Exegetical Tools

07/17/2024

We teased you with only four principles for effective preaching on Monday. Here's the last four - and thanks to Ryan Boys for working these out! It never hurts to think carefully about what is driving our preaching.

Don't forget to be clear, to be anchored in the gospel, to aim at the emotions, and to include the Holy Spirit!

07/15/2024

Ever thought consciously about the principles that drive your method of preaching? Here's a chance to compare with Ryan Boys's list of 8 principles. Here are the first four:

From exposition to genre to biblical theology to application, here are four principles to boost your preaching.

05/22/2024

Pastors often struggle to preach difficult genres, apocalyptic being a major one. In this new book, you'll find hermeneutical and homiletical strategies to help you dare to plan your next apocalyptic sermon series.

Twelve strategies to help you preach some of the toughest texts in the Bible, along with sample sermons and hermeneutical principles to further equip you.

11/07/2023

A Review of the Second Edition of the Dictionary of Paul and His Letters.

IVP Academic

A review of IVP Academic's Dictionary of Paul and His Letters, 2nd ed., highliting the changes between the first and second edition.

10/31/2023

The 5 Solas series are all on sale (Kindle) for $3.99-4.99 each. See all 5 here: https://amzn.to/3u1m4Sp

08/30/2023

Dallas International University, SIL International, and Fontes Press are co-sponsoring a Hebrew Discourse Conference on October 18, 8am-5pm at DIU in Dallas. A total of 18 papers will run in three parallel sessions, focusing on whether it's possible to analyze Hebrew poetic and prophetic books as entire discourses (and if so, how). 50+ registered so far, but there's still plenty of room in-person and online. See the Presentation list or register (in-person and virtual) here:

A conference at Dallas International University, October 18, 2023. Submissions open. Registration opens Spring 2023.

05/27/2022

A useful little work for improving your Hebrew and Aramaic vocabulary

Before you know it, you will summit the peak of 10,000 words, and be able to confidently state that Hebrew does in fact get easier and easier.

05/06/2022

Enjoy works by William Varner? Now you can get his Festschrift, essays written in his honor.

A Festschrift written in honor of William Varner for his decades of service and teaching in the church and the academy.

03/08/2022

$0.99 on Kindle. Perfect for a fresh reading of the NT or for someone who's very new to Scripture.

The Interpreted New Testament: An Expanded Paraphrase with In-line Commentary

01/17/2022

$2.99 on Kindle, probably the best short book to help you understand the Old Testament as a whole.

Dominion and Dynasty: A Theology of the Hebrew Bible (New Studies in Biblical Theology Book 15)

12/28/2021

Scripture Storyline epub is on sale for $2.99 and it's a perfect option for your annual Bible reading plan starting Jan 1!

Use it for your Bible reading plan, for group Bible studies, or for an immersive biblical-theological experience.

12/06/2021

"Published over the last year and a half, but forged over decades of teaching and research, William Varner has now completed his trilogy on the birth, life, and death of the Messiah. Messiah’s Ministry: Crises of the Christ completes the trilogy – interestingly being the second of the three chronologically. How did that happen?"

Published over the last year and a half, but forged over decades of teaching and research, William Varner has now completed his trilogy on the birth, life, and death of the Messiah. Messiah’s Ministry: Crises of the Christ completes the trilogy – interestingly being the second of the three chr...