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Rosaria Butterfield is “given to hospitality,” as the New Testament prescribes. She talks with Mark Ward about how to show gospel-oriented love to neighbor and stranger.

How can biblical theology help us understand key Old Testament books, and how can it help us “include the stranger”? David Firth talks to Mark Ward about his new commentary on Joshua in the Evangelical Biblical Theology Commentary and also his New Studies in Biblical Theology volume, Including the Stranger.

How did the New Testament apostles tell Israel’s story? Jared and two co-author friends put together an insightful exploration into the biblical theology of the most important theologians in existence: Jesus, Paul, Matthew, Luke, and the author of Hebrews.

How does knowing the end of the Bible's story—the New Jerusalem is even better than Eden—help you understand apply every part of that story? Nancy Guthrie will show you.

Application is something good Bible readers and teachers do instinctively but may have a hard time explaining. A method needs to be distilled from their work so the rest of us learn to do it well, too. Dan Doriani has done this distilling in an excellent book: Putting the Truth to Work: The Theory and Practice of Biblical Application.

Wayne Grudem has written probably the most popular systematic theology of the last 50 years—and “popular” in two senses: it’s widely used and it’s very accessible. Grudem has just put out a second edition of his work, and he talks with Bible Study Magazine Podcast host Mark Ward about how to apply the whole Bible to our questions.

Preaching teacher and practicing dermatologist Abraham Kuruvilla explains how to discover what biblical authors do with what they say—and how this helps Bible students apply Scripture faithfully.

Ken Casillas is a pastor and a professor and has written an excellent book on biblical application. He offers wisdom on how to apply the Bible well—and which applications might go beyond the text.

Barry Webb, author of multiple excellent books of Old Testament biblical theology, talks to Bible Study Magazine Podcast host Mark Ward about biblical theology—and especially about the book of Ruth.

Jonathan Lunde, author of Following Jesus, the Servant King: A Biblical Theology of Covenantal Discipleship, urges Christians to follow their Lord—and why a biblical theology of the covenants is so helpful to good discipleship.

Bible scholars ought to serve the church, not just the academy. Ben Witherington has worked to serve both over a long career. He shows that rigorous attention to the details of the biblical can most definitely still yield new insight.

Brian Rosner is one of the most prolific and important contributors to evangelical biblical theology. He was an editor for the New Dictionary of Biblical Theology and has written the acclaimed Paul and the Law in the New Studies in Biblical Theology Series. He has also done careful biblical-theological work on matters of personal identity.

Doug Moo, author of the new A Theology of Paul and His Letters (Zondervan Academic), talks to Bible Study Magazine Podcast host Mark Ward about Paul, the New Perspective, approaches to biblical theology, and more.

How do you apply biblical wisdom literature such as Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes? Craig Bartholomew is known for careful attention to the trees combined with an expansive view of the forest. He demonstrates both abilities in this discussion with Bible Study Magazine Podcast host Mark Ward.

Walter Moberly has given much attention to moving from the Bible to theology, and of using Bible study to serve the church. He and Bible Study Magazine Podcast host Mark Ward discuss the limits of acceptable Bible interpretation.

How does the Bible apply to my life? How does it apply to matters of conscience on which Christians disagree? Andy Naselli has written (with longtime missionary to Cambodia J.D. Crowley) a book on this very topic. He talks with Mark Ward about common contemporary issues and how to apply the Bible to them.

Joe Sprinkle, author of the new Evangelical Biblical Theology Commentary volume on Daniel (Lexham Press), talks to Bible Study Magazine Podcast host Mark Ward about biblical theology and the Old Testament.

H.B. Charles is a careful and humble Bible teacher who has written a book that will help any Bible teacher, from Sunday school to the pulpit, to be a faithful herald.

Stephen Dempster, author of the truly epic biblical theology book, Dominion and Dynasty (in the New Studies in Biblical Theology series from IVP), talks to Bible Study Magazine Podcast host Mark Ward about biblical theology and the Old Testament.

Matthew Harmon, author of the Evangelical Biblical Theology Commentary volume on Galatians (Lexham Press), talks to Bible Study Magazine Podcast host Mark Ward about biblical theology, the book of Galatians, and specific knotty phrases in Paul’s letter.

Tom Schreiner, author of the Evangelical Biblical Theology Commentary volume on Hebrews (Lexham Press), talks to Bible Study Magazine Podcast host Mark Ward about biblical theology and the book of Hebrews.

What role should typology and allegory play, if any, in our reading of Scripture? Hear a biblically careful and rigorous answer from pastor and professor Mitch Chase, author of 40 Questions About Typology and Allegory.

Michael Barrett, author of the Lexham Context Commentary notes on Zechariah (Lexham Press), talks to Bible Study Magazine Podcast host Mark Ward (also former editor of the LCCOT) about biblical theology, Hosea, and Zechariah.