Gary Shogren's Blog
I have a new AUTHOR WEBSITE! All of my books - English and Spanish - described and with links to purchase them. Share with your friends! Commentary on 1 CorinthiansCommentary on 1-2 ThessaloniansMyths that We Christians Accept and Pass along to OthersIceberg Ahead! When God's Servants Crash into Cold, Hard RealityTools on New Testament GreekAnd... Continue Reading →
Reading is a great tool for fending off mental sluggishness and for lifelong learning! I gave a talk on it here: “Christian Leaders and LifelongLearning.” Or to put it another way: “The man who does not read,” said Mark Twain, “has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” In 2025 I read (or listened... Continue Reading →
Greetings from Gary Shogren! Who are we? Every year we open a Facebook "club", whose members can learn a new ancient language (we have done Biblical Aramaic, Latin) or read Scripture in the original languages (the whole Septuagint; the Torah; the Hebrew Poets and Latter Prophets; the New Testament, twice; also the Apostolic Fathers). For... Continue Reading →
Frank W. R. Benoit, Not by Ignorance: An Explanation of Cessationism (Sisters, OR: Deep River Books, 2020; Spanish first edition 2017, Sevilla, España), 264 pp. $15.99 paperback. The FULL review in English is available HERE.The full review in Spanish is available HERE.In both cases, the reviews are copyrighted and sponsored by The Foundation for Pentecostal... Continue Reading →
Ebook from KindlePaperback from Amazon Spanish ebook from KindleSpanish paperback from Amazon or from CLIE The 21st century, that digital arena where information and misinformation battle for our attention! To be sure, the internet can render up solid facts, for instance: “Who won Super Bowl XLVII in 2013?” But the very same medium also lures... Continue Reading →
Every year we have a reading group for some ancient language. We return to a classic, which we last did in 2014. In the new year we will begin with the simplest Greek (John's Gospel) and hopefully finish the most difficult (Hebrews) for Christmas! Welcome aboard, bring your friends! Spanish-speakers are welcome, but most of... Continue Reading →
A while back I wrote a brief commentary on 1-2 Timothy for Bible translators. In I had to deal with the most important textual variant (place where the manuscripts differ one from another). It appears in 1 Tim 3:16: “Beyond question, great is the mystery of godliness, ___ was manifest in the flesh” (NASB version). In... Continue Reading →
There is a subset of Bible teachers who are certain they have all the answers. “The Bible is God’s Truth!" they say. “I preach the Bible!” they say. “Therefore, I have all the answers!” they say. They do not say “I do not know what the Bible says” or "The Bible doesn't speak to this... Continue Reading →
Last year we were in Costa Rica for Seminario ESEPA's anniversary; I gave a talk on "Christian Leaders and LifelongLearning." I suggested that "reading" was one of the best tools for building up brain power. And that reading broadly, including books we disagree with, will help rescue us from our social media echo chambers. Just... Continue Reading →
Spoiler alert - Bugs Bunny and I don't see eye to eye on this one! In March, Logos placed a joyful announcement on their Facebook page, featuring Bible commentaries written by “women who wield words for God’s glory.” Out of the ones they highlighted, I had just used Karen Jobes’s commentary to help translate a... Continue Reading →
Open Our Eyes, Lord! 