Sermon audio online here: Revelation 6:1-17 – Dr. Jim Hamilton May the Lord bless his word.
Category Archives: Biblical Theology
Revelation 5:1-14, The Lamb Standing as though Slain
Sermon audio from yesterday available here: Revelation 5:1-14, The Lamb Standing as though Slain
Revelation 4:1-11, The One Seated on the Throne
Sermon audio from yesterday available here: Revelation 4:1-11, The One Seated on the Throne
Justin Taylor Diavlogs with Russell Moore on Adopted for Life
I’m fans of both Justin Taylor and Russell D. Moore, and this is really cool. These guys must be on Macs or something. They have recorded a conversation on Dr. Moore’s new book Adopted for Life. Aside from the coolness factor of this video, I can’t speak highly enough of this remarkable book. Theological precision. …
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Yahweh Is Everything, Baal Is Nothing
This past Sunday at Kenwood Baptist Church my fellow elder Josh Philpot brought a strong word from 1 Kings 18. Get it here: 1 Kings 18:20-40, If the Lord is God, Follow Him
Revelation 3:7-13, An Open Door No One Can Shut
Sermon audio from yesterday available here: Revelation 3:7–13, An Open Door No One Can Shut Keep the word of Jesus and you will be kept.
Dale Allison on Jesus as the Embodiment of God’s Will
This is just a plug for anyone interested in typology to go read Dale C. Allison Jr.’s fascinating essay, “The Embodiment of God’s Will: Jesus in Matthew,” in the volume Seeking the Identity of Jesus. This is an essay that will repay careful study, and I expect to cite it a number of times.
Revelation 2:18-29, King Jesus Versus Jezebel
This morning’s sermon audio is up here: Revelation 2:18–29, King Jesus Versus Jezebel The first few words didn’t make it onto the recording, and what was missed was my introducing the quotation that opens the sermon as coming from Joseph J. Ellis’s book, Founding Brothers. May the Lord bless his word.
Review of Encounters with Biblical Theology by John J. Collins
Encounters with Biblical Theology. By John J. Collins. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2005, 243 pp., $22.00. John J. Collins of Yale (not to be confused with C. John Collins of Covenant Seminary) is a believer. He believes in historical criticism (22). He believes in Troeltsch (12). He believes in archeology (5). He believes that the Israelite conquest …
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Revelation 2:12-17, Repent of Nicolaitan Teaching
Sermon audio from yesterday morning (link fixed) here: Revelation 2:12–17, Repent of Nicolaitan Teaching
Revelation 2:8-11, Faithful unto Death
Only Jesus has the necessary authority to call people to be faithful unto death. Commanding people to be faithful unto death announces that it is better to be faithful to Jesus than it is to go on living. Only Jesus can make that announcement. Only Jesus can adequately reward that kind of sacrifice. The death …
In Siloam Springs, AR on Wednesday, April 29
Tomorrow night I’ll be speaking at the Activate Conference at Harvard Avenue Baptist Church on “Missional Living in the Home and Beyond.” If you’re in the northwest part of the natural state, it would be great to see you there!
Seven Reasons You Should Read Tom Schreiner’s New Testament Theology
1) More than any other reason, you should read this book because it will help you understand the Bible, which will help you know God as he is revealed in Jesus by the power of the Spirit. 2) Schreiner’s massive knowledge of texts in context will inspire you to know your Bible better. 3) The …
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Was Joseph a Type of Christ?
I think so, and I try to prove it in this essay: “Was Joseph a Type of the Messiah? Tracing the Typological Identification between Joseph, David, and Jesus,” The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 12.4 (2008), 52-77. The gist of my article is this: From the reuse of key words and phrases (linguistic connections) and …
Good New Stuff on the Bible
I’m glad to see the appearance of Ancient Word, Changing Worlds: The Doctrine of Scripture in a Modern Age by Stephen Nichols and Eric Brandt. Anyone who wants to understand the disputes in North America over Inspiration, Inerrancy, and Interpretation in the last 125 years should praise God for this handy book! The latest issue …
Revelation 2:1-7, First Love
Sermon audio from this morning here: Revelation 2:1–7, First Love And if you go to this page or this page you can RSS the sermon audio updates. May the Lord add his blessing to the preaching of his word.
Samson Crushed the Philistines, and They Wanted Entertainment
My colleague, Charles Halton, has a fascinating study of a pun in Judges 16:25-27 in the most recent issue of the Journal of Biblical Literature. The play on words involves two verbs that sound virtually the same except that one begins with “s” (sin) and the other begins with “sh” (shin). The verb in the …
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Schreiner, Seifrid, Vickers, and Burk Respond to Wright’s Response to Piper
Denny Burk has all the details on and his reaction to yesterday’s forum. I would encourage you to read his opening statement, and I am in agreement with his assessment of the conversation. The audio from the conversation is here. I thought the moderator did a fine job, and the participants were both informative and …
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“Arise, O Star” at Songs of Southern Friday Night
Last summer I posted the lyrics to “Arise, O Star,” which is my attempt to put the Messiah in the Old Testament to music. This spring there was an invitation here at SBTS for folks to submit songs they had written, so I turned this one in along with another (an attempt to put the …
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The Seed of the Woman and the Blessing of Abraham
I have just been alerted that my Tyndale Bulletin essay, “The Seed of the Woman and the Blessing of Abraham,” is now online: “The Seed of the Woman and the Blessing of Abraham,” Tyndale Bulletin 58.2 (2007), 253-73. Here’s the abstract: Might the blessing of Abraham in Genesis 12:1-3 be a direct answer to the …
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