by Jason DeRouchie | Jan 25, 2022 | Announcements, Audio, Biblical Theological Overview of the Bible, Blog Posts, Covenant, DeRouchie, