Four Branches – December 2020
Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Exegetical Theology: Tell Me Up Front – More on Topic and Focus We’ve seen two reasons why words are moved to the front of the clause: As foci, to ...
The Sun of Righteousness Shines …on You! Malachi 4:1-2
It had to be frustrating. God had been so good to the people! He had blessed them in so many ways! But the worship was half-hearted, the offerings were disappointing. Most disturbingly, at least some ...
Book Review: Doctor of Souls
Doctor of Souls: The Art of Pastoral Theology, by John Schuetze. Milwaukee: Northwestern Publishing House, 2017. 348 pages. John Schuetze serves as a pastoral and systematic theology professor at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary. He has a ...
Preach the word – November/December 2020
Joy and Confidence from the Basics - Part 2 If there were such a thing as “Paustian’s Famous Home-Cooked Chili,” I imagine creating each new batch by some combination of habit, instinct, and muscle memory. ...
Preach the Word – September/October 2020
Joy and Confidence from the Basics What a thing it is to be someone’s pastor. A young woman lies in her hospital bed lost in a fog of bad news. You walk in the door. ...
From Eden to the New Jerusalem: an Introduction to Biblical Theology
From Eden to the New Jerusalem: An Introduction to Biblical Theology, by T. Desmond Alexander. Grand Rapids: Kregel Academic & Professional, 2009. 210 pages. T. Desmond Alexander is senior lecturer in biblical studies and director ...
Four Branches – October 2020
Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Exegetical Theology: Tell Me Up Front – Topic Last month we saw that one reason a word or phrase will be moved up front ahead of the verb is ...
Four Branches – September 2020
Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Exegetical Theology: Tell Me Up Front - Focus In Greek, word order doesn’t tell you the syntax like it does in English, but it still does tell you something. ...
On the Road with Augustine
James K.A. Smith (PhD, Villanova University) is a professor of philosophy at Calvin University, where he holds the Gary and Henrietta Byker Chair in Applied Reformed Theology and Worldview. He is also a popular speaker ...
Behold, Behold the Lamb!
Prof. em. Forrest Bivens manages Grow in Grace’s mentoring program. In late August he sent a devotion to the mentors; we thought it would be much appreciated by our entire ministerium. Our thanks to Prof. ...