The Bible Project is brilliant. Tim Mackie and Jon Collins creatively summarize the the message of each book of the Bible (and some themes in the Bible) remarkably well. I quibble with some minor aspects of the videos, but overall they’re ingenious. They are so accessible that I have watched all of them with my children, and they are so thoughtful that I show some of them to my graduate students in the classroom.

Here are the videos summarizing each book of the Bible: [Read more…] about Short Animated Videos That Summarize Each Book of the Bible

Just minutes ago I opened a package from Crossway. Opening it up was an even better experience than opening up an Apple product.

And the product itself blew me away. I knew it would be good, but I didn’t expect it to be that good. It made me audibly gasp, “Wow!” several times.

Here it is:

ESV Reader’s Bible. 6 vols. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2016.  

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That’s the title of a short article I wrote on Romans 8:31–39 for The Gospel Coalition.

I briefly unpack this phrase diagram:

Here’s my latest ally for why you should read books of the Bible in one sitting:

Glenn R. Paauw. Saving the Bible from Ourselves: Learning to Read and Live the Bible Well. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2016.

(See my DG article “Three Tips for Better Bible Reading” and my follow-up post that supplements it.)

I learned about this book when I listened to Tony Reinke’s fascinating 30-minute interview with Paauw. It didn’t take long for me to get the book and read it—particularly chapters 1–4.

Some excerpts: [Read more…] about Read Books of the Bible in One Sitting