Real scholars scare me. “Type A” people intimidate me. I’m not a type A. I’m more of a type C-minus. However, the Lord has blessed me with a lot of neat opportunities to teach and some of those type A scholars have come in quite handy at times.

Recently, I’ve been watching a series of videos from Dr. Bill Barrick. He is introducing the text and storyline of the Old Testament. One of the things that immediately caught my attention was his ability to field wild and wonderful questions from his students without missing a beat. From the simplistic to the profound, his students toss out questions a...