This essay argues that English translations of the New Testament should render the Greek term μονογενής as “only begotten” when it is used in familial contexts. In my opinion, they cannot do this quickly enough.
Turretin’s retrieval is not a mere repetition of the past, but a critical appropriation of the catholic inheritance under the supreme authority of the Word of God.
John's use of "slaughter" reflects the fact that Genesis 4 stands not only as the first human act of violence, but also as the genesis of a typological trajectory that takes on cultic logic in the two-goat rite of the Day of Atonement.
Outward appearance in the Saul narrative (1 Samuel 9-31) operates as an unstable and ultimately unreliable criterion for leadership. As the narrative progresses, leadership quality is disclosed more consistently through the king’s relationship to animals, both literal and figurative, which function as narrative tests and witnesses to obedience, competence, and covenantal faithfulness.
Calvin’s position was rejected by the Lutherans, but it turned out to be an enormously influential one among the Anglophone heirs of the Reformation: it was followed by the English and American Puritans and such eighteenth-century Evangelicals as Jonathan Edwards (1703‒1758) and Charles Wesley (1707‒1788). And it was the position of the Particular (Calvinistic) Baptists throughout the seventeenth and much of the eighteenth centuries.
Through various thematic and textual allusions, the author of Ruth presents the narrative as a typological microcosm of Yahweh’s redemptive purposes for Israel (and the nations) as anticipated in the Pentateuch and carried forward in the Prophets.
The human authors of Scripture were aware that their writings were inspired of God, and thus, the written, authoritative words of God.
Moses intentionally, consciously includes YHWH using the term “seed” in his narrative as a metaphor for the promised Savior (Gen 3:15) because the promised Savior will do what seeds do—go into the ground, which is akin to death, and then reappear out of the ground alive, which is akin to resurrection, and he will do so on “the third day.”
The greatest hope of the Christian is this right here: the return of Christ, and our glorification with Him.
This essay defines biblical theology as the task of understanding the interpretive perspective of the biblical authors. If we are seeking the interpretive perspective of the biblical authors, the best way to pursue that perspective is to move book by book through the canon of Scripture, establishing a central idea on which all the biblical authors agree aids us in discerning their perspective.
Strong men make for good times, and we are not dealing with a surplus of such men right now. This book both helps us see why that’s the case, and how to go about addressing it.