Parchment & Pen Blog

In this article I will summarize, as briefly as possible, fourteen evidences for the historicity of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The summaries of each point are deliberately brief and undeveloped. No pretense is made here of having anticipated every response that skeptics might make. Nor is this an exhaustive list of evidences. Rather, it [...]

In a new book called The New New Testament, a certian group of more liberal minded scholars proposes a new canon of the New Testament. In this canon, the following books are included: The Prayer of Thanksgiving The Prayer of the Apostle Paul The Thunder: Perfect Mind The Gospel of Thomas The Gospel of Mary The Gospel of [...]

Here I continue on my short series of posts about BibleWorks 9, a Bible study software I have used for many years. In preparation for any lesson, a teacher may have many epiphanies, ideas, and intriguing thoughts about what he may be reading in the Scriptures. Often, these discoveries are very exciting. Unfortunately, they can [...]

Zondervan has graciously offered the readers of Parchment and Pen the opportunity to win some great stuff. What you see here is a full box set of Theological Trading Cards by Norman Jeune. There are nearly 300 cards (think baseball cards without the gum) of theologians and heretics. These are a blast, and a great [...]

I just installed my copy of Bibleworks 9. I finally got the upgrade. I have used Bibleworks since it first came out, and I never fail to upgrade. The tagline, as you can see, is “Software for Biblical Exegesis and Research.” This is a very accurate description of the program. It is an incredibly powerful tool for [...]

It’s that time of year again . . . time for top ten lists of every sort. The only lists I care about are those of the top ten books of the year. As with every year, so too in 2012, it’s hard to keep it to ten. So I didn’t. My list this year, [...]

When my friend Norman Jeune of Christians in Context first told me about his idea to create theological trading cards, I have to admit I felt quite a bit of jealousy. Why didn’t I think of this?! My jealousy turned to excitement when I got my box in the mail. There are nearly 300 cards (think baseball [...]

We at the Credo House are suckers for any book looking at Church History. I was interested to get my hands on the recent Kregel Publications book Reviving the Heart: The Story of the 18th Century Revival. The book is written by Dr. Richard Turnbull from Oxford. The great revival of the 18th century is [...]