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Dr. Dvorak

Dr. Jim Dvorak is Vice President Academic and Professor of New Testament at McMaster Divinity College in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

2 Peter, Jude

In the coming Fall term (begins September 9, 2024) here at MDC, I will be teaching a graduate course on 2 Peter and Jude. Also, next week at CBOQ Assembly, I will be teaching a short Bible lesson from 2 Peter. Below is an article I wrote about 2 P...

In press...

Way back in 2018, I presented a paper at a Bingham colloquium conference at McMaster Divinity College. That paper was submitted for publication in an edited volume to be published by MDC Press. Due to a number of factors, including a pandemic, the...

Life in the rust belt

Sydney was complaining of a scraping noise coming from the front left (driver's side) wheel of her 2012 Honda Civic. I pulled the wheel and off came the backing plate. Anywhere there was a provision for a fastener to hold it on was all rusted out....

Happy birthday!

Today (May 11, 2024) is my YouTube channel's birthday! To celebrate, here is my most popular/viewed video of all time (as of this post it has 68,792 views).

Pyramid of intellect

My friends sent me this. 😂Check out my YouTube channel.

What often happens when I am asked to preach...

I will be preaching this coming Sunday (May 5, 2024) at the Tintern Church of Christ. I'll be preaching Hebrews 3. So, as I always do, I translated the text from the Greek New Testament as part of my textual study. My translation is based on Nestl...

What often happens when I am asked to preach...

I will be preaching this coming Sunday (May 5, 2024) at the Tintern Church of Christ. I'll be preaching Hebrews 3. So, as I always do, I translated the text from the Greek New Testament as part of my textual study. My translation is based on Nestl...

Ahhh, summer...

... that time of rest, relaxation, rejuvenation, uninterrupted research and writing—in short, the unicorn for which those of us who are administrators in academe longingly search but never find.