In case you missed it, you should read Denny Burk’s post on the lifting of the ban on women being on the front lines of combat. Here’s a taste: Are the fortunes of women in our country really enhanced by sending them to be ground up in the discipline of a combat unit and possibly …
Category Archives: Bible and Theology
We Love Homeschooling
I am so thankful that our kids are enrolled in Hamilton Classical Academy, and here’s just one reason. The other day their history book from Veritas Press (Pages of History by Bruce Etter and Alexia Detweiler) introduced this acorn to oak-tree concept of the growth of the promises in the OT from the acorn of …
A Revelation Symposium in Reno
Sierra Bible Church in Reno, NV is hosting a Revelation Symposium on Saturday, February 23, 2013. I’m looking forward to interacting with Sam Waldron and Gary DeMar. Details here. Then Lord willing, Sunday, February 24, 2013, it will be my privilege to preach the word at Sierra Bible. If you’re in the area, I’d love …
David Instone-Brewer on Electronic Resources for OT Studies
David Instone-Brewer is always informative on electronic resources, and he’s just come out with his latest update focusing on OT Studies.
Winter Bible Conference, Grace Church Tallahassee
Grace Church of Tallahassee, Florida is hosting a Winter Bible Conference January 25–27, 2013. I’ll be speaking on the Holy Spirit. Here are the session topics and times: Friday, January 25, 7pm, The Holy Spirit and Old Covenant Believers Saturday, January 26, 9am, The Promise of the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament Saturday, January …
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Denny Burk’s Word in Season: What Is the Meaning of Sex?
You would have to be hiding under a rock to have failed to notice that controversy swirls about human sexuality. You remember that thing Luther is purported to have said about where the battle rages? Well, in our day, the battle rages on the sexual-morality front. Only fools or cowards would urge that we shrug …
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New Year’s Resolutions
1) Resolved: in stray and sundry moments when I find myself waiting in line or sitting in traffic, to meditate on the Scripture I know and seek to apply it to life rather than fretting about the way I could be using that time to study more Scripture. 2) Resolved: to obey Deuteronomy 6 and …
Through the Prince Not Proud
The one who gave life, entered into life. The one who spoke the curse of death took the curse of death. The one who defines good and evil, who is nothing but good, took evil on himself. The holy one gave himself for the unholy, The righteous for the unrighteous, The undying for the dead. …
What Jesus Is
The baby in the manger is the lynchpin of the fulfillment of God’s promises. The whole Bible hangs on that baby born of Mary. God’s faithfulness depends on that boy’s life. God’s faithfulness is shown in that man’s death. God’s faithfulness is sealed in his resurrection. Jesus is everything to us.
What Jesus Did at the Incarnation
The infinite, unlimited one, became finite and took the limitations of a baby. The immortal, undying one, became mortal and took a body that could die. The omnipresent, everywhere one, located himself in one spot. The invisible, unseen one, became visible and his glory was beheld. The all wise, all knowing one, learned obedience and …
Logos 5 is Live
Logos 5 has released and has a crisp new look and feel. You can find out more about what’s new on their site and in this video:
New Post at Christianity.Com: Intended Allegory in the Song of Songs?
Over at Christianity.Com I ask whether there is exegetical evidence that Solomon intended an allegorical layer of meaning in the Song of Songs. Here’s the opening: For a number of years now learned interpreters of Scripture have been telling us that the Song of Songs is (primarily) about human love. I put the word primarily …
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Typology Preserves Biblical Inerrancy Against Ehrman’s Mistake
Bart Ehrman describes why he left the faith in his book Misquoting Jesus (8–9): A turning point came in my second semester . . . . we had to write a final term paper on an interpretive crux of our own choosing. I chose a passage in Mark 2, where Jesus is confronted by the …
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Chiasms on the Brain?
I was recently asked some questions about chiasms: Are biblical scholars just bored and seeing things? Would ancient audiences have picked up on them? Is this a widely attested ancient Near Eastern device? Do lay Bible readers have any hope of seeing them or must they consult commentaries? These are good questions. There are biblical …
The Typology of David’s Rise to Power: Messianic Patterns in the Book of Samuel
What is Typology? How do the biblical authors develop typological connections? Can we read the Bible the way the biblical authors did? These are some of the questions I seek to address in an essay that has just appeared in The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology. Thanks to the generosity of the editor, Steve Wellum …
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In Houston October 1–6, 2012
My sweet wife grew up in Houston, and then when I finished my PhD at SBTS in 2003, the Lord opened a door for me to teach at the Houston campus of Southwestern Seminary. I had the privilege of teaching there from 2003–2008. In January of 2004 I was ordained to gospel ministry by Providence …
Theopologetics Interview on Sex and Gender
Chris Date of the Theopologetics Podcast interviewed me yesterday on sex and gender, mainly in response to Phillip B. Payne’s arguments. The podcast is available in iTunes and Zune by searching for “Theopologetics,” or people can subscribe directly to the RSS feed at www.theopologetics.com/?feed=podcast. Part one of the interview is here. Part two is here. …
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Congrats to Andy Naselli on From Typology to Doxology
My good friend Andy Naselli recently completed his second Phd. The first one was done at Bob Jones in Theology and resulted in an important book entitled Let Go and Let God? A Survey and Analysis of Keswick Theology. The second one was done at Trinity under D. A. Carson, and it has now been …
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New Post at Christianity.com: How I Mark My Bible
Someone recently asked in a comment on some post or other about how I mark my Bible. I describe the color coding system I use in a post over at Christianity.com. Here’s the introduction: Do you have a system for marking your Bible as you study? Over the years, I’ve found that if I want …
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Review of Phillips, God’s Wisdom in Proverbs
Note: Themelios 37.2 has just appeared, in which this review is published. I would note also that what Dan Phillips does in this book, especially with Proverbs 22:6, goes very well with the previous post on child-training in the OT. Dan Phillips. God’s Wisdom in Proverbs: Hearing God’s Voice in Scripture. The Woodlands, TX: Kress, …
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