A Biblical Theology of Exile/Restoration in the OT Prophets
Just as Adam was exiled from Eden and promised restoration through the redemptive work of the promised Messiah (Gen. 3:15), so Israel served to typify judgment... Read More
C.S. Lewis on the Right of Private Judgment
In his Preface to Paradise Lost, C.S.Lewis masterfully challenged T.S. Eliot’s position that “the best contemporary practicing poets are the only ‘jury of judgment’ whose verdict on his own views of Paradise Lost he will accept.” Lewis pulled on Eliot’s thread of logical fallacy in what... 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 Paul, Peter, James,... 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 to propagate a... 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 people, places, and... 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 a guided tour... 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 fish an opinion... Read More
William Fitch Sermons
In 2 Timothy, the apostle Paul instructed his young protegee with some important departing counsel: “The things that you have heard from me among many... Read More