Pisteuomen - πιστευομεν - T. Michael W. Halcomb

In this brief video, I discuss how I think Bibleworks 9 may be beneficial to students, whether they are in undergraduate programs or working on an advanced degree. For more on this series, click the links below: * Introduction to Bibleworks 9 review series * Bibleworks 9 for Messionaries: Series Review, Pt. 1

In this brief video, I discuss how I think Bibleworks 9 may be beneficial to missionaries and mission organizations. For more on this series, click the links below: * Introduction to Bibleworks 9 review series

Hello friends.  I just wanted to announce that starting tomorrow, I will begin a 6-part review of Bibleworks 9 here on Pisteuomen.  Each review will be in video format and look at Bibleworks from various user perspectives.  The videos will be short, sweet, and to the point; each will have about a 5-minute run time.  As a heads-up, I want to note that I will not be creating review videos that teach folks how to use Bibleworks.  Why?  Because the great folks over at the Bibleworks headquarters have already done that.  I would highly encourage anyone who has purchased Bibleworks 9 or who is considering it, to check out those videos HERE .  While you're at it, check out the contents of Bibleworks 9 HERE .  I must say, I'm looking forward to posting these reviews over the next week and am happy to be sharing this great research platform with others.  So, I want to say in this short heads-up, "Thank you!" to the folks who have put so much t...

For some of you, the content of this post may be old hat, but for others it may be new information. Anyway, today while reading through the Fragments of Papias in the Apostolic Fathers , I came across a tradition that asserts that Judas did not die of suicide. Here's the logic: We read in Mt 27.5-6 that "he [Judas] threw the pieces of silver into the sanctuary and departed; and he went away and hanged himself. And the chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, 'It is not lawful to put them into the temple treasury, since it is the price of blood.'" According to Matthew, Judas did hang himself, but it is not clear that this was the cause of his death. Matthew only tells us that Judas, at some point, was successful in suspending himself in the air. We also read in Acts 1.16-18 that Judas, the one who robbed from the ministry purse, the one who betrayed Jesus, and the one who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus, "acquired a field wi...

Just wanted to share a note that my newest book Entering the Fray: A Primer on New Testament Issues for the Church and Academy is being featured on the Asbury Theological Seminary site today. Below is a bit of the blurb, which you can read in full by clicking HERE : Asbury Theological Seminary student Michael Halcomb, who is working on his Doctor of Philosophy in Biblical Studies, has recently published Entering the Fray: A Primer on New Testament Issues for the Church and Academy , with Wipf and Stock. In Entering the Fray , Halcomb contends that in modern times, because the relationship between the church and academy has been strained and tension-filled, mainstream church culture has often been skeptical of Bible scholars, depicting them as self-serving intellectuals trying to out-think God by devising new and controversial interpretations.

Today, I am pleased to announce the release of my latest book, which is titled Entering the Fray: A Primer on New Testament Issues for the Church and Academy . The book consists of 12 info-packed chapters that survey major New Testament issues that have shaped both the church and the academy in the last four hundred or so years.  Those issues, traced from their origins in modern scholarship up to the present are, as the table of contents reveals: How the New Testament Canon Came to Be , Methods Used to Study the New Testament , How We Got From Paul's Letters to Gospel Accounts , The Synoptic Problem , The Messianic Secret , The Historical Jesus , The Historical Reliability of Acts , The Disputed vs. Undisputed Letters of Paul ,  The Pistis Christou Debate , The New Perspective on Paul , 12 Major Archaeological Finds (From Peter's House, to James's Tomb and Beyond), and   How to Approach Revelation .  At the end of each chapter there is a "Taking Action" sect...