Posted in Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology, Genesis, Genesis 33, Hermeneutics, J. Gresham Machen, Luke, Luke 15, New Testament, Old Testament, Research Papers, Sacra Scriptura, tagged Esau, Jacob, LXX, Prodigal Son, Septuagint on May 10, 2008 | No Comments »
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Luke’s LXX Allusion to Jacob and Esau (Genesis 33:4) in the Prodigal Son Parable (Luke 15:20) Affirmed (10 pages; .PDF format; ~190KB) examines the Greek texts of Genesis 33:4 and Luke 15:20 to demonstrate the striking linguistic parallels in these texts and to suggest that Luke employs an allusion to the former in the latter.
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Posted in Audio, Ecclesiology, Ethics, Love, New Testament, Pilgrim Praxis, Romans, Romans 12, Sacra Scriptura, Sermon, tagged Christian life, Christianity, religion on April 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Summary: I presented this sermon to my preaching lab 3 class this afternoon. My assigned topic is “brotherly love,” and the text I chose is Romans 12:10.
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As a student who is very much still learning how to preach, I’d love your feedback. If you listen, I’d like to know:
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Posted in Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology, Book Reviews, Ecclesiology, Ex Pacto, Hermeneutics, N. T. Wright, New Perspective on Paul, New Testament, Old Testament, Semper Reformanda, Soteriology, Synthesis, Systematic Theology, tagged Reformed on April 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
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Download A Reformed Read Through N. T. Wright’s The Climax of the Covenant, Chs. 1-4 (PDF)
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Abstract: In The Climax of the Covenant N. T. Wright’s exegetical arguments toward Christ’s covenantal fulfillment of the Old Testament offer a rich harvest of biblical-theological and covenantal insights. However, compared to other Reformed [...]
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Posted in Book Reviews, Ethics, Hermeneutics, Metaethics, New Testament, Pilgrim Praxis, Prolegomena, Research Papers, Richard Hays, Sacra Scriptura, tagged Reformed on April 10, 2008 | No Comments »
Overview
My senior seminar class is reading through Richard Hays’ ethical masterpiece, The Moral Vision of the New Testament. This profound book has prompted deep reflection upon the proper use of Scripture in Christian ethics, and Hays’ work has provided an opportunity for us students to evaluate our Reformed (i.e. Vantillian/Framian/Prattian) metaethic with a metaethic outside [...]
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Posted in Biblical Studies, Eschatology, Ethics, Hermeneutics, Pilgrim Praxis, Richard Gaffin, Sola Ecclesia, Soteriology, Worship, tagged Sabbath on April 2, 2008 | No Comments »
In a world full of hurt we need to be reminded often of our hope. Such is the purpose of the weekly Sabbath rest lived by God’s people. Professor Gaffin explains:
We obscure the meaning of the Lord’s Day if we detach it from the other six days of the week. The weekly cycle—which structures human [...]
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John Carrick’s The Imperative of Preaching is a gem of an introduction to redemption history’s (biblical theology’s) implications for Christian preaching. The first five chapters are particularly helpful in these ways:
Carrick introduced well the interrelations and biblical-theological implications of the indicative and the imperative moods.
Also, his thoughts on the exclamative mood are helpful for thinking [...]
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Posted in Biblical Theology, Book Reviews, Geerhardus Vos, Herman Ridderbos, Hermeneutics, Preaching, Scripture, tagged Christianity, Reformed, religion on March 24, 2008 | No Comments »
I really enjoyed reading Graeme Goldsworthy’s Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture for two main reasons:
First, he does a good job at introducing the basics of biblical theology ( i.e. What is BT? What does it look like? Why is it important?) in a non-technical way and with an eye for why BT [...]
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Posted in Biblical Studies, Eschatology, Ex Pacto, John, John 11, Meredith Kline, New Testament, Pilgrim Praxis, Research Papers, Revelation, Revelation 20, Richard Gaffin, Sacra Scriptura, Soteriology, Systematic Theology, tagged amillennialism, covenant, death, resurrection on January 19, 2008 | No Comments »
Overview: What hope does a Christian have in death?
My paper seeks to answer that question from two angles: exegesis and covenant theology. First, exegetically, I attempt to build upon the work of Meredith Kline’s two articles on Revelation 20:1-6 (”The First Resurrection” and “The First Resurrection: A Reaffirmation“) by asking a question Kline did not [...]
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For all of us seminarians struggling our way through the often difficult works Vos, Ridderbos, Goldsworthy, Wright, et. al., be encouraged by Pete Enns’ personal reflection on how Biblical theology (i.e. historia salutis) is vital to living Christianly in the present evil age: A Small, Practical Comment on Biblical Theology.
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A couple interesting short reads on the historicity of Exodus:
(1) Giving several evidences, Richard Pratt downplays (perhaps as a version of “parallelomania“) the work of Old Testament scholars who would seek to deconstruct the book of Exodus into an ahistorical account in light of the genre of the Egyptian Tale of Sinuhe:
Unfortunately, students who are [...]
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