Between November 29 and December 25, I shipped more than 200 books to readers. If you ordered BEFORE December 23 and you have not received your order IN THE UNITED STATES, then I need to know. Several people have had problems with orders due to the general mismanagement of the post office. So far I…
But wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy. James 3:17 Peaceable – OK, let’s think about this. “Peaceable?” We live in a world of greater and greater threat and conflict. In case you weren’t paying attention, tensions around the globe are escalating as…
Brevard S. Childs was perhaps the most influential thinker in the development of canonical theology in the last several decades. His work, Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments, presents a thorough analysis of the forces that led to the formulation of a canonical theological position. In this series of lectures and comments of…
But wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy. James 3:17 Pure – Want peace in your life? Want gentleness, mercy and integrity? Want clear reason and satisfying production? Then start with hagnos (Greek for pure). Of course, it’s important to know what “pure”…
“I will give them one heart and one way of life, to reverence me at all times, for their own good and the good of their children after them.” Jeremiah 32:39 One Way Of Life – The old beliefs die hard. Tradition is difficult to revise. Comfortable conclusions resist correction. But a love of the…
“And you, lie down on your left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel on it. The number of the days that you shall lie down on it, you shall bear their iniquity.” Ezekiel 4:4 (translation: A. Heschel) Bear – Who will respond to the call of the Lord? “Here I am,”…
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In the beginning Genesis 1:1 In The Beginning – The Tanakh opens with a single word, bere’shiyt, a compound of the preposition be and re’shiyt, a noun that means “the first, the chief, the best.” The rabbis noted a curious thing about bere’shiyt. It begins with a bet, the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet. …
An Exegetical Review of Hebrews 8:13 Hebrews 8:13 is often cited by Christians as positive proof that the Mosaic laws have been abolished. Wayne Jackson’s remarks are a typical Christian view: “The vast majority of the Jewish community had rejected the Messiah and his New Covenant arrangement. Hence, they continued to rely upon the…
