Old Testament

The New Testament's Use of the Old Testament: The Psalms and Christ

Martin Blocki
Dec 23, 2015
I don’t claim to be a logician, but I do know at least one basic syllogism, it goes as follows: If: A = B And: B=C Then: A=C With this in mind, consider the following passages of scripture: 1 Peter 1:10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours...

The New Testament's Use of the Old Testament: He Considered that God was Able

Jeffrey Waddington
Dec 21, 2015
The Bible has many human authors. It has one divine author. If only the first statement were true we would not be surprised to find disagreements and inconsistencies between authors. But because the second sentence is true we find that the many human writers are in harmony and consistency with one...

The New Testament's Use of the Old Testament: The Foundation

David Smith
Dec 17, 2015
One of the most important interpretive questions with which we have to wrestle as we seek to understand the Bible is: How are the Old and New Testament (OT...

Did Adam and Eve Really Exist? A Review

Richard Belcher
Feb 20, 2012
C. John Collins, Did Adam and Eve Really Exist? Who Were They and Why You Should Care (Wheaton: Crossway, 2011) Dr. C. John Collins, professor of Old Testament at Covenant Seminary, has written a book that deals with a subject that may turn out to be a watershed issue for many within evangelical...

Did Adam and Eve Really Exist? A Review

Richard Belcher
Feb 20, 2012
C. John Collins, Did Adam and Eve Really Exist? Who Were They and Why You Should Care (Wheaton: Crossway, 2011) Dr. C. John Collins, professor of Old Testament at Covenant Seminary, has written a book that deals with a subject that may turn out to be a watershed issue for many within evangelical...

The Epic of Eden

Michael McKelvey Articles
Mar 27, 2009
The Epic of Eden By Sandra Richter 263p. IVP (November 2008) There have been many attempts by authors to helpfully summarize the Old Testament (OT) and its message for New Testament (NT) believers. For many Christians today, this portion of the Scriptures remain foreign or at least relatively...

A Surrejoinder to Peter Enn's Response to G. K. Beale's JETS Review

Greg Beale
Dec 27, 2006
EDITOR'S NOTE: The article below is a surrejoinder from G.K. Beale in response to Peter Enns's published rejoinder to Dr. Beale's JETS Review Article of His Book, Inspiration and Incarnation. I thank Peter Enns for responding to my review article of his book, Inspiration and Incarnation . [1] It...

A Husband Looks at Genesis 3:16

Philip Ryken
Jun 29, 2006
Genesis 3:15 gives one of the Bible's greatest promises. It is God's curse against the serpent, and his first proclamation of the gospel: "I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel." This curse...

Hagar, Sarah, and their Children

Bassam Chedid
Jun 1, 2006
Another subtitle should be added to this book, thus reading: Hagar, Sarah, and Their Children: Feminist Perspective. The seven women writers--Jewish, Christian and Muslim seek to focus on Hagar, Sarah, Ishmael and Isaac. In the preface, the editors make it clear that their approach is exclusively...

Three Books on the Bible: A Critical Review

D. A. Carson
Apr 25, 2006
The last few years have witnessed the publication of several books on the Bible, most of which are in some measure innovative. In addition to the three I shall review in this essay, one cannot overlook Peter Jensen's The Revelation of God , which makes the gospel central to his development of the...