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Death By Exile
There’s a scene in The Dark Knight Rises where Jim Gordon, Gotham City’s police commissioner, is being sentenced before a judge who happens to be a recently-freed felon. The ultimatum is presented to...
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John Owen on “Heavens and Earth” in 2 Peter 3
I like John Owen, I really do. His books like The Mortification of Sin and The Death of Death in the Death of Christ are wonderful and time-tested treatments that should be read more than once....
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My 2013 List of 10 Favorite Books
End-of-year lists are as expected as holiday leftovers, so I’m entering the fray with one too. Below are books in my Top 10 this year, though they weren’t necessarily published in 2013, nor are they in...
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What Are the Hermeneutical and Theological Presuppositions of the New...
In G. K. Beale’s Handbook on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament, he explains 5 presuppositions that the NT writers hold (pp. 96-97). There is the apparent assumption of corporate solidarity or...
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Where Is the Gate on the Narrow Way?
Until studying Matthew 7 for sermon preparation, I was unaware that there was any debate as to where the “narrow gate” was. If Matthew 7:14 spoke about a narrow gate, a hard way, and a destination of...
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“Depart from Me, You Workers of Lawlessness”: The Use of Psalm 6:8 in Matthew...
The Sermon on the Mount constantly uses the Old Testament, either by allusion or quotation, so the use of a psalm in Matthew 7:23 is no surprise: “And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you;...
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The 10 Major Issues in Dating the Book of Revelation
As I’ve been preparing to preach a series through Revelation at Kosmosdale Baptist Church, I’ve noticed that in discussions of the book’s date of composition, certain issues appear again and again. The...
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What Part of Scripture . . . ?
You know this: what part of Scripture . . . was written by an apostle had a multiple and circular readership had readers in Asia had an opening where you can discern the Persons of the Trinity had the...
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“From Dust You Shall Arise”: Resurrection Hope in the Old Testament
I had the honor of contributing an article to the latest edition of The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology (SBJT 18.4 [2014]). The journal focused this issue on “resurrection,” and just in time for...
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Last Supper, Lord’s Supper, or Marriage Supper: What Do the Miraculous...
In Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus miraculously provided food for a crowd of 5,000 (Matt. 14:13-21) and 4,000 (15:32-39). Scholars recognize that these feedings allude to Old Testament stories involving...
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