A feather in your theological cap.
The personal blog of pastor, grammarian, and runner Brent Niedergall
Bel and the Dragon Reader: Part 6
Series Introduction I’m facilitating an online Koine Greek reading group and we’re working through the short and apocryphal book of Bel and the Dragon. The text we’re using is the Old Greek (OG) version from Henry Barclay Swete’s 1909 edition of The Old Testament in...
Thoughts on Spirits in Bondage by C. S. Lewis
“I am the bomb…” —C.S. Lewis, Spirits in Bondage: A Cycle of Lyrics I’ve been slowly working my way through Letters of C. S. Lewis and in these letters, Lewis discusses his first book, Spirits in Bondage: A Cycle of Lyrics. He wrote to his father in 1918 about how he...
Biblical Studies Carnival 169 for March 2020
Introduction Welcome to the Biblical Studies Carnival 169 for March 2020! After weeks of social distancing, you can now peruse the best of biblical studies—the thrills, the fun, and all the excitement churned out across the Internet and curated here. And don’t miss...
Review of High Definition Commentary: Galatians
Every Sunday, more preachers than we would like to think stand behind pulpits and incorrectly explain various features of the Greek language in the New Testament. Grammatical misunderstandings of the aorist tense form and the present active imperative have been...
Bel and the Dragon Reader: Part 5
Series Introduction I’m facilitating an online Koine Greek reading group and we’re working through the short and apocryphal book of Bel and the Dragon. The text we’re using is the Old Greek (OG) version from Henry Barclay Swete’s 1909 edition of The Old Testament in...
Book Review: Who Is the Holy Spirit?
What do you do for a living? It’s one of the first things most of us do when we meet someone new. We conceptualize our identities in terms of what we do. Who is the Holy Spirit? Systematic theologies speak to His deity and personality, before moving on to His work....
Speedgate: A Review
Amidst fears of artificial intelligence taking over the world, it has created a new sport. It’s called Speedgate. And when I first heard about a sport that combines elements of rugby, ultimate frisbee, soccer, and croquet—I wanted to try it. You can check out...
Bel and the Dragon Reader: Part 4
Series Introduction I’m facilitating an online Koine Greek reading group and we’re working through the short and apocryphal book of Bel and the Dragon. The text we’re using is the Old Greek (OG) version from Henry Barclay Swete’s 1909 edition of The Old Testament in...
Bel and the Dragon Reader: Part 3
Series Introduction I’m facilitating an online Koine Greek reading group and we’re working through the short and apocryphal book of Bel and the Dragon. The text we’re using is the Old Greek (OG) version from Henry Barclay Swete’s 1909 edition of The Old Testament in...
The Lexham English Septuagint And Its Place In History
Lexham Press kindly sent me a beautiful copy of the new The Lexham English Septuagint. The introduction is only several pages long, but it packs in a lot of excellent information. One topic that caught my attention was the history of English translations of the...