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Invest in Your Library

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Rick Wadholm

I love books! It is no secret. Anyone who knows me knows that I love books. But here is the deal…as much as I love books, when I first began pastoring I told myself I just didn’t have the budget … Continue reading →

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Pioneering Movements: A Book Review

Posted on November 25, 2015 by Rick Wadholm

As one who is supervising the writing of a Master’s thesis over the course of this year on the topic of church planting, I was thrilled to receive a review copy from IVP on the notion of pioneering movements. What is especially helpful about this volume is its practical application to the multiplication (and not simply addition) of those participating in the job of planting churches and the planting itself. Continue reading →

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Read More

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Rick Wadholm

For the last several years I’ve provided my congregation with several potential Bible reading plans included in our Sunday bulletin the first of the year: M’Cheyne Reading Plan (with several variables) and For Shirkers and Slackers. The former offers an … Continue reading →

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New Classes and Why I Love My Job

Posted on October 25, 2015 by Rick Wadholm

Excited about a few courses I’ve designed being added to the catalog (Lord willing): BIBL 336 The Former Prophets (Joshua, Judges, 1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings) – 3 credits Students will analyze the accounts of Israel’s story as recorded in the … Continue reading →

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Enjoying Worship

Posted on July 30, 2015 by Rick Wadholm

This evening as I was preparing for my Bible Study group, when I happened upon a quote by G. H. Mallone (Furnace of Renewal: A Vision for the Church, Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1981, pp.51-52) concerning the oft heard question, “Did … Continue reading →

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Judging Judges: The Cutting of the Concubine

Posted on August 24, 2014 by Rick Wadholm

I was just asked how one should deal with the story of the Levite cutting up his gang-raped concubine in Judges 19. Here is my short answer. The ending chapters of Judges function at several levels:1) historical context for the … Continue reading →

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The Lost Treasure of Ugarit

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Rick Wadholm

It appears that the SYFY channel is making a movie about my life as an Ugaritic scholar. They even got my wife, Jenn, into the mix. I’m just annoyed they went with my name being “Jack Hunter”. Lame! I prefer … Continue reading →

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Book Exchange

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Rick Wadholm

Thanks to Jason Gardner I will be reading a new book soon: Cynthia L. Miller, ed., The Verbless Clause in Biblical Hebrew: Linguistic Approaches (Winona Lake, Ind: Eisenbrauns, 1999). Hopefully Jason enjoys Murray J. Harris, Prepositions and Theology in the … Continue reading →

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Biblio-bloggers Unite

Posted on November 18, 2012 by Rick Wadholm

Perhaps one of the most enjoyable (and immediately applicable) sessions I attended at SBL in Chicago was the Biblio-bloggers session. John Hobbins made an eloquent (as always) case for his presentation on the call for peer-review in biblio-blogging and for … Continue reading →

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Re-Thinking the Ten Commandments

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Rick Wadholm

So I’ve been rethinking the “ten commandments” (or, better, according to the Hebrew the “decalogue” or “ten words” עֲשֶׂ֖רֶת הַדְּבָרִֽים).  There is often discussion in our western context that suggests that the Decalogue belongs in the public sphere (just think … Continue reading →

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