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Greg Harris Explains ‘The Bible Expositor’s Handbook of the Old Testament’

February 2, 2017 by bhacademic Leave a Comment

The Bible Expositor’s Handbook of the Old Testament provides a thorough introduction to the attitudes and practices required to deeply understand the message of the Old Testament. Exhorting students of Scripture to approach the Old Testament with an attitude of humility and expectation, Greg Harris lays the groundwork for a Christ-centered interpretation that takes into account the redemptive story of the whole Bible. Employing a literal-grammatical hermeneutic, Harris leads the reader through the process of observing, interpreting, and applying the Old Testament.

Dr. Greg Harris—department head and professor of Bible exposition at The Master’s Seminary in Sun Valley, California—shares in this 5-minute video how this volume can help those who want to gain a deeper understanding of the Old Testament, and how Jesus Christ is the key to understanding its various parts.

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Filed Under: Biblical Studies, Old Testament, Pastoral

Why Spurgeon Was the Greatest Preacher of the 19th Century

January 26, 2017 by bhacademic Leave a Comment

by David Bebbington

In 1856 Elias Lyman Magoon, pastor of Oliver Street Baptist Church, New York, published a collection of the sermons of Charles Haddon Spurgeon. Magoon had visited Britain in the previous decade and continued to be supplied with newspapers from the United Kingdom. He had written two books on oratorical achievements past and present. The New York pastor was therefore fascinated to discover that a youthful preacher of his own denomination had taken London by storm.

Spurgeon, though only a teenager when he accepted the pulpit of New Park Street Baptist Chapel, Southwark, in 1854, was the talk of the British capital. His chapel was thronged every Sunday; his services were sought throughout the land; and his sermons flooded from the press. Magoon decided to publish a sample for consumption in the United States. Spurgeon, according to the American, was “as original in his conceptions as he is untrammeled in their utterance.” Over the years down to his death in 1892, Spurgeon was to prove to be the greatest preacher of the century. What, asked Magoon, was the explanation of his powers?

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Spurgeon’s Enemies: Southern Baptists

January 24, 2017 by bhacademic Leave a Comment

by Christian George

Southern Baptists ranked among Spurgeon’s chief antagonists. The Mississippi Baptist hoped “no Southern Baptist will now purchase any of that incendiary’s books.” The Baptist colporteurs of Virginia were forced to return all copies of his sermons to the publisher. The Alabama Baptist and Mississippi Baptist “gave the Londoner 4,000 miles of an awful raking” and “took the hide off him.” The Southwestern Baptist and other denominational newspapers took the “spoiled child to task and administered due castigation.”

In the midst of this mayhem, Spurgeon attempted to publish several notebooks of sermons from his earliest ministry. His promise to his readers in 1857 would not be fulfilled, however, due to difficult life circumstances in London. How poetic, then, that 157 years after The Nashville Patriot slandered Spurgeon for his “meddlesome spirit,” a publishing house from Nashville would complete the task he failed to accomplish. How symmetrical that Spurgeon’s early sermons would be published not by Passmore & Alabaster in London but by Americans. And not only Americans, but Southern Americans. And not only Southern Americans, but Southern Baptist Americans with all the baggage of their bespeckled beginnings.

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Who Was Charles Spurgeon?

January 19, 2017 by bhacademic Leave a Comment

In 1857, Charles Spurgeon—the most popular preacher in the Victorian world—promised his readers that he would publish his earliest sermons. However, the demands of ministry prevented him from fulfilling that promise. For almost 160 years, these sermons have been lost to history. His earliest sermons, meticulously handwritten in a series of notebooks, were stored away in Spurgeon’s College library for over a century.

Now author Christian George and publisher B&H Academic will release a 12-volume set that includes full-color facsimiles, transcriptions, contextual and biographical introductions, and editorial annotations. Written for scholars, pastors, and students alike, The Lost Sermons of C.H. Spurgeon adds approximately 10% more material to Spurgeon’s body of literature. Volume 1 (releasing February 2017) contains a 30-page introduction to Spurgeon’s life and times, 77 sermons he preached itinerantly and as a pastor of Waterbeach Chapel, and an analysis of these sermons by editor and Spurgeon scholar Christian George.

In the two-minute video below, Christian George explains who Spurgeon was and why he matters today.


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Dealing with the Problem of Evil

January 17, 2017 by bhacademic Leave a Comment

by the Editor

The Problem of Evil: The Challenge of Essential Christian Beliefs offers a comprehensive examination of the problem of evil from both technical and ministerial perspectives.

Author and acclaimed philosophy professor Jeremy A. Evans treats the history of the problem with fairness, looking at it through contemporary philosophical literature and offering responses to the most substantive arguments from evil. His purpose is to provide holistic responses to the problem of evil that are philosophically and theologically maintainable.

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A Call to Restore Sound Theology and Relevance to African-American Preaching

January 12, 2017 by bhacademic Leave a Comment

enduringtruth_cvrEnduring Truth argues that faithfulness to Scripture is the solution to a “crisis” among African American preaching. Though misinterpreting God’s Word is not restricted to one race or culture, author Aaron Lavender identifies three factors that have precipitated the decline of black preaching specifically: racial segregation, black liberation theology, and prosperity theology.

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Brother Pastor, Are You a Christian?

