by Jason DeRouchie | Dec 28, 2013 | Bible Study
In light of the approaching New Year, we wanted to take this chance to highlight Dr. DeRouchie’s Bible reading plan. Below is an excerpt from the original post and the link provided will take you to the reading plan itself. We hope that this will prove useful...
by Jason DeRouchie | Dec 24, 2013 | DeRouchie, Prayers and Poems
This advent, Pastor Jason Meyer has been leading Bethlehem Baptist through Philippians 2:5–11, one of the few passages in Scripture that tie together in one text Christ’s humble birth as a man (Christmas) with his death and ultimate exaltation as Lord over all...
by Jason DeRouchie | Dec 19, 2013 | Biblical Theology Themes, DeRouchie, Holiness, Law, People of God, The Glory of God
Scripture is clear that God gave us Ten Words (Exod 34:28; Deut 4:13; 10:4). But throughout history there has been three different perspectives on how to count them. “Counting the Ten: An Investigation into the Numbering of the Decalogue” is the first of...
by Jason DeRouchie | Dec 19, 2013 | Biblical Theology Themes, Books, DeRouchie, Holiness, Law, People of God, The Glory of God
Throughout history, few OT texts have had as much impact on the church as the Ten Words (Exod 20:2–17 / Deut 5:6–21). In this essay, DeRouchie reflects on the lasting import of the Ten Commandments for Christians and helps clarify how the Ten Words themselves magnify...
by Jason DeRouchie | Nov 27, 2013 | Bible Study, DeRouchie, Observation, Reviews, Text
In 2007 Jason DeRouchie wrote a literary and linguistic critique of D. L. Christensen’s view that Deuteronomy is didactic poetry, as proffered in his revised 2001-02 two-volume Word Biblical Commentary. In this study, DeRouchie describes both the literary and...
by Jason DeRouchie | Nov 21, 2013 | Announcements, Biblical Theology Themes, DeRouchie, The Gospel
With a title adapted from Deuteronomy 6:24, For Our Good Always is a collection of twenty-five essays from evangelical scholars on the message of Deuteronomy and its influence on Christian Scripture. No other book colors the tapestry of biblical thought quite like...
by Jason DeRouchie | Nov 9, 2013 | Biblical Theological Overview of the Bible, Biblical Theology Themes, DeRouchie, Prayers and Poems
Command certain people not to teach false doctrines any longer or to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. Such things promote controversial speculations rather than advancing God’s work—which is by faith. (1 Timothy 1:3–4, NIV) Why is it so important to...
by Jason DeRouchie | Nov 6, 2013 | Biblical Theology Themes, Christ, Covenant, DeRouchie, God, Sacrifice, Salvation, Sin, The Gospel, Theology
Paul said that the old covenant mediated by Moses bore a “ministry of condemnation” (2 Corinthians 3:9). What does this mean, and would Moses have agreed? The Book of Deuteronomy clarifies three things: 1) Moses’s old covenant plea, 2) the people’s old...
by Jason DeRouchie | Nov 4, 2013 | Biblical Theological Overview of the Bible, Biblical Theology Themes, DeRouchie, Holiness, Law, People of God, Temple
Dr. DeRouchie writes a helpful (and short) article about the Hebrew infinitive construct and its usage in Ezra 7:10. He writes, “You have learned that the Infinitive Construct with the preposition ְל often complements the main verb by expressing the purpose,...
by Jason DeRouchie | Nov 2, 2013 | Bible Study, Biblical Theology Themes, Books, DeRouchie, Reviews, Text, The Bible and Theology
Karen Jobes and Moisés Silva have written one of the most accessible introductions to the Greek Old Testament titled Invitation to the Septuagint (Baker, 2005). In DeRouchie’s review, published in Trinity Journal, he writes: “Comprehensive, well-informed,...