Category: Biblical Studies

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Do the New Testament Writer’s Care About Context, Part 6: Common Hermeneutical and Homiletical Practices Inform Us

May 1, 2017 Andrew Sargent

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 author’s USE of an Old…

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Bawling Baruch: Seek Them Not… Radio Spot. Take a Listen

April 26, 2017 Andrew Sargent

In this edited sermon, I consider Jeremiah 45 in historical, grammatical and literary context. Baruch has been called away from a life of promise to play second fiddle to a…

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Psalm 8 and Poetic Wonder… the radio spot

April 24, 2017 Andrew Sargent

This is a heavily edited message about the power of poetry as a vehicle for the inspired word of God. Poetry is not a mere vessel for the message of…

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Hezekiah’s Date with Destiny… The Radio Spot. Take a Listen

April 21, 2017 Andrew Sargent

If a person sets the various stories of Hezekiah into chronological order a fascinating pattern emerges. Hezekiah is a man of great faith during a time great crisis. He is…

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Mixed Netzer: How does Jesus as a Nazarene Fulfill Scripture… The radio spot

April 19, 2017 Andrew Sargent

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…

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Without a Vision… People Misinterpret Proverbs 29:18; Radio Spot. Take a Listen

April 17, 2017 Andrew Sargent

In this edited sermon, I address the common misinterpretation of the line in Isaiah 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish. First people fail to quote the whole…

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What Does “Son of God” Really Mean in the Gospel of Mark

April 14, 2017 Andrew Sargent

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,…

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The Great Miracle Worker… the Radio Spot. Take a Listen.

April 12, 2017 Andrew Sargent

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…

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True and False Religion… the Radio Spot. Take a Listen

April 10, 2017 Andrew Sargent

This is the 8th narrative sermon in the Gospel of Mark in which Jesus’ confrontation of the Pharisaic regulations called “The Traditions of the Elders,” which are a body of…

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The Parable Preaching Pattern… the Radio Spot. Take a Listen.

April 5, 2017 Andrew Sargent

This is a highly edited sermon on the 5th narrative sermon of the Gospel of Mark. In it I address Mark’s depiction of Jesus’ parable telling. It is the first…

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The Coming of God in the Coming of Christ… Radio spot. Take a listen.

April 3, 2017 Andrew Sargent

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…

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Do the New Testament Writer’s Care About Context, Part 5: The Life of Biblical Texts

March 31, 2017 Andrew Sargent

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 author’s USE of an Old…

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Do the New Testament Writer’s Care About Context, Part 4: The Shape of Biblical References

March 20, 2017 Andrew Sargent

We’ve been considering the claim that Matthew’s appeal to YHWH’s historical deliverance of Israel from Egypt in Hosea 11:1 is proof positive that the NT writers cared little to nothing…

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Do the New Testament Writer’s Care About Context, Part 3: What is This Guy Doing?

March 15, 2017 Andrew Sargent

In this series we are laying the ground work for analyzing the common suggestion that Matthew 2:15 proves that the New Testament writers don’t care about the original context of…

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Do the New Testament Writer’s Care About Context, Part 2: Pinpoint Quotation and the Importance of Original Context

March 13, 2017 Andrew Sargent

In part 1 of this series I introduced the common accusation that Matthew 2:15 proves that the New Testament writers don’t care about context. Matthew takes a text that was…

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Do the New Testament Writers Care about Context, Part 1: Fulfillment Issues in Matthew 2:15

March 8, 2017 Andrew Sargent

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 “fulfillment” was…

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Eight is Enough: Entrapment Rhetoric in The 1st Prophetic Sermon of Amos

March 3, 2017 Andrew Sargent

We have invited Melodie Sargent, a student at Northpoint Bible college, back again to deliver another blog post. This time her attention is turned the importance of rhetorical structure in…

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New Creation: A New Years Day Celebration… the radio spot. Take a listen.

February 24, 2017 Andrew Sargent

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…

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Inconceivable for Its Day: Notes on The Reliability of the Bible

February 17, 2017 Andrew Sargent

Today we have a guest blogger. Melodie Sargent is a student at Northpoint Bible College and has written a short reflection paper on issues related to the reliability of Scripture.…

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Inspiration and Interpretation… the radio spot, take a listen

February 13, 2017 Andrew Sargent

When I first made my attempt at radio, I tried my hand at some discussions with just me and my recorder at home. I use audacity and love it. This…