Do the New Testament Writerâs Care About Context, Part 9: Back to Matthew 2:15
So in Chapter 2 verse 15, Matthew deems Josephâs return to Israel after a quick escape from Herod by hiding out in Egypt for a time to be a fulfillment…
Do the New Testament Writerâs Care About Context, Part 8: The Power of Hindsight
Letâs consider the 7th of seven paths of investigation needed to unlock potential rationales behind NT authorsâ use of OT texts. Matthew 2:15 says that an historical comment in Hosea…
Do the New Testament Writerâs Care About Context, Part 7: The Impact of Worldview on âContextual Readingâ
Today I want to consider the 6th of seven paths of investigation that a person should take in an attempt to understand a New Testament authorâs USE of an Old…
101 Most Misunderstood Verses
Bible Backgrounds
HAGALAH
New Testament Studies
NT's Use of the OT
Old Testament Studies
Do the New Testament Writerâs Care About Context, Part 6: Common Hermeneutical and Homiletical Practices Inform Us
Today I want to consider the 5th of seven paths of investigation that a person should take in an attempt to understand a New Testament authorâs USE of an Old…
101 Most Misunderstood Verses
Bible Backgrounds
Biblical Language Issues
HAGALAH
New Testament Studies
NT's Use of the OT
Mixed Netzer: How does Jesus as a Nazarene Fulfill Scripture… The radio spot
This is an edited sermon about the meaning behind Matthew’s claim that Joseph moving to Nazareth was a fulfillment of Scripture. It explores the meaning of “fulfillment” in the New…
What Does “Son of God” Really Mean in the Gospel of Mark
I am pleased to welcome Othello Mugugu back as a guest blogger today. He originally hails from Zimbabwe, has a Bachelors from Northpoint Bible College, Serves in the American Army,…
Biblical Theology
HAGALAH
Inductive Study Methods
Meeting the Jesus of Mark
New Testament Studies
NT's Use of the OT
The Great Miracle Worker… the Radio Spot. Take a Listen.
This is the heavily edited 6th narrative sermon in the Gospel of Mark. Here Mark uses a repeating story structure to portray Jesus as a deified man who overcomes the…
The Coming of God in the Coming of Christ… Radio spot. Take a listen.
This is the first of a series of sermons drawn from a course I teach on inductive study that I call, MEETING THE JESUS OF MARK. I introduce the idea…
Do the New Testament Writerâs Care About Context, Part 5: The Life of Biblical Texts
In this series I am unpacking seven paths of investigation that a person should take in his or her attempt to understand a New Testament authorâs USE of an Old…
Do the New Testament Writerâs Care About Context, Part 4: The Shape of Biblical References
We’ve been considering the claim that Matthewâs appeal to YHWHâs historical deliverance of Israel from Egypt in Hosea 11:1 is proof positive that the NT writers cared little to nothing…
Do the New Testament Writerâs Care About Context, Part 3: What is This Guy Doing?
In this series we are laying the ground work for analyzing the common suggestion that Matthew 2:15 proves that the New Testament writers donât care about the original context of…
Do the New Testament Writerâs Care About Context, Part 2: Pinpoint Quotation and the Importance of Original Context
In part 1 of this series I introduced the common accusation that Matthew 2:15 proves that the New Testament writers donât care about context. Matthew takes a text that was…
Do the New Testament Writers Care about Context, Part 1: Fulfillment Issues in Matthew 2:15
Matthew 2:15 is one of those passages that bothered me a lot when I was a young Bible college student. After reading the original passage from which this âfulfillmentâ was…
New Creation: A New Years Day Celebration… the radio spot. Take a listen.
This is a heavily edited New Years Day message that I delivered at Darlington Congregational Church in Pawtucket Rhode Island a few years ago. Being heavily edited, it is not…
101 Most Misunderstood Verses
Bible Backgrounds
Biblical Studies
Biblical Theology
HAGALAH
New Testament Studies
NT's Use of the OT
Old Testament Studies
Nazarenes, Rednecks, and Other Well-meaning Slurs
I love puzzles, always have. Growing up, I saw puzzles of all kinds as a natural exercise of my desire to be a detective someday, tracing out subtle clues to…
Weirdo Fixations and the Heart of True Religion
During my recent convalescence after surgery I received a disturbing letter from an earnest young man who was understandably distraught over his shunning from a congregation for whom he felt…
101 Most Misunderstood Verses
Biblical Studies
HAGALAH
New Testament Studies
NT's Use of the OT
Old Testament Studies
Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me as Quote NOT Statement: Psalm 22:1 in the New Testament
Matthew 27:46 reads, “And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken…
101 Most Misunderstood Verses
Biblical Studies
Biblical Theology
New Testament Studies
NT's Use of the OT
Systematic & Historical Theology
A Quote is Not a Direct Statement: Psalm 22 & The Forensics of the Cross
One of the most popular quotes by Christians about Jesus on the Cross is a quote by Jesus on the Cross. In Matthew 27:46 it says, âAbout the ninth hour…
Biblical Language Issues
Biblical Studies
HAGALAH
Meeting the Jesus of Mark
NT's Use of the OT
Text Criticism Issues
Fun with Hebrew Poetry: Isaiah 40:3 in the New Testament
I’ve been teaching an Isaiah class of late and we had an amusing time last night considering the way the New Testament Scholars have handled the quote from Isaiah 40:3…
101 Most Misunderstood Verses
Bible Backgrounds
Biblical Studies
HAGALAH
New Testament Studies
NT's Use of the OT
Old Testament Studies
Society
The Foundation of Beautiful Society: Genesis 9 and Natural Rights
While foolishly engaging a Twitter troll the other day, as this egomaniacal barbarian cursed the idea of God and Scripture, declaring Christianity and all other religion the source of all…