I was reading Deuteronomy 4 with a friend this morning, and we both paused at Deuteronomy 4:9 – “Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children …
I love Dane Ortlund’s succinct definition By ‘inaugurated eschatology’ I mean the launching in the middle of history of that which the OT promised would happen at the end of history. The last things (eschatology) have already begun (inaugurated). NT eschatology is not about the future but about the inbreaking of the future into the …
CNN reported that the PCUSA denomination voted to ordain its first openly gay pastor earlier this week. Rev. Anderson was previously ousted from his ministry because of his openly gay lifestyle, but now has received a new lease on life, or at least in ministry. I’m saddened by the news not solely because of its approval …
Over the past few weeks, a student of mine and I have been meeting together to read Deuteronomy together in Hebrew. Our goal is to keep our Hebrew language skills sharp. It’s a fine balance between treating the Scriptures as a mere text to be translated and sitting under its authority as we read the …
