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The Unsurpassed Poetry of Israel:
The creation is the first revelation of God, the beginning and foundation of all subsequent revelation. The biblical concept of revelation i...
An Unimaginably More Potent Witness
The best evangelical theological work emerges from the delight in the Christian gospel, for the gospel announces a reality which is in itse...
Because God is for us . . .
Because God is for us, we may also be for Him. Because He has given Himself to us, We may also in gratitude give Him The trifle which we...
Revelation and the Politics of Apocalyptic Interpretation, Book Review
Title: Revelation and the Politics of Apocalyptic Interpretation Editors: Richard B. Hays and Stefan Alkier Publisher: Baylor Universi...
Beware Faint-Hearted Ignorance
I would have every Christian wish to know all that he can know of revealed truth. Somebody whispers that the secret things belong not to us...
The Alien Voice of Scripture
Because theological interpretation attends to theology proper, it must assume that its task is to allow the divine voice–sometimes an alie...
Critiquing Critiquers of Criticism . . .
Responsible interpretation requires criticism of bad interpretations, even if we finally forgive the interpreters, however difficult it may ...
The Grandeur and Confusing Complexity of Christ's identity in the Apocalypse
The Apocalypse does not want to permit its readers a position of wise neutrality: it pronounces blessing on those who keep the words of the ...
Scripture in High Definition
[The book of Revelation] is Scripture writ large, Scripture in high definition, if you will. This final book of the canon is not a subtle t...
Chesterton's Commentary on Commentaries
I usually enjoy reading snarky comments about biblical commentaries. I ran across a good one by Chesterton, commenting on commentors of the ...
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