Four Branches – April 2021
Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Exegetical Theology: Proclaiming Life with 1 John - Part Two Last time, we began to look at a sampling of ways the apostle John pairs an empty tomb to ...
“Another Week of …Triumphal Procession?!?” 2Corinthians 2:12 – 3:6
There are all sorts of startling statements in the Bible, aren’t there? For example, Jesus says, “Before Abraham was, I am,” making the claim that he is eternal, that he’s always existed. That’s startling. Similarly, ...
Four Branches – March 2021
Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Exegetical Theology: Proclaiming Life with 1 John - Part One A series of readings from 1 John blankets the Sundays of Easter from Easter 2 to Easter 7. 1 ...
Book Review: Walther’s Works: All Glory to God
Soli Deo Gloria—To God alone be the glory. This motto of the Lutheran Reformation is also the premise of a series of doctrinal essays written by C.F.W. Walther from 1873 to 1886. Walther gave this ...
Book Review: What Did You Expect? Redeeming the Realities of Marriage
Overview Author Paul David Tripp is the president of Paul Tripp Ministries and the executive director of the Center for Pastoral Care in Fort Worth, TX. He majored in Bible and Christian Education at Columbia ...
Book Review: Martin Luther and the Called Life
Overview “Mark D. Tranvik is professor of religion at Augsburg College, Minneapolis, where he has taught since 1995. He also directed the college’s Lilly Endowment grant on vocation, Exploring Our Gifts. He has written widely ...
Preach the Word – March 2021
A drill sergeant is giving an order to a cadet.Sergeant: “There is no talking during drill.”Cadet: “Yes, sir. The fellas were just explaining that to me.”Sergeant: “Be quiet, cadet! There is no talking during drill!”Cadet: ...
“What a Wonderful Difference!” Numbers 21: 4-9
Are we much different? Do you, like me, sometimes get frustrated with the Old Testament Israelites, particularly that group whom God brought out of Egypt? They had seen such great things! And yet over and ...
Four Branches – February 2021
Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Exegetical Theology: The Valley of Dry Bones – Part 3 In Ezekiel’s vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, God promised to give his exiled people new life as ...
Book Review: The Parables: Understanding the Stories Jesus Told
Overview Simon J. Kistemaker (Ph.D., Free University, Amsterdam) was a professor of New Testament at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida (He passed away in September, 2017). He is the author of numerous biblical commentaries ...