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Some of the key ways Biblical writers draw attention to important details in their stories are by the use of key words, repetition, and structural devices like chiasms and parallel constructions. The Bible sounds different, even odd, to us sometimes because of the use of these and similar literary conventions.…
It is pretty standard in conservative Christian circles to condemn unbelief for pretensions of “autonomy.” Cornelius Van Til famously (at least among those of us who knows who he is) said that “There is no alternative but that of theonomy and autonomy.” Greg Bahnsen appealed to this quotation by labeling…
Jesus was the greatest teacher who ever taught — the Light of the World, whose pure Truth brought sight to the blind (John 9). Almost no one — even those who speak openly against Him — disputes His reputation as a wise and good teacher of the way of love.…
It is clear that the events in Esther are an integral part of the history of the formation of the Restoration Covenant Era. Amalek attacks. Amalek is spoiled. The spoils are used to build the Temple, in the sense that the crude Temple of Zerubbabel can now be glorified with…
It is not coincidental that John Calvin speaks most strongly in defense of vernacular language just after his defense of singing in church. "From this also it plainly appears that public prayers must be couched not in Greek among the Latins, nor in Latin among the French or English, as…
In A Voyage Around the World , George Anson recounts the effects of scurvy upon an unfortunate man: But a most extraordinary circumstance, and what would be scarcely credible upon any single evidence, is, that the scars of wounds which had been for many years healed, were forced open again…
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Some people fascinate. Some people have “It.” But what is It? Yale theater professor Joseph Roach explores this question in his wide-ranging cultural history, entitled simply It (University of Michigan, 2007). Turns out, It is like porn - you know it when you see it, but you can’t quite define…
INTRODUCTION Satan is the adversary, a strong enemy. But Jesus is the stronger man. Satan is never triumphant in Matthew’s gospel. In the power of the Spirit, Jesus is always Christus Victor . THE TEXT “Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by…
In his recent La Maison Dieu , Dominique Iogna-Prat asks “How did the Church, in the sense of the community of the faithful, come to take its identity from space bounded by stones.” In the words of the TLS reviewer, Iogna-Prat “offers a history of the ‘petrification’ of Western Christianity…
In her recent book on blood in medieval theology and piety, Caroline Bynum summarizes the debates concerning blood in the middle ages. The TLS reviewer summarizes: “Bynum begins by describing the debates and practices of the famous controversial pilgrimage to ‘the blood’ at Wilsnack, Brandenburg, to three abused Eucharistic hosts…
In her recent book on blood in medieval theology and piety, Caroline Bynum summarizes the debates concerning blood in the middle ages. The TLS reviewer summarizes: “Bynum begins by describing the debates and practices of the famous controversial pilgrimage to ‘the blood’ at Wilsnack, Brandenburg, to three abused Eucharistic hosts…
Pauline Viviano has a bit of fun at my expense over on the America website(www.americamagazine.org/blogs/client). She’s “reviewing” my commentary on 1 & 2 Kings, but instead of actually discussing my book, she mocks typological interpretation and my use of it in particular. She knew what I was up to without…
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