Where in the Bible …Is End Times
Now on the seventh day they rose up early as dawn arose and they marched around the city. This was according to the pattern: seven times on that day they marched around the city, only seven times that day. Then on the seventh time the priests blew the trumpets. So Joshua said to the people, “Shout! For the LORD has given the city to you…. Read more »
Who JESUS Is…
The heart of the Christian gospel is the penal, substitutionary atonement of Jesus Christ. As we should expect, this most salvific of all doctrines is taught throughout the Scriptures. It is pervasive, stated both propositionally and illustrated through many types and figures. This note considers a few examples of this foundational jurisprudential doctrine that C. S. Lewis so memorably describes as “deeper magic from before… Read more »
Where in the Bible …is Poetry
Protestant biblical theology requires a rigorous historical as well as grammatical exegetical approach and a disciplined typological method. – J. I. Packer The greatest crisis in the early life of the apostolic church was clearly the challenge to the gospel of free grace represented by the Judaizers, the controversy which necessitated the first ecumenical council at Jerusalem (Acts 15:1-3). Paul’s epistle to the Galatians represents… Read more »
Then the LORD said, “Do not fear them, for I have given them into your hand. Not one man of them shall stand before you.” So Joshua came upon them suddenly, having marched all night from Gilgal. And the LORD made them afraid before Israel, so they struck them with a great blow in Gibeon and they pursued them toward the way of the ascent… Read more »
Where in the Bible …is the GOSPEL
Acts 6:8-7:60 Luke’s account of the death of Stephen is unmistakably patterned after the suffering and glory of Jesus. Stephen, like Jesus, was full of grace and power, working signs and wonders among the people (Acts 6:8). He charged the religious leaders of Jerusalem with killing God’s prophets (Acts 7:52), just as Jesus had done (Luke 11:47). As a result, the Jews were incensed against… Read more »