Don’t let the notion of “editorializing” throw you. What he is speaking about is Mark constructing his account to show context and connections. This analysis is part of a method which is subjected to literature and the author is including the section as part of this investigative method. Tradition has it that Mark used Peter’s preaching Jesus in composing the account for the Romans who … Continue reading Textual Markers Influencing Meaning
The Book That Packed A Punch: 100 Years of Machen’s “Christianity and Liberalism” — Ad Fontes Continue reading Two Religions: Christianity and Liberalism
The Jerusalem Post described Lag B’Omer as, “The springtime holiday became a celebration upon a grave”. Damning words from a Jewish publication, but that is what it is. Every year, bonfires are lit up and down the country and thousands gather to celebrate by the grave of a Kabbalistic rabbi on the eve of Lag… Lag B’Omer: Idolatry in High Places — ONE FOR ISRAEL Ministry Continue reading Lag B’Omer: Idolatry in High Places
I was gratified to receive the following message via the Contact form: Sir, I’m a Muslim, and I’ve read the Islam section in your book What’s Your Worldview. However, to say the least, I haven’t found any of the objections therein to be tenable: He goes on to give brief responses to two of the… A Muslim Defends His Worldview — Analogical Thoughts Continue reading A Muslim Defends His Worldview
To see the features of this room we need more light (revelation) not new ways to imagine obscure objects. I thought the author’s “son” analysis with Adam and Israel was spot on. Plenior, Praegnans, or Progressive: Inner-Bibilical Interpretation and Authorial Intent — Southern Equip Continue reading Warfield’s Dimly-Lit Room as Descriptive of The O.T.
The last footnote in Caneday’s critique is surely wrong. Nevertheless, he exposes fallacies in Richard Hay’s two works: Reading Backwards, and Echoes of Scripture in the Gospels. Since, in a post, I have featured Hay’s publication (Echoes) and have affirmed its contents, I also need to offer a second word of critique. Revealed Forward: Figural Revelation of the Messiah’s Suffering and Glory in Israel’s Scripture … Continue reading Opening Eyes is Revelatory Not Hermeneutical
Pascal Quignard’s The Hatred of Music is impossible to summarize. It’s divided into ten “treatises” with titles like “It So Happens That Ears Have No Eyelids,” “The Song of the Sirens,” and “To Disenchant.” He examines music from historical, mythical, phenomenological, and every other conceivable angle. But the treatises aren’t really treatises; they’re more like… Music in the Death Camps — First Things RSS Feed – … Continue reading Christian Hope: Anticipating The New Song
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Christian Nationalism — The Gospel Coalition Continue reading Christian Nationalism?
Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old (Mt. 13.52 ESV) Peter Williams demonstrates some of the ways Christians are to harmonize the Testaments. He discusses implicit and inherent allusions in the parable of The Prodigal Son[s]. Of course, the N.T. … Continue reading O.T. Allusions in the Parable of the Prodigal Son
When it comes to knowing yourself, social psychologists speak of the “looking-glass self,” a term coined in 1902. It refers to our tendency to understand ourselves by perceiving what others make of us. In other words, the self is the result of learning to see ourselves as others see us.1 The great Scottish poet Robert Burns is credited with saying: “Oh would some power the gift … Continue reading Finding One’s Self-Brian Rosner
Summary: A rare, almost 2,000-year-old, detailed paycheck of a Roman soldier, who took part in the siege at Masada, reveals he wasn’t in it for the money. Roman Soldier’s Detailed Paycheck Found at Masada — Patterns of Evidence Continue reading Roman Soldier’s Detailed Paycheck Found at Masada
Many are familiar with the James Ossuary, which hit the news to great fanfare in 2002, followed by the ensuing controversy regarding its authenticity. The limestone ossuary (bone box) dates to the first century and bears an inscription reading, “James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus.” It was quickly disputed and declared a forgery by […] Weighing the Evidence: Is the James Ossuary Authentic? — Bible … Continue reading Weighing the Evidence: Is the James Ossuary Authentic?
