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Greg Lanier

Greg Lanier (PhD, Cambridge) is Associate Professor of New Testament at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, where he lives with his wife and three daughters. His work on the Greek OT includes The Septuagint: What It Is and Why It Matters (Crossway, 2021; with Will Ross), Septuaginta: A Reader’s Edition (Hendrickson, 2018; with Will Ross), and Old Testament Conceptual Metaphors and the Christology of Luke’s Gospel (T&T Clark, 2018).

The Newborn Temple: How Jesus Fulfills Our Longing to Worship

The Newborn Temple

How Jesus Fulfills Our Longing to Worship

Jesus was the newborn temple, the newborn sacrifice, the newborn priest. On Christmas, Jesus came so that we might fully and truly worship God.

Jesus’s Favorite Title for Jesus

Jesus’s Favorite Title for Jesus

No title for Jesus appears more often in the Gospels than “Son of Man” — and perhaps no title is more misunderstood, both then and now.

Septuagint: Why the Greek Old Testament Still Matters

Septuagint

Why the Greek Old Testament Still Matters

Every pastor and engaged layperson could benefit from knowing even a little about the Septuagint (LXX), the Bibles the apostles used.

Does the Virgin Birth Really Matter?

Does the Virgin Birth Really Matter?

Jesus came into the world in a way no one in history has, to show that he was someone that no one in history can safely ignore.

Whose Son Is He? How the Gospels Whisper Christ’s Divinity

Whose Son Is He?

How the Gospels Whisper Christ’s Divinity

Though the Gospel writers never recorded Jesus saying, “I am God,” they whisper his divinity on every page.

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