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. ...
A Complete Handbook of Literary Forms in the Bible
Leland Ryken is a professor of English emeritus at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. He has contributed several works to the study of biblical and Christian literature. Ryken was the literary stylist for the English ...
Four Branches – August 2020
Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Exegetical Theology: Rebuilding After Exile III: Pointing to Jesus The prophet Zechariah preached the good news of the coming Messiah to motivate the returned exiles to continue rebuilding the ...
On Interpreting Sacred Scripture and Method of Theological Study
This book is the eleventh out of seventeen planned volumes of Johann Gerhard’s Theological Commonplaces. It contains the first two of Gerhard’s commonplaces: On Sacred Scripture[1] and On Interpreting Sacred Scripture, both originally published in ...
“Thank You, Father!”
King Herod had thrown a huge party for himself and his guests. As part of it, he “invited” his step-daughter to dance for them. She danced so well that Herod made a rash – and ...
Photo Companion to the Bible: The Gospels
Dr. Steven Anderson earned his Ph.D. from Dallas Theological Seminary. Mr. A.D. Riddle is completing his Ph.D. in Old Testament and Ancient Near East studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (Chicago, IL). Dr. Christian Locatell ...
Four Branches – July 2020
Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Exegetical Theology: Rebuilding After Exile II: Putting Home Improvement in Its Place Perhaps the COVID regulations that deemed Home Depot but not public worship to be “essential” have encouraged ...