Month: January 2025

With gratitude ….

Daniel Segraves

January 27, 2025 | Daniel L. Segraves, Ph.D.

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I am grateful for the privilege of ministering for sixty years within the fellowship of the United Pentecostal Church International. In my prayers, I frequently express my gratitude to God for those He has brought into my life who have had a good influence on me.

I cannot list all those who have pointed me in the right direction, but they certainly include my parents, Glen and Agnes Segraves. My father was my first pastor. My grandfather, L. D. Segraves, was the first apostolic preacher in my family.

Other pastors and teachers whose voices I can still hear include Clyde J. Haney, my pastor and one of my teachers at what was then known as the Western Apostolic Bible College. Another influential teacher at that time was Paul Dugas, whose son Timothy later became my pastor.

Since my calling in life focused not only on pastoring but on teaching, I sat under a wide variety of teachers in the process of earning various degrees required to qualify for professorial duties in accredited schools. Since the UPCI did not yet have accredited schools where such degrees could be earned, many of my teachers were not identified with the apostolic movement. Nevertheless, the learning experience was valuable and helpful, enabling me to participate in preparing our own graduate school for accreditation.

God is still at work in my life today through the influence of my pastor, Mitchell Bland, my friends in ministry, and my peers who understand the call into the world of academia.

Thank you, United Pentecostal Church. This is my home. This is my church. I love you.

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All done!

Daniel Segraves

January 18, 2025 | Daniel L. Segraves, Ph.D.

This past Thursday night, January 16, I finished my work on the second volume of my commentary titled The Messiah in the Psalms: Discovering Christ in Unexpected Places. On the same evening, I submitted the 227-page manuscript to Everett Gossard, the book editor for Pentecostal Resources Group.

At a meeting on November 5, 2024, the PRG Executive Publications Committee discussed the earlier form of this work, which consisted of my comments on Psalms 73-89, Book Three of the Psalter. The committee members considered the manuscript provisionally approved, contingent on their review of the complete manuscript. The committee will meet next on March 12 to decide on the entire work, now including my commentary on Psalms 73-106. Psalms 90-106 constitute Book Four.

If all goes well, I am hoping for publication before the 2025 general conference of the United Pentecostal Church International in St. Louis, Missouri.

Now, on to Psalm 107!

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Almost there ….

Daniel Segraves

January 10, 2025 | Daniel L. Segraves, Ph.D.

I am happy to report that I have finished my work on Psalms 73-104. Now I am working on Psalm 105, which I may be able to complete over this weekend. If so, I will lack only Psalm 106 to be ready to send the manuscript for the second volume of my commentary to the editor.

Those who have followed my journey on this project know it has been off and on the back burner since 2018. This has never been because of a lack of interest on my part. I am intrigued by the Psalter, and I rejoice over every discovery I have made. It has truly been an experience of discovery. That’s why all three volumes of this work (yes, there will be a third and final volume covering Psalms 107-150) are titled The Messiah in the Psalms: Discovering Christ in Unexpected Places.

When the project has been on the back burner, it has been due largely to my involvement in other writing projects like my commentary on the Holy Spirit. This hardback book exceeds 300 pages and deals with nearly every reference to the Holy Spirit from Genesis 1 to Revelation 22.

I am so grateful for my wife Susan! She has supported and encouraged me throughout this experience, sharing my joy of discovery when I found never before seen insights.

Now, back to work!

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A New Year and a New Era for Logos Bible Software

Daniel Segraves

January 1, 2025 | Daniel L. Segraves, Ph.D.

In this, my first post on the first day of the new year, I would like to let you know about the latest developments in my favorite research resource, Logos Bible Software.

From time to time, I am asked what I think is the most helpful Bible software available.

My opinion is based on many years of use in the context of teaching on the Bible college and seminary levels as well as research and writing to fulfill the requirements for the degrees M.A. in Exegetical Theology, Master of Theology, and Ph.D. in Renewal Studies with majors in Christian Theology and History of Global Christianity.

In addition to using Bible software in preparation for teaching in classrooms, local churches, camp meetings, and other venues like Purpose Institute, I find it helpful in fulfilling writing assignments for the Pentecostal Life magazine, “God’s Word for Life,” the curriculum published by the United Pentecostal Church International, and a variety of other ministry opportunities that require writing. I have written twenty-one books and hope to have finished the twenty-second in just a few days.

So what Bible software do I recommend?

Without question, it is Logos Bible Software.

I regularly sit through training sessions to keep up to date on the latest developments in this amazing technology. To take a look for yourself at its current state, you can go to https://www.logos.com. You will discover “The World’s Most Powerful Bible Study Platform.” A “Start Free Trial” is available if you like what you see. If you wish, you can talk to a Logos expert by calling 888-398-9481.

If you’ve ever looked at Logos, you probably have some idea about its capabilities. Today’s Logos does all it has ever done but, in an often-used term, it takes Bible research and writing to “a whole new level.”

I subscribe to Logos MAX. With its thousands of books, journal articles, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and original language resources (Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic) available in a moment, I can find what I need to move quickly to complete projects.

The integration of AI enables me to ask questions and receive almost instant feedback based on the resources in my subscription. The responses free me from any concern about the accuracy of my findings because they do not come from the internet at large but from the trusted resources I have selected.

With the New Era of Logos, you will discover tools and resources to supercharge your personal study, teaching and preaching preparation, and academic research. I encourage you to look into this.

I wouldn’t want to be without it!

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