BIBLICAL THEOLOGY

BIBLICAL THEOLOGY

• Biblical Theology (November 2013)

• Biblical Theology for the ‘Non-theologian’ (August 2014)

• Introducing “How” To Do Biblical Theology: Fifteen Axioms from Graeme Goldsworthy (April 2016)

• Books on Biblical Theology: A Brief Annotated Bibliography (May 2016)

 

HERMENEUTICS

• A Case for Using Commentaries Earlier Rather Than Later (March 2013)

• Moving Beyond a ‘Plain’ Reading of Scripture (July 2012)

• George Smeaton on Christ’s Own System of Hermeneutics (May 2012)

• Seven Habits to Becoming a Highly Effective Bible Reader (November 2011)

• Interpreting the Law (October 2011)

  • Christ’s Consecration is Our Confidence (OT)

  • Christ’s Consecration is Our Confidence (NT)

  • How to Avoid Getting Lost on the Way from Leviticus 15 to Luke 15

• Redemptive Roadmap: A Gospel Positioning System (October 2011)

• Read the Bible with the Church: A Wise Word from Charles Hodge (October 2011)

• Receiving and Believing the Word of God (July 2009)

• Herman Bavinck on Scripture’s Fuller Sense (June 2009)

• Three Views on the NT Use of the OT: Peter Enns (December 2008)

• Three Views on the NT Use of the OT: Walter Kaiser (December 2008)

• Three Views on the NT Use of the OT: Darrell Bock (December 2008)

• Three Views on the NT Use of the OT: Final Thoughts (December 2008)

• How Should Twenty-first Century Christians Read the Old Testament? (September 2008)

• Fern-Seed, Elephants, and Pseudo-Scholarship, or Another Reason Why I Love C.S. Lewis (July 2010)

• The Bible Is Not About You: The Bible Is About Him (August 2010)

• An Explanation and Evaluation of the Theological Interpretation of Scripture (August 2010)

• Reading Daniel, Zechariah, and Revelation: Interpretive Help from Bob Fyall (September 2010)

• The Biblical Authors as Biblical Theologians (December 2010)

• Reading the Bible Better: How Out-of-Order Chronology Serves Biblical Theology (June 2015)

• Reading the Bible Better: Developing a Strategy for Interpreting Scripture (July 2015)

• Reading the Bible Better: What Makes a Valid Chiasm? (February 2015)

 

Typology and the Canonical Horizon

• A Few Thoughts on Typology (October 2013)

• Nine Benchmarks for Healthy Intrabiblical Exegesis (July 2014)

• How do you recognize a biblical type?  (July 2014)

• Typology: What It Is and Why We Need It (July 2014)

• From Noah’s Baptism to Jesus’ Crucifixion: A Study in Typological Escalation (May 2015)

• Typological Pairs: From Suffering to Glory (June 2015)

 

CREATION, FALL, REDEMPTION, NEW CREATION

• Don’t Forget What God Has Done For You: A List of Passages that Summarize Redemptive History (May 2010)

 

Creation

• NASA and the Spirit of Babel (May 2008)

 

Fall

 

Redemption (Law)

• King David: The High Point of Old Testament Typology (April 2009)

• The Self-Sacrificial Mission of the Law (May 2010)

• Why then the Law? : Counter-Intuitive, Gospel Logic (June 2010)

• The Wisdom of God is Seen in Intended Obsolescence (July 2010)

• What is the Law of Christ? (October 2010)

• Redemptive Roadmap: A Gospel Positioning System (October 2011)

• To What End Is The History of Israel? (July 2012)

 

Redemption (Gospel)

• What is the Gospel? (April 2010)

• Beware of “Do-It-Yourself Christianity” (May 2010)

• What is a Christian? (May 2010)

• Why then the Law? : Counter-Intuitive, Gospel Logic (June 2010)

• The Gospel of Jesus Christ: A Better Investment Than Gold (December 2010)

• What is the Gospel? (June 2013)

• The Gospel Perfectly and Proportionately Humbles and Exalts (June 2013)

• Matthew’s Gospel: A King and His Kingdom  (July 2013)

• Gospel Logic and Revelational Beauty: John Stott on Romans 1:16-20 (November 2013)

• Spotting Counterfeit Gospels (May 2014)

• The Gospel Is Better Than Amnesty – Guest Blog by Jonathon Woodyard (April 2015)

• The Gospel at Thanksgiving (November 2015)

 

THEMES

Baptism

• From Noah’s Baptism to Jesus’ Crucifixion: A Study in Typological Escalation (May 2015)

 

Covenants

• ‘I Will Give You as a Covenant’ (Isaiah 42:6; 49:8): The Suffering Servant as Covenant Mediator (October 2013)

 

Glory

• “For the Sake of My Name”: Why God’s Pursuit of ‘His’ Glory Secures Our Good (March 2014)

• Typological Pairs: From Suffering to Glory (June 2015)

 

Land

• The Value of the Land (Joshua 24)

• Land Ho!! A Biblical Theology of the Land

• Entering the Land: Peter Leithart on the ‘Three Environments’ in Creation (July 2015)

 

Priest(hood)

• Noah and Moses: Priestly Prototypes (April 2014)

• The Biblical Story of Priestly Glory (July 2015)

• The Priestly Aspect of the Imago Dei (July 2015)

 

Tabernacle/Temple

• From Eden to Zion: A Temple Story (October 2013)

• The Tabernacle as a Typological Model (October 2011)

• The Tabernacle as a Holy Abode (October 2011)

• The Tabernacle as God’s Meeting Place (October 2011)

• The Tabernacle as a Royal Victory Palace (October 2011)

• The Exodus-to-Temple Pattern (March 2013)

 

Typology

• Babylon: A Typology (April 2012)

 

Warfare

• Holy War in the Bible: Before, During, and After the Battle (July 2011)

 

BIBLICAL THEOLOGIANS

Irenaeus of Lyons

• Irenaeus: Against Heresies (December 2008)

• Irenaeus’ Against Heresies: A Brief Overview [2] (December 2008)

• Irenaeus Upholds Sola Scriptura [3] (December 2008)

• The Biblical Theology of Irenaeus [4] (December 2008)

• Irenaeus’ Typology: History and Textual Warrant [5] (December 2008)

• Irenaeus’ Typology: Specificity and Predictive Prophecy [6] (December 2008)

• Irenaeus of Lyons: A Faithful Church Father (December 2008)

 

B. B. Warfield

• B.B. Warfield Was A Biblical Theologian (April 2009)

 

D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

• Was Martyn Lloyd-Jones a Biblical Theologian? (June 2008)

 

John Bright 

• John Bright on Biblical Intertextuality (July 2009)

• John Bright: he Hourglass of Biblical History (July 2009)

 

John Murray

• John Murray on Systematic and Biblical Theology (August 2009)

 

David Wells

• Divine Weightlessness: The Fundamental Problem in Evangelicalism (March 2014)

 

Charles H. H. Scobie

• The Ways of Our God: An Approach to Biblical Theology (May 2009)

• The Ways of Our God: God’s Order (1) (June 2009)

• The Ways of Our God: God’s Servant (2) (June 2009)

• The Ways of Our God: God’s People (3) (June 2009)

 

Miles Van Pelt

• The Bible in 3-D: Miles Van Pelt’s Biblical Theology (June 2008)