January 10, 2017 by bhacademic Leave a Comment

by James W. Bryant and Mac Brunson

Some years ago one of the authors was invited by the Lutheran bishop of Dusseldorf to come to Germany and speak to his new pastors. The bishop had been converted to Christ long after he had become a Lutheran minister. When asked what he saw as the greatest need of his young, beginning pastors, he replied, “They need to be saved.”

In a private conversation with one of the young men, the author asked how he decided to become a minister. He shared that he was working in a trucking company and the work was very hard. He did not think he wanted to work that hard the rest of his life. He looked around at the various professions and decided that being a pastor in Germany would be easy.

German Lutheran pastors have their salaries guaranteed by the government, whether or not anyone attends the churches they serve. So this young man decided to become a pastor. He had no personal conversion experience and no sense of a divine call. There is nothing in the Bible that even approaches such an idea of the pastorate.

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Are Ethics More Important than Theology?

January 6, 2017 by bhacademic Leave a Comment

By Andrew J. Spencer 

Why do some Christians love theology more than people? After all, from an eternal perspective, people matter more than ideas. It does not matter what you believe as long as you are doing good things in the world. Some people who do not even believe in Jesus are better Jesus-followers than Christians—these people are the real Kingdom of God.

If you read progressive Christian blogs or follow left-leaning Christian pundits on social media, you will have likely heard some of the assertions in the previous paragraph. Some form of them is repeated often enough to be recognizable at a glance.

The basic claim of those who make these claims is that practical Christian ethics is the heart of Christianity, while Christian theology is mere speculation about things that are largely unknown and mostly unknowable. Ethics is reality; theology is speculation. Therefore, ethics is more important than theology.

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Time, Verbal Aspect, and Proper Biblical Interpretation

January 3, 2017 by bhacademic Leave a Comment

by Andreas J. Köstenberger, Benjamin L. Merkle, and Robert L. Plummer

Because of the extraordinary revelations the apostle Paul received, he writes, “A thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to torment me so I would not exalt myself” (2 Cor 12:7).

The apostle here employs a ἵνα clause to introduce the purpose of the messenger of Satan, ἵνα με κολαφίζῃ (“to torment me”). The verb translated “torment” is the present active subjunctive third person singular of κολαφίζω. One noted commentator remarks on κολαφίζῃ, “The use of the present tense seems to imply that ‘the thorn in the flesh’ was a permanent affliction under which the apostle continued to suffer” (Charles Hodge, An Exposition of the Second Epistle to the Corinthians, 285-86). Hodge seems to indicate that, conversely, if Paul had chosen the aorist tense (the only other real option for this subjunctive clause), then the “torment” Paul described would have been limited in duration or already past. In fact, while Hodge may be right in his conclusion (i.e., Paul suffered for the remainder of his life), the basis for his argument is invalid. By employing the present tense-form in 2 Corinthians 12:7, Paul chooses to present his torment in progressive fashion, but does not indicate the time limit (or lack thereof) of that progressive depiction. Unfortunately, it is not uncommon to find such unguarded statements about tense and time in biblical commentaries.

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Filed Under: Biblical Studies, Greek

Top 5 B&H Academic Posts from 2016

December 29, 2016 by bhacademic Leave a Comment

by the Editor

In the spirit of end-of-year top 5, 10, and 16 lists, here are the top 5 articles we’ve published at the B&H Academic Blog. Thank you for reading, subscribing, and staying up to date with all-things-B&H Academic.

For our newest releases and upcoming titles, check out the all-new, interactive B&H Academic 2016–2017 catalog. You’ll find great resources in church history, biblical studies, biblical languages, theology, and pastoral ministry. Click here for a small sampling.

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Churches, Repent!

December 27, 2016 by bhacademic Leave a Comment

by Elmer Towns and Ben Gutierrez

Before Revelation pronounces a message of judgment on the unbelieving world, it first calls the churches to repentance. In these letters the Lord of the church speaks lovingly but firmly to the churches in words of both commendation and condemnation.

The message to each church follows the same sevenfold pattern:

1. Commission: “To the angel of the church ”
2. Character: “The One who . . . says this”
3. Commendation: “I know your works ”
4. Condemnation: “But I have this against you ”
5. Correction: “Repent . . . turn . . . change”
6. Call: “He who has an ear, let him hear”
7. Challenge: “To him who overcomes”

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Filed Under: Biblical Studies, New Testament, Pastoral

Peace on Earth, Good Will Toward Men?

December 22, 2016 by bhacademic Leave a Comment

by Andreas J. Köstenberger

Christmas cards frequently proclaim, and Christmas carols echo, the well-known angelic pronouncement at Jesus’ birth of “peace on earth, good will toward men.”[1] Or do they? A closer look at the actual passage in Luke 2:14 proves both intriguing and illuminating. In context, Luke opens his narrative of the birth of Jesus Christ regarding the Roman emperor Caesar Augustus (31/27 BC–AD 14) who presided over the “Golden Age” of Rome and was widely heralded for having ushered in the period of Pax Romana, the “Roman peace.” Jesus was born during the reign of Augustus, the Roman “Prince of peace.” In keeping with Isaiah’s prophecy, Jesus, too, came as the “Prince of peace,” and yet, the peace he came to bring was of an entirely different kind (cf. Isa 9:6; see also John 14:27). Jesus’ peace was not coercive, backed up by Roman military might; it was an otherworldly, supernatural peace—peace with God—that no human power can procure and no amount of money can buy.

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