New Testament

The New Testament's Use of the Old Testament: David Rejoiced in His Son's Resurrection:Peter's Typological Use of Psalm 16 in Acts 2

Grant Van Leuven
Dec 24, 2015
I once saw a sobering reminder of our mortality and need for the Son of David. A missionary shared his video of a dead Jamaican man lying in a simple wooden box in a walk-in freezer. Another man hammered nails into the box’s top as casually as one might prepare freight for shipping. The dead man...

The New Testament's Use of the Old Testament: The Birth of Christ

Jeffrey Stivason
Dec 24, 2015
Have you ever wondered why Matthew quotes Isaiah in the opening chapter of his Gospel? [1] Perhaps you would say, "Of course not! We already know why. The quote substantiates the virgin conception and birth of Christ!" Yes, but is that the only reason? Again, you may claim, "Isn't that reason...

The New Testament's Use of the Old Testament: A Seed Coming to Blossom

Tim Bertolet
Dec 23, 2015
The New Testament primarily uses the Old Testament to show that God is bringing his promises to fulfillment. God’s history of revelation and redemption comes to a climax in a manner that is continuous with the Old. When we think of the use of the Old Testament in the New Testament there are a...

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

Martin Blocki
Dec 22, 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 Holy Spirit of Christmas

Mark Johnston
Dec 22, 2015
In the midst of all the sermon and service preparations associated with the Christmas season we often fail to appreciate the role of the Holy Spirit in the events celebrated. While we are right to focus on the wonder of the eternal Son taking human flesh and entering our world, we can overlook the...

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 16, 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...

Happily Ever After? Thoughts on the Ending of the Acts of the Apostles - Pt 1

Guy Waters
Mar 24, 2015
The ending of the Acts of the Apostles has proven a puzzle, to say the least.[1] In the fourth century, John Chrysostom asked, "But of [Paul's] affairs after the two years [i.e., of Acts 28:30], what say we? (The writer) leaves the hearer athirst for more: the heathen authors do the same (in their...

Happily Ever After? Thoughts on the Ending of the Acts of the Apostles - Pt 1

Guy Waters
Mar 24, 2015
The ending of the Acts of the Apostles has proven a puzzle, to say the least.[1] In the fourth century, John Chrysostom asked, "But of [Paul's] affairs after the two years [i.e., of Acts 28:30], what say we? (The writer) leaves the hearer athirst for more: the heathen authors do the same (in their...

Unlocking Romans

Guy Waters
Mar 23, 2009
Unlocking Romans By J.R. Daniel Kirk 245 p. Eerdmans (November 2008) It is difficult to overestimate the influence of E. P. Sanders's scholarship on the academic study of Paul. Since Sanders published Paul and Palestinian Judaism (1977) and Paul, the Law, and the Jewish People (1983), it has become...