ESV Scripture Journals pair the entirety of individual books of the Bible with lightly lined blank pages opposite each page of Bible text, allowing readers to take extended notes or record insights and prayers directly beside corresponding passages of Scripture. These thin, portable notebooks are great for personal Bible reading and reflection, small-group study, or taking notes through a sermon series.
Spring '26 Required FLBC textbook for Poetical Books course taught by Dr. Nathan Olson, Professor of New Testament and Systematic Theology.
Fall '22 Recommended FLBC textbook for Poetical Books course taught by Dr. Nathan Olson, Professor of New Testament and Systematic Theology.
ESV Scripture Journals pair the entirety of individual books of the Bible with lightly lined blank pages opposite each page of Bible text, allowing readers to take extended notes or record insights and prayers directly beside corresponding passages of Scripture. These thin, portable notebooks are great for personal Bible reading and reflection, small-group study, or taking notes through a sermon series.
Spring '26 Required FLBC textbook for Poetical Books course taught by Dr. Nathan Olson, Professor of New Testament and Systematic Theology.
Spring '25 Required FLBC textbook for Poetical Books course taught by Dr. Brent Olson, Professor of Old Testament.
Fall '22 Required FLBC textbook for Poetical Books course taught by Dr. Nathan Olson, Professor of New Testament and Systematic Theology.
Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife. A perverse person spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends. Go to the ant, you lazybones; consider its ways, and be wise.
Every day we make choices on the path of life. Proverbs are memorable capsules of wisdom, chiseled in words and polished through use by those who have traveled that path ahead of us. But the proverbs of the Bible make a greater claim than "a penny saved is a penny earned." They are woven into the web of divine revelation, rooted in the "fear of the Lord" that is the beginning of wisdom.
While many proverbs speak to us directly, we can gain much greater insight by studying the book of Proverbs as a whole, understanding its relationship to ancient non-Israelite wisdom, and listening to its conversation with the other great voices of wisdom in Scripture--Job and Ecclesiastes.
In How to Read Proverbs Tremper Longman III provides a welcome guide to reading and studying, understanding, and savoring the Proverbs for all their wisdom. Most important for Christian readers, we gain insight into how Christ is the climax and embodiment of wisdom.
Spring ’26 Required FLBC textbook for Poetical Books course taught by Dr. Nathan Olson, Professor of New Testament and Systematic Theology.
Spring ’25 Required FLBC textbook for Poetical Books course taught by Dr. Brent Olson, Professor of Old Testament.
Fall ’22 Required FLBC textbook for Poetical Books course taught by Dr. Nathan Olson, Professor of New Testament and Systematic Theology. You will need either this or How to Read the Psalms.
The Psalms possess an enduring fascination for us. For frankness, directness, intensity and intimacy, they are unrivaled in all of Scripture. Somehow the psalmists seem to have anticipated all our awe, desires and frustrations. No wonder Christians have used the Psalms in worship from the earliest times to the present.
Yet the Psalms cause us difficulties when we look at them closely. Their poetry is unfamiliar in form. Many images they use are foreign to us today. And the psalmists sometimes express thoughts that seem unworthy of Scripture.
Tremper Longman gives us the kind of help we need to overcome the distance between the psalmists' world and ours. He explains the various kinds of psalms, the way they were used in Hebrew worship and their relationship to the rest of the Old Testament. Then he looks at how Christians can appropriate their message and insights today. Turning to the art of Old Testament poetry, he explains the use of parallelism and imagery.
Step-by-step suggestions for interpretating the psalms on our own are followed by exercises for further study and reflection. Also included is a helpful guide to commentaries on the Psalms.
Here is a book for all those who long to better understand these mirrors of the soul.
Spring ’26 Required FLBC textbook for Poetical Books course taught by Dr. Nathan Olson, Professor of New Testament and Systematic Theology.
Spring ’25 Required FLBC textbook for Poetical Books course taught by Dr. Brent Olson, Professor of Old Testament.
Fall ’22 Required FLBC textbook for Poetical Books course taught by Dr. Nathan Olson, Professor of New Testament and Systematic Theology. You will need either this or How To Read Proverbs.
