Posted in Biblical Theology, Book Reviews, Geerhardus Vos, Herman Ridderbos, Hermeneutics, Preaching, Scripture, tagged Christianity, Reformed, religion on March 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Posted in Biblical Studies, Old Testament, Prolegomena, Scripture, tagged Moses, Reformed on January 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Posted in Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology, Old Testament, Pilgrim Praxis, Psalm 1, Psalter, Scriptura sacra, Scripture, Sola Scriptura, tagged exegesis, Hebrew, meditation, Poetry on November 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Posted in Apologetics, Biblical Studies, Doctrina divina, E. J. Young, Old Testament, Prolegomena, Scripture, Semper Reformanda, tagged inerrancy, infallibility, inspiration, Reformed on October 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The October edition of the OPC’s New Horizons magazine has some great reading on Old Testament professor E. J. Young who was a stalwart defender of the inspiration and inerrancy of Holy Scripture and a master exegete of the Hebrew Scriptures.
Free New Horizons Articles
Introduction: Young on Scripture
by John R. Muether
Scripture: God-Breathed and Profitable
by Edward J. [...]
Posted in Antithesis, Apologetics, Book Reviews, Christology, Doctrina divina, Doctrine of God, Ecclesiology, Historical Theology, J. Gresham Machen, Pilgrim Praxis, Prolegomena, Sanctification, Scriptura sacra, Scripture, Semper Reformanda, Sola Ecclesia, Sola Fide, Sola Gratia, Sola Scriptura, Soteriology, tagged Christianity, inerrancy, religion on April 6, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Christianity and Liberalism by J. Gresham Machen
Paperback; ISBN: 0802811213
Machen is not a man who minces words. Vis-a-vis modern liberalism he argues forcefully that Christianity is a religion based on (a) God’s objective, historical work of redemption in Jesus Christ and (b) God’s revelation which gives the meaning and context of Christ’s life and work. Modern [...]
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