Crumbs from the Master's Table

Oftentimes we hear of, or people pray for, the blessing of God in a vague and hazy manner. We ask for God to bless us, or to bless the ...

Have you ever read Mark 2:18–22 and scratched your head wondering what on earth Jesus is talking about? I have. Repeatedly. What do his illu...

There has always been an Israel within Israel. That is to say, a true Israel within an Israel in name only. So argues the apostle Paul, for ...

Horton: Separated from its dramatic narrative, doctrine becomes abstract, like mathematical axioms. However, if we focus only on the Chris...

"'Do not be afraid' is the most frequent command in the Bible." —David Powlison, "Where Do You Start," CCEF No...

What follows is my all too brief attempt to trace out the kingdom of God theme as it unfolds in Scripture. Since this was produced for a gra...

Many scholars, as many of you are no doubt familiar, have proposed a "center" to the whole Bible. There is nothing like consensus ...

Carson: The kind of biblical theology that is profoundly grounded in tracing out the Bible's plot-line is intrinsically more likely to...

In his influential popular-level book According to Plan , Graeme Goldsworthy comments on an unhappy development in Old Testament Studies: ...

"Even a cursory survey indicates that each of the Gospels is firmly yet distinctively embedded in Israel's story through its respec...

I cite Goldsworthy's judgment here with the utmost and highest esteem and approval: For a theologian to pursue a biblical theology imp...

In his justly praised and highly regarded  Biblical Theology : Old and New Testaments , Geerhardus Vos tells us what biblical theology is: ...

J. Gordon McConville: The story of the prophetic books involves re-thinking who 'Israel' is. The prophets sometimes speak of a ...

Stephen Dempster on how to read the Song of Songs along the Bible's storyline: In the light of the larger storyline and the prophetic ...

In  this post , D. A. Carson speaks about how to use commentaries.

Andy Naselli, professor of NT and theology at Bethlehem College and Seminary, provides an   overview of the New Testament in ten minutes . ...

That Matthew's use of the OT is somewhat (what shall we call it?), well,  peculiar  is fairly common knowledge. But what he does with Sc...

In his fine book— Dominion and Dynasty : A Theology of the Hebrew Bible —Stephen Dempster breifly surveys the Old Testament's wisdom lit...

Here's my translation, exegetical outline, and commentary on the Septuagint of Hos 1:1-11: Translation of Hos 1:1-11 (LXX) 1 ...