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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.

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

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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.

Guest spot on Bible and Friends podcast

I was a guest on the Bible and Friends podcast quite awhile ago, when I still lived in Oklahoma and was working at Oklahoma Christian University. In the summer of 2022, we moved to Ontario, Canada, where I serve as VP Academic at McMaster Divinity...

Most popular video

I filmed and posted this video on Jan 11, 2023. It's got over 66,000 views and about 400 likes. It's been shared a lot, and I still get comments on it. In fact, a guy we went to church with for a while had recently searched YouTube to see how to r...

Well, hello there, little fella!

This little dude was in our front yard this morning. So tiny. I almost stepped the him! He didn't move now matter how close I got. I'm sure he was cold; it's rainy and windy and chilly today. UPDATE: Well, unfortunately, I found out later today th...

First start after a long winter nap

I got my mower out today, cleaned it up, and started it up to make sure it is ready to go for first mow in a week or two. When a mower sits all winter, the carb dries out and needs to be primed with fresh fuel. There's no primer button on my mower...

Now available...

At the annual meeting of the ETS in San Antonio last November (2023), I presented a paper in the New Testament Greek Language and Exegesis section. The theme of the session was the question, "What is lacking in Exegesis?" I presented a paper entit...