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Jonathan Edwards, one of America’s greatest thinkers, was not only a theologian and philosopher but a preacher. So how did Edwards exegete the Scriptures? Can a puritanical devotee of the historical-grammatical method approve Edwards’s Puritan preaching? Owen Strachan, author of the brand new Edwards daily devotional Always in God’s Hands (Tyndale Momentum), is the right man to answer these questions. Strachan is immersed in the world of pastor-theologians as associate professor of Christian theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he also directs the Center for Public Theology and The Residency PhD. Strachan expounds the strengths and weaknesses of Edwards’ exegesis, discusses hermeneutics more broadly, and shares his personal hopes for readers of Always in God’s Hands: Day by Day in the Company of Jonathan Edwards. 

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What’s the Septuagint and why should you read it? Maybe you have no idea, or maybe you think you’ve heard it all, but there are few people better equipped to answer those questions than Greg Lanier and Will Ross of Reformed Theological Seminary. Lanier and Ross have worked with Hendrickson Publishers to produce the beautiful two-volume Septuaginta: A Reader’s Edition. Read the Old Testament and deuterocanonical texts in koine Greek, with vocabulary aids for those even-more-foreign words. 

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Year after year, students take Greek, pass Greek, and forget Greek. Maybe you were one of those students. Maybe you're the one teaching them. How can we make the most of the tools available to us in Bible software, the most of our students' time, and actually teach them to comprehend the basics? Danny Zacharias, associate professor of New Testament studies at Acadia Divinity College, wrote Biblical Greek Made Simple (Lexham Press) to answer those very questions. Zacharias has taught Greek for years and has worked hard to help students understand it, partly through his apps FlashGreek and ParseGreek. Travis and Danny talk Greek, this new grammar, the potential benefits of a one-semester elementary Greek, and YouTube videos. 
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The Gospels are more than a weigh-station on the way to the cross. How can we preach, teach, and read the fourfold Gospel for all they’re worth? To answer this question, Travis interviews Todd Chipman, Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Pastor of The Master’s Community Church. Listen in to hear how the Gospel accounts ground classic doctrines in the historical events of Jesus’ life and ministry. Check out this episode on exegeticaltools.com for more resources and follow along @exegeticaltools!