old testament

Terrorist Hunting TV Show Illustrates Christ-Centerdness of OT

Dr. T. J. Betts of Southern Baptist Theological Seminar illustrated the Christ-centeredness of the Old Testament with the late TV show, “24." …(Continue Reading)

Preaching Christ From the Old Testament by Sydney Greidanus

If Dennis E. Johnson's Him We Proclaim convinced me that we must preach Christ in every sermon, then Greidanus taught me how to do it. …(Continue Reading)

"Dear God, help people not to get leprosy."

My seven year old boy, Josiah, reads a chapter from the Old Testament each morning and then tries to explain to me what he understood. Then we talk and pray about it.
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What to Do With Strange Old Testament Passages

Build a fence around your roof? Don't eat the buzzard but enjoy the cricket? …(Continue Reading)

Reformers' Claim of 3 Purposes for the Law

In his book, Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture, Graeme Goldsworthy states that the reformers gave three purposes for the Old Testament law (p. 166):  …(Continue Reading)

Why So Much Wrath and Judgment?

Reading through the major prophets, again I am struck with the boiling wrath of God which seems to never end. Probably 90 percent of …(Continue Reading)