Strictly speaking, Torah is law.  It is the codification of God’s commands so that his chosen people would live faithfully.  In the Old Testament canon, Torah is considered as the Pentateuch – or Genesis through Deuteronomy.  It is a collection of historical accounts and precepts recorded for the people of God. In a more theological [...]

Eschatology precedes soteriology. This little phrase from Richard B. Gaffin, Jr. encapsulates so much of Geerhardus Vos’ eschatological program. The phrase is meant to convey the idea that God has a plan of eschatological, consummated life laid out for Adam even before the fall into sin.  The Covenant of Works was put into place with [...]

Pete Enns continued his series on creation in the Old Testament as cosmic battle for the BioLogos Foundation. The latest is titled Adam is Israel. Enns writes But there is another way. Maybe Israel’s history happened first, and the Adam story was written to reflect that history. In other words, the Adam story is really [...]

Camden covers Meredith Kline and a few of his books during this episode of Theology on the Go.

Daniel 9:20-27 is one of those passages that gets the covenantal/dispensational fires going. It seemed discussions would constantly find their way to this passage back when I was having regular discussions with dispensationalists. I happened to be reading Meredith G. Kline’s “The Covenant of the Seventieth Week” recently and thought I would pass this quotation [...]

The latest Office Hours is out and Bryan Estelle, David VanDrunen and John Fesko speak with R. Scott Clark on The Law is not of Faith: Essays on Works and Grace in the Mosaic Covenant.  The discussion was engaging.  This is a very difficult subject and the participants gave a great overview of many of [...]

I am thankful to my good brother Camden who has provoked some nice thoughts about the Mosaic Covenant in this post. Also, of recent interest, especially in light of a provocative review by Mark Karlberg in the recent JETS, is this book on the same subject. I continue to have some reservations, however, about the [...]

I believe that Pentecost was a once-and-for-all event and is therefore not repeatable.  Some would consider my view to be dangerous for the life of the church.  Quite frankly, I am persuaded that presenting Pentecost as a repeatable event is the dangerous view.  Pentecost served as a unique event in redemptive-history.  Pentecost was the pouring [...]

Genesis 12:10-20 sets out the remarkable account of Abram in the land of Egypt. It is remarkable on several accounts. It is the first instance of the sinfulness of Abraham. This is generally the focus that many expositors place in their explanation of the passage. God uses sinful men and women, who even go so [...]

In the Spring 2000 issue of the Westminster Theological Journal, Iain Campbell wrote a wonderful article detailing a covenantal approach to interpreting the Song of Solomon.  Dr. Campbell was featured on Christ the Center episode 67.  Given the seemingly dominant trend of interpreting the Song as a sanctified sex manual, Campbell’s approach is quite refreshing.  [...]