Psalm 146
Last year our seminary family gathered for worship in the gymnasium; this year, in the chapel. There is a noticeable difference in the acoustics between the two buildings. The songs in the chapel sound beautiful ...
Four Branches – December 2021
Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Exegetical Theology: Historical Gaps - What is the idea? Words in one language don’t “mean” words in another language. For example, עֵץ, δένδρον, arbor, Baum, and tree all can ...
Never a Small Thing!
My dear brothers in pastoral ministry, It’s been my honor to serve you the past 18 months as director of Grow in Grace. A particular honor of this calling was writing Grace Notes, meant to ...
Preach the Word – November/December 2021
The Sermon and the Proper Law and gospel. These two teachings, the most important truths of the Bible, must form the heart and core of the preacher’s sermon, and of the two, the gospel must ...
The Resurrection Fact: Responding to Modern Critics
Each contributor within The Resurrection Fact responds to modern critics of the historical death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This is the event on which justification became a reality. “He was handed over to death ...
Four Branches – October 2021
Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Exegetical Theology: Historical Gaps - What is the allusion? Because the holy writers had background knowledge and life experiences in common with their first audiences, they could make quick ...
“A Happy Ending” Daniel 12:1-4
Profound truth: “It’s incredibly valuable for you that Daniel 12 comes after Daniel 1-11.” Perhaps you’re thinking, “It is?!” It is! Daniel 10-11 contains an amazing prophecy, in which God allows Daniel to see, sometimes ...
Preach the Word – September/October 2021
The Gospels: The Center of the Gospel The gospel is the good news that God forgives sins and saves sinners. This is good news because without this news the news is bad: God condemns sin ...