TableTalk has recently published online a three-part series of articles I have written showing how the NT brings the OT to a climax: Jesus has come to end exile, not just the exile of Israel from the land, but the deeper exile of all humanity from fellowship with God. I find this to be one … [Read more…]
A pdf of this post is available at: A Manly Attitude. To many guys, being manly means being macho. A macho man is strong and tough: he can withstand all manner of discomfort and hardship, and he won’t complain. He’s cool: he doesn’t show emotion, but he’ll fight you if challenged or insulted. He’s self-reliant: … [Read more…]
The Crossway blog recently published my article on Deuteronomy 31:6, a marvelous verse of Scripture: “Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.”
Christmas time seems an especially appropriate moment to reflect on: who is the wonderful person who entered our world as a little baby so long ago? The text below is from a Sunday School I did recently (apologies for the poor sound quality). I sought to answer the question above as comprehensively as I could, … [Read more…]
This Christmas we have a special treat to offer to you: free Christmas music compliments of some of our Covenant musicians! (Tom Downs on guitar, Cinnamon Peppo on harp, and Tyler Detrick on violin) Available for listening and download here.
A pdf of this post is available at: Man on a Mission. This post marks the beginning of a new set of posts on our blog: each month Pastor Montgomery and I will have a word of encouragement for the men of our church. The hope is that these will encourage men in their walk … [Read more…]
Some of you may know I’m working on a commentary on Jeremiah for Zondervan in the ZECOT series (Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament). Here are two posts on other sites which recently came out and which may interest you: From Judgment to Restoration on TableTalk, 15 May 2020. This article gives the big … [Read more…]
Anne Stewart’s Poetic Ethics in Proverbs (Cambridge University Press: 2016) is one of my favorite kinds of books: well-written, incredibly learned, and filled with fresh, stimulating insights into not only what the Bible means, but how it achieves meaning. Stewart’s book has two main parts. In the first part, “Character and Poetry”, she talks about … [Read more…]
Back when I was a PhD student at Wheaton, I remember coming into the library’s cafe area and discovering a book lying on the table: Alan Jacobs’ A Theology of Reading: The Hermeneutics of Love (Boulder, CO: Westview, 2001). This looks interesting, I thought. And it’s one of the pleasures of PhD days that you … [Read more…]
Each Good Friday my family has a tradition of reading George Herbert’s magnificent poem, The Sacrifice (1633). Herbert was an English Protestant who served as a country priest in the Church of England before dying at a young age. His poetry is among the finest devotional poetry ever. Even though Good Friday is past, the … [Read more…]