Suffering, Chastisement and the Fatherly Love of God
I was blessed to have grown up in a home in which I had a father who both taught me about, and... Read More
A Biblical Theology of Darkness and Light
An interesting series of biblical-theological allusions to light and darkness emerge in the Gospel of John. In the first 14 verses of... Read More
A Faith That Triumphs And Suffers
There is a fascinating observation, made at the end of Hebrews 11, regarding the outcome of saving faith in the “here and... Read More
No Greeting From the Holy Spirit?
I’ve always been intrigued by the way in which God greets His church in so many of the Epistles. Whether it is... Read More
Because There Was No Sun…
It has become increasingly popular for theologians to appeal to Meredith Kline’s 1958 “groundbreaking” article, “Because It Had Not Rained...” in order... Read More
Old Testament Personal Types and Shadows of Christ
There is, perhaps nothing so faith-building in the OT–apart from the explicit Messianic prophecies–as God’s covenantal structuring of history that gave us... Read More
The River and the Tree of Life
In Ezekiel 47 the prophet sees an unusual sight. This is not the first unusual thing Ezekiel has seen as he gets... Read More
A Bad Court In Which To Be Tried
If there is one thing that those who know me well can agree upon it’s the fact that it’s not hard to... Read More
The Wisdom of the Son (Law and Gospel in the Proverbs)
In an earlier post, “The Songs of the Son (Seeing Christ in the Psalms),” we gave consideration to the fact that–although there... Read More
Book of Hebrews Resources
Here are some of the resources that I have found most useful for sermon preparation for preaching through the book of Hebrews.... Read More