Kingdom through Covenant review: Chapter 3

So I hope you guys are ok with me being honest… I’m really tired of trying to get through this chapter. I’ve read so much more already over the actual covenants because of this reason: I often start big books like this but never finish because I get burnt out in the opening chapters where … Continue reading »

Ps 30.9-10

From dust I have come, and to dust I will return… How can You expect praise if to this you let me return, prematurely? Continue reading »

Book Review: Kingdom through Covenant (ch 2)

In this post, we’ll discuss some of the central topics of chapter two from Gentry and Wellum’s (2012) “Kingdom through Covenant.” Primarily, this will be a discussion of what exactly dispensational and covenant theology are, and their relationship to one another. Continue reading »

One of the reasons I love the Biblical Languages

It is simple and not profound, but one of the reasons I love the Biblical Languages is because it slows me down. I’ve grown up reading the Bible, hearing about the Bible, even memorizing the Bible at times—and so a lot of times when I come to a passage in Scripture to translate or exegete I … Continue reading »

Ps 30.7-8

In God’s presence we can have mountain strength, but in his absence we’re turned to stone. Continue reading »

Ps 30.5-6

Ps 30.5-6 5          Sing to Yahweh, O faithful ones of His![1] And praise the memories of His devotion![2] 6          For a moment is in his anger, but a lifetime in his favor.[3] In the evening Weeping[4] may spend the night, But a shout of joy comes in the morning. [1]          The audience has shifted … Continue reading »

Ps 30.3-4

Ps 30.3–4 3          O Yahweh, my God! I cried out to you for help and you healed[1] me. 4          O Yahweh, you brought my life[2] up from Sheol. You rescued me[3] from among those going down[4] to the pit.[5] [1]    In a pit context, רפא is commonly used to express the idea of healing, as … Continue reading »

Ps 30.1-2

For the next couple days, every day, I’m gonna throw up some comments on Ps 30 as we walk through it together. Probably just two verses at a time. It won’t be much, and should be simply a quick read, in which I hope you learn something new. Continue reading »

Ah, how the Wind blows in the Old and New

In the Old Testament when Moses gets help from 70 other men to carry out his duty as leader of Israel we’re told that God’s spirit was shared—not just with Moses anymore—but also placed on the newly appointed leaders. As a result, they immediately began prophecying. This caused quite a stir. In the New Testament … Continue reading »

The seed of עִם and אֵת

Continuing the ongoing discussion of what the Biblical Hebrew prepositions עִם and אֵת actually mean, in this post we talk about their originating sense(s?) that spurred all the other ones into existence. Continue reading »

He hangs the earth on what?!

Job 26.7 has always been a tricky verse to translate “literally”, partly because of the final phrase. Quite frankly, it just sounds weird so we often end up smoothing it out. Here’s the Hebrew and several translations: ‏נֹטֶה צָפוֹן עַל־תֹּהוּ תֹּלֶה אֶרֶץ עַל־בְּלִי־מָה He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on … Continue reading »

Is inspiration limited?

I’ve a quick question for you. It is a very basic question with a potential taken-for-granted assumption. I know this may seem provocative to some, and to others a “duh” answer. That just shows how wide our spectrum is of those who approach the Bible. Ok, well here’s the question: Is the Bible the only … Continue reading »

Book Review: Kingdom through Covenant (chapter 1)

Chapter 1 of “Kingdom through Covenant” deals with the importance of covenants in biblical and systematic theology. In this review we define these latter two methods, talk about how they work together and drop a couple questions at the end. Continue reading »