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 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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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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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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This month’s New Horizons presents useful, interesting, and brief reads on a difficult portion of Holy Scripture: the Prophets.
Rev. Keele’s article on hope in Hosea is particularly interesting to me in that it touches on the same topic I researched last year: covenant dynamics in Hosea.
Read New Horizons Articles:
A Window of Hope in Hosea
by [...]
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Every week Reformed Perspectives eZine puts out great articles on a variety of theological, ecclesial, and practical topics. Contributers include a mix of contemporary and classical Reformed pastors and thinkers.
Dec. 16-22, 2007 Edition:
Exodus
A Poem by Bobby Gawthrop
Webpage PDF Word
A Defense of (Reformed) Amillennialism, Part IV
An Article by David J. Engelsma
Webpage PDF Word
What About Revelation 20?, Part II
An Article by [...]
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Posted in Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology, Ex Pacto, Hosea, Hosea 14, Mortification of Sin, Old Testament, Pilgrim Praxis, Research Papers, Sacra Scriptura, Systematic Theology, tagged exegesis, Hebrew, prophecy on November 20, 2007 | No Comments »
Overview: When Hosea says, “Repent!” is he talking to me?
In this paper I attempt to unpack the covenantal dynamics of Hosea’s call to repentance in Hosea 14. My goal is to help modern readers of Hosea apply the call to repentance within today’s dispensation of the covenant of grace: the church age, or the time [...]
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Posted in Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology, Old Testament, Pilgrim Praxis, Psalm 1, Psalter, Sacra Scriptura, Scripture, Sola Scriptura, tagged exegesis, Hebrew, meditation, Poetry on November 2, 2007 | No Comments »
Psalm 1:2b1
וּֽבְתוֹרָת֥וֹ יֶהְגֶּ֗ה יוֹמָ֥ם וָלָֽיְלָה׃
“and on His [Yahweh’s] Torah he [the blessed man] meditates both day and night [at all times].
To Meditate (יֶהְגֶּ֗ה)
The whole of verse 2 is a poetic line with two parallel cola. (See Futato’s Interpreting the Psalms, pp. 26ff., for more on the structure of Hebrew poetry.) So, we have to think [...]
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“This book is an attempt to set forth biblical eschatology, or what the Bible teaches about the future.” So begins the preface to Dr. Anthony Hoekema’s The Bible and the Future. In this study Hoekema argues that the Sacred Scriptures clearly teach both the inauguration of the Kingdom of God in Jesus’ first [...]
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