I think we can all safely say there were no actual dragons involved, but what is the real story behind St George? Who was he and how did he become so famous? The flag of St George, now the flag of England, is enthusiastically flown by English football fans but George was actually from Lod,… St George and the Holy Land — ONE FOR ISRAEL Ministry Continue reading St George and the Holy Land
Paul views Israel’s temple as an essentially human structure, fulfilled in believers on earth as they worship the God of heaven. Yet Paul’s theology isn’t an NT innovation; it’s deeply rooted in the Hebrew Bible, most particularly in the book of Chronicles. IntroductionChronicles is few people’s favourite book. The index to Walter Moberley’s ‘Old Testament… The Theology of the Chronicler — Thoughts on Scripture Continue reading Genealogical Enrollment is Personal and Intimate
Tell him this is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Here is the man whose name is the Branch, and he will branch out from his place and build the temple of the Lord. It is he who will build the temple of the Lord, and he will be clothed with majesty and will sit and rule on his throne. And he will be a priest on his throne (Zech. 6.12-13 NIV). … Continue reading The High Priest on His Throne
Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches (Mt. 13.32 NIV). The same birds that Greg Morse speaks about in Mt. 13.4 who pluck the sown word along the path are the same ones who perch in the mustard tree … Continue reading The Devil Goes to Church
The resurrection of Jesus is the center of Christian faith. If Christ is not raised, Paul says, our faith is worthless and we’re still in our sins. Unless he’s raised, Jesus’s life and death were utterly fruitless. If his body decayed in the tomb, Death won the battle with life and remains on the throne… Easter Bodies — First Things RSS Feed – Web Exclusives | … Continue reading The Last Enemy to be Destroyed is Death-1Cor. 15.26
Hiding behind what we only thought as useful, math, it turns out, helps cognition. Mathematics Teaches Us How to Think — First Things RSS Feed – Web Exclusives | Daily Writings From Our Top Writers | First Things Continue reading Metaphysical Math
Triablogue: Life After Our Resurrection Continue reading Do We Have “Eyes on the Prize”?
He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD (Dt. 8.3 NIV). God inserts difficulties in His (sinful) people’s lives to show that He can overcome them, to sanctify us, … Continue reading Connections with the Noah and Esther Epics
God “desires all people to be saved,” Paul tells us — but clearly not all people are saved. Does this mean God cannot do what he wants to do? If God Desires All to Be Saved, Why Aren’t They? — Desiring God Continue reading God Afflicts, But Not ‘From the Heart.’
Christ’s global purpose to ransom people from every tribe and tongue can be summed up in his words, “I have other sheep. I must bring them also.”Listen Now Christ’s Plan for the Globe — and You — Desiring God Continue reading “Every Tribe” Into “A Kingdom”
The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear,” says Isaiah in one of Holy Week’s most well-known passages (Isa. 50:5). His prophetic words were the result of God waking him up to open his ear “morning by morning” (50:4). False prophets speak their own words because they have closed ears. Isaiah’s open ears were the number-one… Silencing the Word — First Things RSS Feed – Web Exclusives … Continue reading Silencing the Word
Notes on Daniel 7: “One Like a Son of Man” in the Septuagint — Ad Fontes Continue reading “One Like a Son of Man” in the Septuagint
In his recent “political life of Jesus,” I Judge No One , David Lloyd Dusenbury makes the arresting claim that Jesus was what we’d call a political realist. Though he didn’t mount a Zealot rebellion, though he urged his followers to pay Caesar’s taxes, Jesus wasn’t apolitical. His keen observations on the ways of the… Jesus As Political Cynic — First Things RSS Feed – Web … Continue reading Jesus As Political Cynic
I think it’s fair to say that the last decade has witnessed a bit of a resurgence of academic interest in early Christianity. By “early Christianity,” I don’t mean the Christianity represented by the major figures in the fourth and fifth centuries when the church had risen to power—e.g., Athanasius, Constantine, Augustine. Rather, I am… Were Later Versions of Christianity Radically Different than Earlier Ones? Reflecting … Continue reading Were Later Versions of Christianity Radically Different than Earlier Ones?
A prominent Christian magazine recently warned against “deconstruction”—and it sounded pretty bad. “Fire,” “demolition,” and “ashes”—these were the disquieting words associated with “deconstruction.” In fact, deconstruction was linked to so-called exvangelicals and seemed to be simply a trendy new synonym for “apostasy.” Deconstruction, however, is not just de(con)struction. And it isn’t to be avoided at… Deconstructing Deconstruction — ThinkBetter Media Continue reading Deconstructing Deconstruction
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