Bible

The New Testament's Use of the Old Testament: A Seed Coming to Blossom

Tim Bertolet
Dec 23, 2015
The New Testament primarily uses the Old Testament to show that God is bringing his promises to fulfillment. God’s history of revelation and redemption comes to a climax in a manner that is continuous with the Old. When we think of the use of the Old Testament in the New Testament there are a...

The New Testament's Use of the Old Testament: The Psalms and Christ

Martin Blocki
Dec 22, 2015
I don’t claim to be a logician, but I do know at least one basic syllogism, it goes as follows: If: A = B And: B=C Then: A=C With this in mind, consider the following passages of scripture: 1 Peter 1:10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours...

The New Testament's Use of the Old Testament: The Foundation

David Smith
Dec 16, 2015
One of the most important interpretive questions with which we have to wrestle as we seek to understand the Bible is: How are the Old and New Testament (OT...

Migrants and Mercy

Mark Johnston
Oct 1, 2015
Europe is in the grip of the most serious displaced persons crisis since the Second World War. Pope Francis, on his recent visit to the US, has raised the issue with the President as well as in his address to Congress. But what should we as Christians make of it in light of the Bible’s teaching? I...

6 Ways to Benefit from Reading Genealogies, by Matthew Holst

Guest blogger
Sep 23, 2014
Most Christians inwardly, if not outwardly, groan when they arrive at a genealogy in their Bible reading. This is a shame. The genealogies are wonderful and I love studying (not just reading) and preaching them. They are compressed histories of God's faithful and loving dealings with his children,...

Vatican Files no. 20

Leonardo De Chirico
May 13, 2013
"The Word of God Precedes and Exceeds the Bible:" Pope Francis on Scripture and the Church After a couple of eventful months surrounding the Vatican, the time has come to shift into a more routine mood. Pope Francis has attracted a lot of attention from the media and has sent various messages of...

Vatican Files no. 20

Leonardo De Chirico
May 13, 2013
"The Word of God Precedes and Exceeds the Bible:" Pope Francis on Scripture and the Church After a couple of eventful months surrounding the Vatican, the time has come to shift into a more routine mood. Pope Francis has attracted a lot of attention from the media and has sent various messages of...

Back Road Bliss

Mar 19, 2012
One thing that stinks about moving to a new town is that you are not familiar with the back roads. Matt and I have lived in the panhandle of WV now for going on eight years, and we are still learning some cool new ways to get to where we are going. Frederick, MD, the town I am from, has awesome...

Justification and the Literary Imagination

Leland Ryken
Feb 12, 2011
The function of the literary imagination is to incarnate meaning in concrete images, characters, events, and settings rather than abstract or propositional arguments. To use the formula of Dorothy Sayers, the imagination images forth its subject, and in turn it is a commonplace that what literature...

Justification and the Literary Imagination

Leland Ryken
Feb 12, 2011
The function of the literary imagination is to incarnate meaning in concrete images, characters, events, and settings rather than abstract or propositional arguments. To use the formula of Dorothy Sayers, the imagination images forth its subject, and in turn it is a commonplace that what literature...