Four Branches – December 2021
Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Exegetical Theology: Historical Gaps - What is the idea? Words in one language don’t “mean” words in another language. For example, עֵץ, δένδρον, arbor, Baum, and tree all can ...
Never a Small Thing!
My dear brothers in pastoral ministry, It’s been my honor to serve you the past 18 months as director of Grow in Grace. A particular honor of this calling was writing Grace Notes, meant to ...
Preach the Word – November/December 2021
The Sermon and the Proper Law and gospel. These two teachings, the most important truths of the Bible, must form the heart and core of the preacher’s sermon, and of the two, the gospel must ...
The Resurrection Fact: Responding to Modern Critics
Each contributor within The Resurrection Fact responds to modern critics of the historical death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This is the event on which justification became a reality. “He was handed over to death ...
Four Branches – October 2021
Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Exegetical Theology: Historical Gaps - What is the allusion? Because the holy writers had background knowledge and life experiences in common with their first audiences, they could make quick ...
Four Branches – May 2021
Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Exegetical Theology: Direct Speech, Indirect Speech and Reported Consequences Linguistically speaking, the Gospels read a bit like a Hemingway novel, only with less wine consumed. Hemingway, in contrast to ...
Four Branches – April 2021
Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Exegetical Theology: Proclaiming Life with 1 John - Part Two Last time, we began to look at a sampling of ways the apostle John pairs an empty tomb to ...