Biblical Theology A Biblical Theology of Name (Part 2) 14 May 201414 May 2014 In a perfect world, whatever God called a thing that is what it became. We do not, however, live in a perfect world. In our world all of creation rebels…
Biblical Theology A Biblical Theology of Name (Part 1) 7 May 20147 May 2014 I don’t know how my wife and I ever decided on a name for our daughter. We couldn’t agree on any. Needless to say, it was a shock to me…
Atonement… Redeemed from Slavery 21 Feb 201322 Feb 2013 The term "redemption" means "the release of people, animals, or property from bondage through outside help" (The New Dictionary of Biblical Theology, 716). In the Biblical purview one particular historical event informs…
Biblical Theology… Jesus: The Fulfillment of the Prophets 17 May 201218 May 2012 They saw a kingdom! The ancient prophets of the Old Testament were commissioned by God to call the people of Israel to repentance, to warn them of judgment, and yet…
Biblical Theology… Moses, Samuel, and Elijah: The Proto-Prophets 16 May 201217 May 2012 The pastorate is a ridiculous job! Who willingly goes into this line of work? I remember when I was in seminary a professor told me, "If you could see yourself…
Biblical Theology… Themes in the Book of Jonah: The Universal King 11 May 201212 May 2012 Christianity is not an "American/Western Religion." I get so tired of hearing misinformed troglodytes spew this "argument." If it has been co-opted in some manner by American culture, Jesus himself…
Biblical Theology… Themes in the Book of Jonah: Salvation Belongs To the Lord 2 May 20123 May 2012 God shows mercy to whomever he chooses. The sovereign of the universe made that clear when he spoke centuries before Jonah to the man Moses (Exodus 33:19). Likewise Jesus made…
Biblical Theology… A Theology of Sex: Sex and the Marriage Bed (Part 1) 24 Apr 201225 Apr 2012 Sex and marriage: the two go together like…well, like sex and marriage. What analogy could be more clarifying? Of course, as we’ve intimated in other posts in this series, in…
Biblical Theology… Themes in the Book of Jonah: The Sovereignty of God 17 Apr 201218 Apr 2012 Shamu answers to God! We see that clearly from the book of Jonah where God appoints a great fish to swallow up Jonah and then later to spit him out.…
Biblical Theology… Saved By The Whale: Jonah’s Salvation 4 Apr 20125 Apr 2012 Of all the ways to be saved from certain death swallowed by a giant fish is probably not on the list. But the cliché rings true: God moves in mysterious…
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