possible. And each of us probably approaches the...
Biblical Studies Carnival 175 for September 2020
September is over, biblio-blogging’s still alive. Let’s celebrate with Carnival Number One Seventy-Five. It was September ‘91 that Dr. Suess died, In his memory, this rhyming carnival I tried. Have a ball. Scroll down. Scroll up.Enjoy a blogging...