Archive for October, 2006
Book Review: Christianity and Its Competitors, by James McGoldrick
Thursday, October 26th, 2006Synopsis: Gnosticism – Montanism – Arianism – Pelagianism – what do all of these big words mean, and how do they apply to us today? James McGoldrick, in his helpful historical analysis, Christianity and Its Competitors, explains in understandable terms all of these old heterodox philosophies, and how they are still alive and vibrant today. [...]
The Gospel in Ecclesiastes
Wednesday, October 25th, 2006The book of Ecclesiastes has always been vexing to evangelical scholars because of its overt and pervasive negativism. Its canonicity has, in fact, been called into question by reason of perceived heterodoxies, as, for instance, a supposed denial of the resurrection in 3:19-20. Furthermore, even among those expositors who accept the book’s canonicity, most are [...]
Images of the Savior (His Appearance to Jacob at Peniel)
Saturday, October 21st, 2006Genesis 32:30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. Everywhere in the Law and the Prophets we see Christ and his gospel-work symbolized, prophesied, and foreshadowed in many marvelous ways: but only a very few times, and at the most [...]
Book Review: The Lamb of God, by Robert L. Reymond
Friday, October 20th, 2006Synopsis: The Lamb of God, by Robert Reymond, is an admirable attempt, everywhere edifying, to trace, not the thread, but the “thick cable” which runs from Genesis to Revelation, and binds together all of scriptures in one unified story. Reymond’s well-supported conclusion is that the Lamb-work of Christ is that thick cable; and that the [...]
Images of the Savior (13– His Healing of Peter’s Mother-in-Law)
Thursday, October 19th, 2006Mark 1:31 And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them. Immediately after he had delivered the man with an unclean spirit, our Savior left the synagogue and journeyed to the house in which Peter and Andrew dwelt [...]
Diversely Functioning Signs in I Corinthians 14:22
Wednesday, October 18th, 2006I Corinthians 14:22 is one of those passages which, upon a cursory reading, contain a glaring difficulty. If the most natural and obvious way of understanding the phrase “sign for unbelievers” is accepted, then the verse is in direct and irreconcilable contradiction with the immediate context. The same observation holds true for the implied “[sign] [...]
Must a Personal Dative be Supplied in Romans 6:5?
Friday, October 13th, 2006The questions surrounding the precise interpretation of Romans 6:4 have the added import that they often spill over into one’s exegesis of Romans 6:5. The question, as it affects our treatment of the following verse, is this: is water baptism here spoken of as the means by which we are united with Christ and with [...]
“Old Testament Gospel” (by William Cowper)
Monday, October 2nd, 2006I was reading through some of Cowper’s Olney Hymns today, and I was so struck by this one in particular, that I decided to post it for everyone else to enjoy as well. Cowper’s hymns really are phenomenal. They’re also public domain. Anyone interested may find them all online here