Archive for July, 2007
A Survey of the Usage of “Tsedek/Tsedekah” in the Hebrew Old Testament
Sunday, July 29th, 2007Introduction While the issue of authority no doubt underlay the Protestant Reformation, so that the basis upon which men began to question the corruption of Rome was only the “formal principle” of sola scriptura; and while the sole weapon which the Reformers ever wielded against their doctrinal foes was the grammatico-historical hermeneutic; it is no less […]
Images of the Savior (37 – His Raising of Lazarus)
Sunday, July 22nd, 2007Jesus said unto her, “I am the Resurrection and the Life: the one who believes in me, even if he should die, will live; and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die – do you believe this?” She says unto him, “Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Christ, the Son […]
Images of the Savior (36 – His Eating with a Pharisee)
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007And when the Pharisee saw, he marveled that he did not first wash himself before the meal. But the Lord said unto him, “Now you Pharisees wash the outside of the cup and platter, but your inside is filled with plunder and wickedness.” – Luke 11:38-39 Whenever we see our Savior in his dealings with the […]
Images of the Savior (35 – His Parable of the Good Shepherd)
Thursday, July 12th, 2007I am the Door: if anyone should enter through me, he shall be saved, and will come in and go out, and find pasture. The thief does not come except to steal and to kill and to destroy; I have come in order that they might have life, and have it abundantly. I am the […]
A Thought on Penal Substitution
Sunday, July 8th, 2007It is a tragedy of the highest degree that so many theologians today are emphasizing such models of the atoning work of the Savior as Christus Victor to the minimization of penal substitution. The tragedy is not that the reality of Christ’s conquering Satan through his work on the cross is acknowledged or even emphasized, […]
Images of the Savior (34 – His Giving Sight to the Man Born Blind)
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007And Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, in order that those who do not see might see, and those who see might become blind”. – John 9:39 Throughout Israel’s history God had done many marvelous works in her behalf, sending to her his prophets and miracle-workers, who brought down bread from heaven […]