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Many churches may be familiar with lectio continua preaching in the form of the weekly practice of preaching consecutive passages through a book of Scripture. Catechetical preaching uses a catechism to organize the weekly sermons rather than the book of Scripture. Does that make catechetical preaching unscriptural? By no means!...

Reading the Bible as Literature (5)

21 Sep 2016

Arjen Vreugdenhil

New Testament, Old Testament

This is the fifth and final installment in our series on reading the Bible as literature. We first considered what a literary approach looks like and provided a few examples. We then answered some possible objections regarding the inspiration and historicity of Scripture before proceeding positively to look at its benefits....

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Biblical Theology and Ruth

20 Sep 2016

Reformed Media Review

Biblical Theology, Old Testament

We speak about two biblical theological titles from InterVarsity Press including John Goldingay’s Biblical Theology: The God of the Christian Scriptures and Unceasing Kindness: A Biblical Theology of Ruth by Peter Lau and Gregory Goswell....

Already Living in the World to Come

19 Sep 2016

Daniel Ragusa

General Epistles

Geerhardus Vos speaks of the Christian as “a peculiar chronological phenomenon.”[1] As is often the case with Vos, we need to reflect for a moment on what he means—especially since he’s speaking about us here. The phrase comes in his discussion on the two covenants and two worlds or ages that are spoken of in the letter to the Hebrews....

Calvin and the Sabbath

16 Sep 2016

Christ the Center

Biblical Theology, Calvin, New Testament, Old Testament, The Lord's Day

Dr. Richard B. Gaffin, Jr. speaks about Calvin’s views on the Sabbath. In this conversation, we look to Dr. Gaffin’s book Calvin and the Sabbath: The Controversy of Applying the Fourth Commandment (Mentor/Christian Focus), which is a revised version of his ThM thesis originally written under the supervision of John Murray at Westminster Theological Seminary in 1961–62....

Van Til’s Pastoral Wisdom on the Doctrine of Scripture

15 Sep 2016

Daniel Ragusa

Cornelius Van Til

Cornelius Van Til concludes his chapter on Scripture in his Introduction to Systematic Theology with a note of pastoral wisdom. It is not sufficient … to instruct the church in certain positions of Scripture or to make them memorize a great deal of Scripture....

Reading the Bible as Literature (4)

14 Sep 2016

Arjen Vreugdenhil

New Testament, Old Testament

This is our fourth article in a series on reading the Bible as literature. We first summarized and provided examples of a literary approach to the Bible. In our second and third articles we answered possible objections having to do with the inspiration and historicity of Scripture,...

Culture and the Kuyperian Tradition

14 Sep 2016

Reformed Media Review

Abraham Kuyper, Biblical Theology, Worldview

We introduce two new books from InterVarsity Press: Created and Creating: A Biblical Theology of Culture by William Edgar and Contours of the Kuyperian Tradition: A Systematic Introduction by Craig Barthlomew. A Special Offer from IVP Through the end of October 2016,...

Genesis 11 — City of Man, City of God

13 Sep 2016

Proclaiming Christ

Pentateuch

In this episode we discuss the gathering in Genesis 11 to build a city and tower for the name of man. This chapter provides many themes that will be explored throughout the rest of Scripture as the historical enmity develops between the city of man and the city of God....

Vos Group #29 — The Prologue and First Commandment of the Decalogue

09 Sep 2016

Christ the Center

Biblical Theology, Pentateuch, Vos Group

We continue our #VosGroup series by opening pages 131–135 of Vos’ book Biblical Theology: Old and New Testaments to consider the world-wide application of the Decalogue, its prologue, and the first commandment. God has a special relationship with his covenant people....