Dr. Carmen Joy Imes

I knew this would be a controversial topic. Already the debates are breaking out on social media over the first post in the series, where I...

Two of the most recent contributions to the burgeoning collection of novels written by biblical scholars are worth reading. Historical ficti...

Journalism ethics is all the rage this week (literally), with a provocative TIME magazine cover on the topic of immigration. (With apolog...

I'm beginning to see the Bible with new eyes. It began with a syllabus. Increased ethnic diversity at both of the universities where I...

My blog has needed an update for quite some time. At first, "seminary mom" made sense. I was a mom in seminary, and this somewhat ...

Last fall, one of my college professors, Ray Lubeck, invited me back to speak to his Bible Study Methods class. Ray was more than just a pro...

I've spent part of the day weeding in my back yard, cooking dinner, and hanging out with my kids. I spent the rest of my day exploring J...

The annual Wheaton Theology Conference has just come to a close. This year's topic was Christian Political Witness . I enjoyed stimula...

I love what Augustine has to say about the pursuit of knowledge : "All or almost all of us men love to call or consider our suspicion...

A number of months ago a kind reader introduced himself . He let me know that he was particularly interested in watching how I would be affe...

Or are there distinctively Christian ways of reading Scripture? Todd Billings thinks so. His book is a great introduction to the theologic...

I honestly don't know, but I've spent the past month exploring Ezekiel 28, the text that (supposedly) depicts the fall of satan. Dur...

After a thoroughly delightful week of "vacation" spent in my study carrel (studying whatever I wanted to study with no pressing de...

I've been meeting with some Jehovah's Witnesses off and on for about 17 months now.  We met regularly for 6 months and then took a b...

Last year at ETS I experienced a rapid succession of divine appointments for 3 days straight.  This year felt different because I did a lot ...

Joel Green, a professor at Fuller Theological Seminary in California, wrote an article back in 2004 that I just discovered this afternoon.  ...

I'm reading a book by Peter Leithart called Deep Exegesis: The Mystery of Reading Scripture. Great book so far!  Leithart wants us t...

No diamond yet, but I did find a real gem this morning while reading the concluding pages of Kevin Vanhoozer's book Is There a Meaning i...