Johnson University Bible & Theology Faculty

06/28/2024

Dr. Boring was born in 1935 and graduated from Johnson in 1957. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Award at Johnson's homecoming in 2008.

03/14/2024

An excerpt from chapter 1 of The First Christian Letters: Reading 1 and 2 Thessalonians (Cascade, 2024). A plea to bring the Thessalonian letters back into the canon of scripture we actually read and pay attention to.

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03/01/2024

Y'ALL!!!

The First Christian Letters broke into Amazon's top-100 books on Paul's letters (and the top 10,000 in all books, which isn't as impressive). I'd love to get to top-10. But mostly, I want to thank you for supporting my work by buying this book. I am truly humbled, and I hope you find this book both interesting and helpful.

02/27/2024

Question: Where do used books come from? How are there ALREADY used copies of this available on Amazon?!

Paul's letters to the Thessalonians are the earliest surviving Christian documents. They are also among the most easily overlooked parts of the New Testament. What could these short, simple letters possibly have to say to a world caught in the throes of racial discord, political polarization, fea...

01/26/2023

New Testament scholar Wayne Meeks has passed away at the age of 91. He was one of the pioneers in applying concepts from sociology to the study of the New Testament.

Woolsey Professor of Biblical Studies, Emeritus, Meeks helped shape contemporary New Testament and Early Christian studies. He died on Jan. 10.

11/11/2022

Those of us who have studied Greek are familiar with the Granville Sharp Rule. This article tells us that there was a lot more to Granville Sharp than a rule about the definite article in Greek.

Before Newton wrote ‘Amazing Grace,’ or Wilberforce petitioned Parliament, or Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence, Granville Sharp was fighting slavery.

11/10/2022

Catholic New Testament scholar Donald Senior has passed away at the age of 82. He is especially known for his work on the Gospel of Matthew.

The renowned biblical scholar loved walking the streets of Hyde Park every day and taking groups of students to experience the Holy Land.

11/10/2022

The American Bible Society provides a detailed analysis of "The State of the Bible USA 2022." They have been adding a new chapter each month.

State of the BIBLE Research from American Bible Society Download eBook Give now WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? State of the Bible 2022 has uncovered some disappointing findings. But there are indicators of hope, too. Dig into our most robust study ever and find out what America is telling us about their....

11/10/2022

This article describes the Updated Edition of the New Revised Standard Version, which came out in the past year.

(RNS) — More than 20,000 revisions were made for the new edition, which scholars made clear was not a new translation.

11/10/2022

This is an interesting article about New Testament scholar Mark Goodacre.

This is part two of a two-part series; last week we looked at what biblical research is and why it matters—this week we’re looking at how it’s conducted. “Sometimes I have to take a running start to the word ‘religion,'” says Mark Goodacre, chair of the religious studies department at Du...

08/01/2022

Evangelical thinker Ron Sider passed away recently. I can still remember reading his book RICH CHRISTIANS IN AN AGE OF HUNGER as an undergraduate student at Johnson Bible College and finding it to be eye-opening.

Author of “Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger” argued poverty was a moral issue.

04/11/2022

Johnson University Florida students Colin MacDonald and Leah Hardin defended their paper this weekend at the Stone-Campbell Journal Student Paper Competition. Their paper, "Satan as Agent of YHWH: Theodicy in the Divine Council Scenes in the Prologue of Job" was sponsored by Dr. Rob Fleenor, professor of OT at JUFL. One judge noted that their paper "thinks carefully and honestly about God’s role in Job’s suffering" and "issues a call to OT scholars for further research." Congratulations to these students and their sponsor for their work and recognition in the serious study of Scripture.