Reserve Reading – Between the Testaments
Monday, January 11th, 2010
The last posting of the semester. Here’s to another great season together in the New Testament.
Archive for the ‘An Introduction to the Old Testament’ Category
Reserve Reading – Intro to the Prophets
Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
Reserve Reading #5 – OT Narrative
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Reserve Reading #4 – Numbers, Deuteronomy
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
It is no strain of metaphor to say that the love of God and the wrath of God are the same thing, described from opposite points of view. How we shall experience it depends upon the way we shall come up against it: God does not change; it is man’s moral state that changes. The wrath of God is a figure of speech to denote God’s unchanging opposition to sin; it is His righteous love operating to destroy evil. It is not evil that will have the last word, but good; not sorrow, but joy; not hate, but love.
… R. J. Campbell (1867-1956), The Call of Christ [1932], London : Skeffington & Son, 1942? (see the book; see also Num. 14:11;
Reserve Reading Report #3 – ESV Study Bible (Exodus, Leviticus)
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
Reserve Reading #2 – The Law
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
Reserve Reading Report #1
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009All right, guys. Here’s the place to post your first question.
Key: Avoid asking questions that you can answer yourself (what words mean, definitions).
Enjoy.
Counterparts to the Flood Narrative
Friday, June 19th, 2009
Entry of The Animals into Noah’s Ark, Jan Brueghel the Elder, 1613
Margaret Manning, another new friend from the RZIM conference at Wheaton this past week, wrote this very helpful paragraph on the narrative on which I’ll be preaching on Sunday morning (Genesis 6:5-8:22).
The ancient world features several parallels to the Biblical account of the Flood
“Ancient myths and legends that bear some resemblance to biblical history add to the credibility of the biblical witness, and do not diminish it. For example, many cultures have some sort of flood narrative. Does this mean that the story of Noah’s Ark is just another myth? No, it does not. Rather, ancient cultures all had within their “cultural memory” a recollection of a massive flood. Details of this flood were passed down through oral history, and later written down for posterity. Oral tradition was the primary means by which stories were transmitted in the ancient world, a practice continued by the Jews well into the first century, when Jesus would have lived. Oral tradition, based on memory, was a highly reliable (since memorization was the main means of learning and transmitting information in the ancient world) means of preserving historic events. The abundance of flood narratives found in various cultures is an illustration of the credibility and reliability of the flood story.”
Noah Wasn’t a Righteous Man
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009From one ranter to another, very helpful stuff.
The grace of God is, and has always been, amazing.
