Talbot School of Theology Faculty Blog /blogs/good-book-blog/articles/category/biblical-exposition Kenneth Berding A few weeks ago, I joined Josh Summers for an interview at <strong>Bible Memory Goal</strong> about my recently published book, <strong> <em>The Bible by Heart: The Bible Own Method for Scripture Memory</em> </strong> . In the past few years, Josh has become an influential Bible-memory... Mon, 18 May 2026 14:25:44 -0700 /blogs/good-book-blog/2026/strategies-to-memorize-the-bible-an-interview-with-josh-summers /blogs/good-book-blog/2026/strategies-to-memorize-the-bible-an-interview-with-josh-summers Kenneth Berding Many American Christians think that Christians who suffer for Jesus live <em>somewhere else </em>— in nations where Christians endure imprisonments, beatings and martyrdom for their testimony. But how can this be the only kind of suffering that the apostle... Mon, 11 May 2026 15:19:20 -0700 /blogs/good-book-blog/2026/join-me-in-suffering /blogs/good-book-blog/2026/join-me-in-suffering Gary Manning Jr When I teach or preach from the Gospels, I always bring in relevant aspects of the historical and cultural background. Including such details not only helps us in our interpretation of the scene, but also helps us retell the story well — an... Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:42:00 -0700 /blogs/good-book-blog/2026/soldiers-in-the-gospels1 /blogs/good-book-blog/2026/soldiers-in-the-gospels1 Kenneth Berding Yes, the Bible commands us to memorize Scripture. But the command probably doesn’t come in the form you think. Normally, people think of a biblical command as a direct instruction to do a particular action. For example, they might look for a... Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:45:06 -0700 /blogs/good-book-blog/2026/does-the-bible-command-us-to-memorize-scripture /blogs/good-book-blog/2026/does-the-bible-command-us-to-memorize-scripture Kenneth Berding My colleague, Dr. Isaac Blois, who teaches in the Torrey Honors College at 91��Ƭ�� University, recently published an academic book entitled <strong>The Role of Emotion in Philippians: Discerning Affections</strong> . I was intrigued, to say the least, when I learned... Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:52:00 -0700 /blogs/good-book-blog/2026/the-role-of-emotion-in-philippians-discerning-affections /blogs/good-book-blog/2026/the-role-of-emotion-in-philippians-discerning-affections Kenneth Berding I used to find a strange sort of comfort in two verses that seemed to indicate that the author of Hebrews sometimes didn’t know where he was quoting from. At least I wasn’t the only one! But you might ask: “That happens in the Bible? Where?” There... Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:44:00 -0700 /blogs/good-book-blog/2026/did-the-author-of-hebrews-really-not-know-where-he-was-quoting-from-hebrews-2-6-and-4-4 /blogs/good-book-blog/2026/did-the-author-of-hebrews-really-not-know-where-he-was-quoting-from-hebrews-2-6-and-4-4 Gary Manning Jr The New Testament clearly presents the Holy Spirit as a person. The Spirit is described as doing things and experiencing things that only make sense if the Spirit is a person. For example, the Spirit guided Jesus (Luke 4:10) and provides moral... Mon, 09 Feb 2026 20:48:00 -0800 /blogs/good-book-blog/2026/the-holy-spirit-and-grammatical-gender /blogs/good-book-blog/2026/the-holy-spirit-and-grammatical-gender The Good Book Blog <strong>Good Book Blog (GBB):</strong> Congratulations on your new book: <em>The Bible by Heart: The Bible Own Method for Scripture Memory</em> <em>.</em> <strong>Ken Berding (KB):</strong> Thanks so much. I’m excited to share this book with people who want to memorize Scripture. <strong>GBB:</strong> In one... Wed, 21 Jan 2026 09:36:00 -0800 /blogs/good-book-blog/2026/memorizing-scripture-the-bible-way-an-interview-with-ken-berding /blogs/good-book-blog/2026/memorizing-scripture-the-bible-way-an-interview-with-ken-berding John Bloom Over my long academic career, one of my greatest joys is seeing students grow in their faith and confidence in the Lord; but one of my greatest sorrows is watching some fellow educators drift and falter over time. Tragically, this seems to be the... Fri, 09 Jan 2026 10:04:28 -0800 /blogs/good-book-blog/2026/when-scholars-drift /blogs/good-book-blog/2026/when-scholars-drift Kevin Lawson <em>You, however, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra—which persecutions I endured; yet from...</em> Fri, 19 Dec 2025 13:04:28 -0800 /blogs/good-book-blog/2025/the-power-of-the-scripture /blogs/good-book-blog/2025/the-power-of-the-scripture