Grateful to announce that I have been named the Paul W. Brandel Chair of Biblical Studies, Professor of New Testament, at North Park Theological Seminary. The official announcement on the seminary website and e-newsletter is…
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Best Greek Meme #BabyIota
I’m using this Baby Yoda meme for all my beginning Greek students! Love this!
No More Blogging and Retro-fitting New Testament Redux as a Personal Website
I’ll keep this post short and sweet. Academic life became more complicated than I imagined and I no longer have time to keep up with even monthly blog posts. So I’m retro-fitting New Testament Redux…
Speaking at the Chesterton House on “Pleasure and the Good Life”
I’m excited to speak on “Pleasure and the Good Life” for the 2nd of the Logos Seminars hosted by the Chesterton House on the Cornell University campus. It’s in an interview format on Monday evening…
Another Project Finished! Practicing Intertextuality Will Debut at SBL-AAR 2021 San Antonio
This is a quick post with some follow-up posts to come. I just looked over the indices of Practicing Intertextuality. They are done and submitted. The book is off to press. PTL! Practicing Intertextuality…
Craig Keener Gives Moral Transformation a Shout Out on YouTube
It’s not every day that Craig Keener says your book (Moral Transformation) is one of the best scholarly works he has read in 2020 on his YouTube Channel. Well, what he says exactly in the…
A Short Review of Moral Transformation with More to Come
It’s a short review by Étienne Nodet in the latest issue of Review Biblique 128 (2021), 469-70 but a positive one. I’m grateful for it. It’s in French with mostly a summary of the book…
It’s Out! The 3rd Volume of the Connections Commentary on Year B
It took a long time from submission to press for the editors of Connections, Year B: Season After Pentecost (the 3rd set of 3 volumes of Westminster Press’s Connections: A Lectionary Commentary for Preaching and…
Panel Review of Practicing Intertextuality at SBL 2021 San Antonio
I’m no longer on the steering committee for the Intertextuality in the New Testament section but as a wrap-up of my final duties, I’m co-editing with BJ Oropeza a volume of essays from past papers…
Plenary Session of the AABI Research Group at IBR 2021
I’m excited to announce the confirmed plenary session of the Asian American Biblical Intepretation research group for the annual meeting of the Institute for Biblical Research (#IBRAABI) on Friday November 19, 2021 at AAR-SBL San…