Aug 22 2020

Judges is About Needing God as King, not Man

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Judges isn’t a story about Israelites refusing a king. It is a story about attempts to exalt a man as king and the catastrophic results of those attempts.

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Aug 5 2018

The Sevenfold Structure of Genesis

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“The seven days of Genesis 1 are a chiasm, and therefore these sections are a chiasm. The Adam who doesn’t come to rule at the beginning is answered by the Adam who does come to rule at the end.”

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Aug 4 2018

Levels of Language

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Stolen from Tim Nichols

“If we are going to be good interpreters of Scripture, it’s not enough to grasp the didactic literature. We need to learn to read the higher levels of language as well.”

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Jun 25 2018

Esther Predicted in Ezekiel

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The book of Esther describes the fulfillment of the battle of Gog and Magog

An excerpt from “Esther in the Midst of Covenant History” by James B. Jordan (2001)
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Jun 1 2018

Hermeneutical Repentance

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“Look, you know I love you, but there’s no point in mincing words here: you guys suck at reading narrative.”
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Apr 27 2018

Theonomists and the Gospel

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Dominion comes through service … It is idolatrous to seek dominion primarily by political means, whether by domination or anarchic revolution.

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Apr 27 2017

Immediately After the Tribulation

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“After the gods of the nations have been dethroned, who will take their place?”

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Apr 25 2017

Look To Your Baptism?

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Bill Smith spells out the reasons behind the exhortation for struggling Christians to find comfort and strength in their paedobaptism. And I respond.

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Apr 20 2017

Levi the Preacher-Swordsman – Part 2

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“The greatest of legendary swords are those which no longer need to be drawn.”

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Apr 17 2017

The Look of Revelation

Death of Stephen

“Martyrdom is more than a sign of impending doom. Martyrs are agents of apocalypse.”

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