Aug
22
2020
Judges isn’t a story about Israelites refusing a king. It is a story about attempts to exalt a man as king and the catastrophic results of those attempts.
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Aug
5
2018
“The seven days of Genesis 1 are a chiasm, and therefore these sections are a chiasm. The Adam who doesn’t come to rule at the beginning is answered by the Adam who does come to rule at the end.”
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Aug
4
2018
Stolen from Tim Nichols
“If we are going to be good interpreters of Scripture, it’s not enough to grasp the didactic literature. We need to learn to read the higher levels of language as well.”
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Jun
25
2018
The book of Esther describes the fulfillment of the battle of Gog and Magog
An excerpt from “Esther in the Midst of Covenant History” by James B. Jordan (2001)
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Jun
1
2018
“Look, you know I love you, but there’s no point in mincing words here: you guys suck at reading narrative.”
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Apr
27
2018
Dominion comes through service … It is idolatrous to seek dominion primarily by political means, whether by domination or anarchic revolution.
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Apr
27
2017
“After the gods of the nations have been dethroned, who will take their place?”
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Apr
25
2017
Bill Smith spells out the reasons behind the exhortation for struggling Christians to find comfort and strength in their paedobaptism. And I respond.
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Apr
20
2017
“The greatest of legendary swords are those which no longer need to be drawn.”
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Apr
17
2017
“Martyrdom is more than a sign of impending doom. Martyrs are agents of apocalypse.”
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