His last name does not begin with a “B” but I can’t help but rank him near the top of my “favorite professors” list. DTS has just posted a three-minute video of Stanley Toussaint here. This is not him at his best, but you get a flavor. He represents the old DTS that I love.… Read More »
If I was asked what is the most valuable thing I have learned in my recent years of study, I would say something similar to what D. A. Carson recently wrote: I have spent much of my adult life working through the way the New Testament quotes the Old, and the longer I ponder these… Read More »
Glad. Learned a lot. Hope I passed. Need a break. Thanks for praying.
We have joined the club. Should the Lord will, we will be part of this group for the next 19 years. At one point I had hoped to finish my doctorate before our oldest turned 13 and I turned 40. I have now missed the first goal. The preparation for today’s test was the most… Read More »
Thank you for praying for me during my exams. I am halfway through the written exams now and have clearly seen the Lord’s answers to our prayers for health, mental strength, and freedom from distractions. I think I’ve done well enough on the first three tests (Old Testament), but I expect the next three to… Read More »
One day I will stand before a class of freshmen and say: When you were in seventh grade, I left my home, my school, my passion, and my paycheck to go and prepare to teach this class today. I hope you listen.
Tomorrow morning I will walk across campus to the PhD Studies office to pick up a specially prepared envelope. About three minutes later, I ‘ll be sitting in a designated carrel in the library with my computer and wristwatch. Five hours and 54 minutes later I will walk back across the courtyard to make a… Read More »
At the end of a good chapter on the role of the Spirit in biblical interpretation, Robert Stein concludes: “The role of the Spirit in interpretation is not an excuse for laziness. All the prayer in the world cannot substitute for a Bible dictionary, if we do not know the meaning of a biblical word.… Read More »
Today was the best study day. Of my life. Well, I don’t know that for sure, but it probably was. Here’s how you can do it: First, you need a large quantity of ignorance. If you know everything, you won’t learn very much. Second, you need an important subject. Anything in the Bible will do,… Read More »
If you’ve never been to a conference of the Evangelical Theological Society and you wonder what you might hear there, I thought I’d give you a list of the presentations I attended. In most cases, the presenter reads his paper. Sometimes he hands out his paper or an outline. There were many sessions… Read More »