Biblical Theology… The Law of God and the Moral Imagination 25 Jun 202625 Jun 2026 Have you ever wondered why the laws of God in the Old Testament can sometimes seem so specific? Consider Exodus 23:19, which forbids boiling a young goat in its mother's…
Hermeneutics… Nakedness and Worship: A Case Study in the Depth of Scripture 23 May 202623 May 2026 Scripture is packed with meaning and application for us. Sometimes our familiarity with the Bible can lead us to overlook or ignore strange passages. Sometimes our distance from the original…
Discipleship… The Bible Questions Us 22 Jan 2019 Good reading involves asking questions of the text. Any effort to understand must wrestle well with the words on the page, and the relationship between ideas. We must seek to…
Hermeneutics Exodus and the Language of Salvation 11 Mar 2015 Exodus is a paradigm for New Testament salvation. After spending a year studying the book I became convinced of that statement. The themes of the exodus event, and the themes…
Church… Interpreting the Scriptures as Part of the Church 12 Aug 2014 One of the great deficiencies of the Protestant church is its overreaction to abuses in the historic Catholic Church. While we fully recognize the importance of the priesthood of all…
Hermeneutics… Inerrancy and Worldview: Introduction 16 Jan 201317 Jan 2013 Belief in the Scriptures has never been popular. But even among theologians today it is uncommon. Belief in the Scriptures as the inspired, inerrant, and authoritative Word of God is…
Books… No Dichotomy Necessary: A Review of “Education or Imitation” by Curtis Allen 22 Oct 201223 Oct 2012 A simple word can change an entire sentence. Comedian Demetri Martin remarks how "sort of" can alter the entire meaning of a sentence: You're going to live...sort of. I feel…
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…
Hermeneutics… Who Were The Prophets? 15 May 201216 May 2012 I get why, for many people, the prophets seem completely irrelevant. Read Ezekiel 1:15-20 lately? It's not exactly a passage that most of us are reading for reassurance of God's…
Books… The Prophets Can Speak Today: A Review of “Interpreting the Prophetic Word” by Willem VanGemeren 14 May 201215 May 2012 Willem VanGemeren has made a small reputation for himself among the Reformed community as both an Old Testament and Biblical Theological scholar. His other book, The Progress of Redemption captures…
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