David Among the Priests: Seeing the Royal Priesthood of David in the Book of...
In 1 Chronicles 1–9, the central feature of the genealogy is the priestly service of sons of Aaron and Levi. (See this post). Yet, as the book unfolds, there is another “priest” who takes center stage....
View ArticleRedemption, Covenant, and Dwelling: Seeing the Three-Fold Pattern of...
Patterns are everywhere. In aviation, you have flight patterns; in economics, you have patterns in the stock market, in detective work, police look for patterns of suspicious behavior; and in sports,...
View ArticleA Better Inheritance: Letting Israel’s Land Promises Inform Our Eternal Hopes
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an...
View ArticleOn the Hill of the Lord It Will Be Provided (Genesis 22)
God said what? He told his servant Abraham to go and sacrifice his son, only son, Isaac, the one whom he loved. And did he? Is that what God requires? Why would God do that? And why would Abraham obey?...
View ArticleThe Proof is in the Patterns: How Typology Demonstrates the Trustworthiness...
In a few weeks, I will be teaching a class on Scripture at my church, followed by teaching Systematic Theology at Indianapolis Theological Seminary. In preparation for those classes, I have begun...
View ArticleTypology That Is True to the Text: What Elijah and Elisha Point Out for...
How does typology work? Is it something that we do when we interpret Scripture? Or, is it something that Scripture does and we recognize when we read and interpret? In other words, is typology a method...
View ArticleWas Jesus Among the Larpers? How Reading John 4 with Genesis 29 Helps Us...
Well, Well, Well, Look What We Have Hear: A Marriage, A Mountain, and a Messiah (pt. 1) — A Sermon on John 4:1–18 In John’s Gospel we learn that Jesus is the Word made flesh (1:14), the Only Begotten...
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View ArticleA Tale of Two Fishermen: Peter, Jesus, and the Meaning of 153 Fish
If you have ever fished, or known someone who has, then you know the temptation to embellish. What began as a small catch, becomes a medium catch, becomes a large catch. Maybe this is a stereotype, but...
View ArticleFrom Creation to New Creation: A Seven Day Pattern in Genesis 1–3
Both James Jordan and Alistair Roberts have made a case that the literary structures of Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 mirror one another.[1] As evidenced in Genesis 1:1–2:3, creation took place over the...
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