John Meade
@drjohnmeade
OT Prof @MBTS | Director @TextandCanon | Contributor @ETCtomwas | Editor @ http://hexapla.org | Author @ http://amzn.to/3Hjk5wW
✅ Hike Grand Canyon Rim to Rim Last year, I went below the Rim for the first time both hiking and rafting. This year, I prepped and completed my first R2R with some great friends. ~26 miles ~10,000 feet of elevation change (~5000 ft of gain) -Amazing views
“Side-stepping the fact-fiction dichotomy and approaching the story [Aristeas’ account of Seventy-Two] as historical myth, open to comparison with other reflections of the same period, will also expose some less-noticed elements embedded in the narrative.” p. 28
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Andrew should ponder these words & those like them: “Let your fountain be blessed, and get joy/pleasure from the wife of your youth,…” Proverbs 5:18. ✅ Intentioned creation ✅ Wise ✅ Disciplined ✅ Successful ✅ Loving 🚫 Western 🚫 Satanic 🚫 Polygamous More could be said.
Monogamy is not natural for men. Statistically only 20-30% of men have ever reproduced, while 80-90% of women have reproduced. Women were always sharing kings and discarding the surfs. This is the same today, all capable men have multiple women. Betas settle with one…
A brief, potent purpose for studying and interpreting the Old Testament for the Church from Carl Frederick Keil (1881). Come to @MBTS and study the “whole counsel of God” with me, Jason DeRouchie, @drandrewmking, @pj_schreiner, @ToddRChipman, @pjgurry, and co.!
Go hear Ronni tonight!
Tonight is the night. If you are in Kansas City, you are invited to come to this free event. I'll be talking about how theology should cultivate the fruit of the Spirit and ways it can be hijacked to work contrary to the good, the true, and the beautiful. emmauskc.churchcenter.com/calendar/event…
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Robert Hanhart (1925–2025), director of the Septuaginta-Unternehmen for over 30 years. An obituary can be found on the IOSCS website: septuaginta.uni-goettingen.de/ioscs/news/86/
My new @BHpub book for kids arrives September 2! Based on the doxology, “Praise God, All Creatures” celebrates the many reasons for all creation to praise the Father, Son, and Spirit. Learn more here at this new landing page: praisegodallcreatures.com
The Kansas City sports scene is growing on us! At the picturesque CPKC stadium on the Missouri River for the Teal Rising Cup! Let’s go @thekccurrent! #KCBABY
Situation still worsening 😉, but the tide is beginning to turn toward orderliness. @MBTS #settlingintoKC
“But in any event it is the Septuagint corpus,…, that dominates the scene. So deeply has this development stamped the history of the collection that it will often prove impossible altogether to avoid the Christianized term, imprecise & anachronistic though it may be.”
I hope I win. 😉
📕 GIVEAWAY! It's day 5 of #MBTSBooks! Today we're giving away "Scribes & Scripture" by Drs. @drjohnmeade and @pjgurry published by @crossway. FOLLOW US, LIKE this post, and RT this post to enter to win! 💥 Enter to win the newly released Spurgeon Sermons Vols. 7-22 from…
Freedom and liberty came at a high cost. 1,754 grave sites for fallen British and Polish Allied soldiers at Arnhem (Oosterbeek) Cemetery in Holland. Many unnamed grave stones had “Known unto God” inscribed on them. #thankful
That’s a wrap on our teaching at @TyndaleNL! @pjgurry & I are grateful to have lectured on OT and NT textual criticism, canon, and theology of Scripture this week. We had great students who dialogued with us well. May these efforts bear fruit for the global church.
This is a friendly reminder that submissions for the John William Wevers prize are due September 1, 2025.
Amazon deal: paperback edition of "Scribes and Scripture" is now $7 on Amazon! amzn.to/3IoUB4j
