by Daniel Thomas | Dec 26, 2013 | Bible, Discipleship, Theology
by Daniel Goepfrich – I am conversing with a person via email right now who has a bad case (maybe even a fatal case) of what I call “Cut-and-Paste Theology.” In a previous post, I gave two reasons for why studying biblical theology is necessary: because you learn what...
by Daniel Thomas | Dec 10, 2013 | Bible, Bible Exegesis/Exposition, Eschatology, Theology
by George Gunn – Ἡμεῖς δὲ ὀφείλομεν εὐχαριστεῖν τῷ θεῷ πάντοτε περὶ ὑμῶν, ἀδελφοὶ ἠγαπημένοι ὑπὸ κυρίου, ὅτι εἵλατο ὑμᾶς ὁ θεὸς ἀπαρχὴν εἰς σωτηρίαν ἐν ἁγιασμῷ πνεύματος καὶ πίστει ἀληθείας, “But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers beloved by the Lord,...
by Daniel Thomas | Dec 8, 2013 | Bible, Bible Exegesis/Exposition, Israel, Theology
by Daniel Goeprich – After laying out a solid case for Israel’s rejection of their Messiah in chapters nine and ten, even with all of the benefits God had given to them as a nation (as a follow-up to chapter 3), Paul concludes this section of Romans by asking and...
by Daniel Thomas | Dec 8, 2013 | Bible, Bible Exegesis/Exposition, Spiritual Formation, Theology
by Mark Musser – The book of Hebrews is aptly described by the author himself as a “word of exhortation (13:22).” This is the best way to understand the book, i.e., the way the author himself understood it. Strictly speaking, Hebrews is not a letter or an epistle...
by Daniel Thomas | Dec 2, 2013 | Bible, Bible Exegesis/Exposition, Theology
by S. Jeff Heslop – The book of Hebrews was most likely written to Jewish Christians. The readers were believers and had come under increasing pressure because of persecution. In some cases the persecution caused loss of property, but it had not yet resulted in loss...
by Daniel Thomas | Dec 2, 2013 | Bible, Discipleship, Jesus, teachings of, Philosophy, Spiritual Formation
by Arnfield P. Cudal – The words of Pilate, “What is truth?” (cf. John 18:38) reverberate on today in various forms: “That’s your truth, I have mine. Who are you to judge?” “Truth is what you believe it to be,” and again, “While that may be true for you, it’s not...
