At church on Sunday, a friend leaned over and asked me what Bible I was using. It happened to be the ESV Study Bible; she asked because of the many (and long) footnotes, margin references, etc., but this is only one of the Bibles that I use on a regular basis. In my experience, academic types tend to have strong opinions about their Bibles, especially on a few key points. Then again, maybe this is just me: Which translation (if any)? Bible translations come in many varieties, with several different … [Read more...] about Which Bible do you use?
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Some recent gems from the other ESN website
If you're not receiving the quarterly Emerging Scholars Review, you should be —join ESN as a member or update your membership to receive quarterly emails with the newest articles from ESN's main website. Here's what you might have missed: Reflecting on Psalm 90: Two of my favorite colleages —Graduate & Faculty Ministries National Director Bobby Gross and my partner in online materials Tom Trevethan —joined forces to offer a couple of great resources on Psalm 90. Bobby has written a personal liturgy for Psalm 90 … [Read more...] about Some recent gems from the other ESN website
Studying the Bible Together on Campus
Today, I've been invited to a faculty Bible study at Northern Kentucky University, and I hope that my schedule will let me attend. InterVarsity is committed to building "witnessing communities of students and faculty," and group Bible studies are an integral part of those communities. With our upcoming ESN Book Club discussion of The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship, we'll have more opportunities to talk about communities of Christian scholars. (Spoiler! Chapter Six is titled "Building Academic Communities.") … [Read more...] about Studying the Bible Together on Campus
Blue Parakeet by Scot McKnight
Scot McKnight's new book, The Blue Parakeet: Rethinking How You Read the Bible, maps out a method of reading the Bible that recognizes both its authority as inspired Scripture and our contemporary context. McKnight observes that we all "pick and choose" the passages of Scripture that we focus on. The keys, he argues, are reading the Bible within its overall Story (picked up from McKnight's earlier book, Embracing Grace), listening to the person of God speak through the Bible, and trusting both the Spirit and the Great … [Read more...] about Blue Parakeet by Scot McKnight