Relating to Biblical Theology
Psalm 98:1-3 (NRSV)123God's salvation is not simply a thing announced, but a 'wrought' reality. In saving us, God truly does certain deeds, 'wondrous things,' by which we are redeemed. God saves man by the forceful intrusion of His holiness into man's history. God's arm is a metaphor of this irrupting redemptive holiness. In the 'wondrous things' of the Incarnation, the ...
Paul's use of Hellenistic forms of rhetoric
Liturgical elements in Paul
Virtue and vice lists in Paul
The center of Paul's theology
Theological development in Paul
Sociological factors in Paul
Paul's relation to the narrative
Contextualization of Paul
Since the Pauline letters are occasional in nature, and since Paul failed to develop his thought systematically, is it possible to conceive of a Pauline "theology" in the broad ...
Osborne, Grant R. "Hermeneutics/Interpreting Paul." In Dictionary of Paul and His Letters, ed. Gerald F. Hawthorne, Ralph P. Martin and Daniel G. Reid, 388-396. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1993.I have some time off from preaching for a while, so I am diving into Paul, especially the book of Romans after spending much time in Genesis, Deuteronomy and the Psalms. ...
Clowney, Edmund Prosper. How Jesus Transforms the Ten Commandments, ed. Rebecca Clowney Jones. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2007. xiv, 154. $12.99.does [1]
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II. Covenantal FrameworkA. Covenantal Implications in a Sacramental World1. Covenantal: divine, personal condescensionCovenantsacramental world2. Sacramental: physical means of a spiritual communication[1]physical or outward means to communicate spiritually to usB. The Sacramental Nature of the Treesphysical symbolscommunicate a spiritual realityC. Probation of Humanity in the Garden[2]D. Destiny[1][2]The Westminster Theological ...
I. IntroductionA. Propositional AnemiaB. Satanic Strategy towards ApathyC. Robust Historical Christianityimage of Godlikeness of Goduninhibited fellowship1 The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
2 Day to day pours out speech,
and night to night reveals knowledge.
(Psalm 19:1-2, ...
Wilder, William N. "Illumination and Investiture: The Royal Significance of the Tree of Wisdom in Genesis 3." The Westminster Theological Journal 68.1, no. Spring (2006): ...
It is no coincidence that John informs us that Philip, whom Jesus had found, was from "Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter." Bethsaida was a fishing town just down the western shore of the Sea of Galilee from Capernaum, where Peter had built his home. "It is not unlikely that as fishermen in a fishing cooperative with ...
My wife and I not knowing much about fine art, purchased a course on the paintings on display in the Louvre and have been amazed at all that can be found in a single painting. One famous painting, now infamous thanks to Dan Brown, that we learned about was the Mona Lisa. Up to this point, my education ...
16 Then the men set out from there, and they looked down toward Sodom. And Abraham went with them to set them on their way. 17 The Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do, 18 seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of ...
justifyingJustification is an act of God's free grace unto sinners, in which he pardons all their sins, accepts and accounts their persons righteous in his sight; not for anything wrought in them, or done by them, but only for the perfect obedience and full satisfaction of Christ, by God imputed to them, and received by faith alone.[1]...the transgression of the ...
We learned that humanity was created as the image of God, to be the likeness of God on this earth, living in fellowship with God (Genesis 1:26-27). However, our first parents, Adam and Eve, sinned and brought a great change to all who were born after them (Genesis 3, Romans 5:12-21). Now we find that human beings, while ...
This WeekThis Week Christian the Yoke's on Youone dollaryokeone dollarcleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of GodTake My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is ...
In the last episode we focused on the idea of blessing and tried to understand it in its Biblical context. We said that it was essentially the promised result of covenant obedience and its corollary was and is cursing as the promised result of disobedience.Psalm 1 begins by introducing to us the Man of Blessing, the Blessed One. ...
A Fork in the RoadMy wife and I lived for a couple of years in Eastern Europe. While there we visited Prague, Czech Republic. Like many of these very old European cities the roads were narrow, curved, and labyrinth-like. Their angular jutting forth reminded us that there was certainly a time before the automobile. We were seeking a restaurant that ...
IntroductionA Conceptual Overview of the Imagery of YokeBondage and FreedomnotThe Interplay Between Political and the SpiritualA Union that BindsAt that time Jesus declared, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. All things have ...
Romans 8:3-4 (English Standard Version)
For God has done what the Law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh ...
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Romans 8:37-39 (NA26)
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37But in all these things we ...
But consider what would emerge if the clergy accepted as their modest role the voicing of scripture material, without excessive accommodating -- that is, without accommodation to political liberalism or political reactionism [conservatism?], without accommodation to religious orthodoxy or critical urbaneness, but only uttered the voice of the text boldly, as it seems to present itself, even through it does ...
