Category: Biblical Studies

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Saul Loses the Girl and Gains a Doomed Throne

April 6, 2018 Andrew Sargent

In recent posts, I’ve been considering biblical variations on the type-scene, “Foreigner at the Well.” Perhaps you are tired of reading about it… you have been reading about it haven’t…

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What’s Good for the Gander is Good for the Goose: “The Foreigner at the Well” in Ruth

April 4, 2018 Andrew Sargent

In recent blogs, I’ve been considering the alluring and powerfully theological type-scene “Foreigner at the Well.” It is common for people to develop in their entertainment of any form typical…

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I’ll Have One “Foreigner at the Well” with a Twist

March 30, 2018 Andrew Sargent

In my recent post, “Wells: The Singles’ Bars of the Ancient Near East,”—I just call ‘em like I see ‘em Folks! Don’t judge me—I discussed the beauty of the ancient…

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Wells: The Singles’ Bars of the Ancient Near East

March 28, 2018 Andrew Sargent

One of my great-uncles, a true good-ol’boy from west Texas, once said to my great-grandmother, “Mamma, it’s hard to find a good woman like you out there.” She replied, “There…

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Progressives Don’t Want to Help the Poor to escape Poverty—Entitlement Programs aren’t Charity or Charitable

March 21, 2018 Andrew Sargent

One of the frustrations I face as a biblical theologian is the confusion that biblical laws regarding the poor cause Christians who cannot tell the difference between charity and entitlement…

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Mother Necessity Reads the Bible

March 19, 2018 Andrew Sargent

There is little doubt in my mind that there is a constancy to human nature that maintains a vital unity and relevance for human experience from age to age and…

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There is no Jehovah

March 16, 2018 Andrew Sargent

Being that few of my friends and neighbors have names that really mean something to us, (Other than Marsha Mello, Amanda Lynne, and Justin Case Yelle). I am intrigued about…

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Hallelujah: Call “of” Praise or Call “to” Praise

March 12, 2018 Andrew Sargent

After discussing, in my recent blog post, “Hallelujah is a Sentence,” that the biblical “term” Hallelujah has grammar and that we should both be aware of that grammar and use…

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Safari Guide, Treasure Hunter, Biblical Theologian

March 7, 2018 Andrew Sargent

As a good Evangelical… just a second, I have to adjust my halo… Okay, it’s got that 20s-gangster-hat tilt I like so much… So, as a good Evangelical who has…

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The Worst Interpretive Rule I Ever Learned

March 5, 2018 Andrew Sargent

If there is one thing I can say about the church I was raised in, indeed I can say many things about it, but this blog is rated PG-13, I…

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Time Out!—The Kinetic Communication Wars

March 2, 2018 Andrew Sargent

Today we have a guest Blogger. John Donnelly, Biblical Literacy Ministries Educator, Church Planter, Part-year missionary to India. Several years ago I was in Iguaçu Falls Brazil, planting churches with…

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Without a Vision, People are Certain to Misinterpret Proverbs 29:18

January 12, 2018 Andrew Sargent

I’m not sure which is worse, the constant misuse of Proverbs 29:18a (KJV) or how many times I find myself saying, “That’s not a good translation,” whenever I try to…

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Rules, Rules, Rules

January 8, 2018 Andrew Sargent

Today’s post is brought to you by Amy Kinder who has her Master of Arts in Biblical Studies with a concentration in the Old Testament from Ashland Theological Seminary. She…

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A Prophet in Nain: Luke’s Portrait of Jesus in 7:11-16

January 3, 2018 Andrew Sargent

In my previous post “The Inanity of Nain,” I introduced the importance of the physical association of Jesus’ raising of the widow’s son with Elisha’s wondrous raising of the Shunammite’s.…

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The Inanity of Nain

December 29, 2017 Andrew Sargent

Geography is part of historical context. Yaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwnnnnnnn!!!!! No! Not just maps and boring stuff, but real places and the experience of living and moving and having one’s being there. Like…

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Phenomenal Biblical Theology

December 15, 2017 Andrew Sargent

When I talk about Biblical Theology I usually intend an approach to Scripture that envelopes many things. Like ordering a car and understanding that it will come with a lot…

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Why the Word “God” Makes me Uncomfortable

December 13, 2017 Andrew Sargent

“Whose an Elohim? Raise your hand.” One of the problems with being a biblical theologian is the discomfort I suffer whenever someone’s question crosses lines between biblical and “Christian” categories.…

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4 Things You May not Know about Holiness

December 11, 2017 Andrew Sargent

Words for Holiness in Greek, Hebrew & Aramaic appear over 1000x in Scripture. Issues of holiness were important to those in the biblical era. Almost every aspect of life was…

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What I Mean by Biblical Theology

December 8, 2017 Andrew Sargent

How hard could it possibly be to find agreement on the meaning of a phrase as simple as biblical theology? In truth… harder than I’d like. Biblical theology is not,…

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Our Pagan Souls

December 6, 2017 Andrew Sargent

Read my blog long enough and you will find that I frequently bring up the frustration I feel as a right brained individual being often under the biblical studies thumb…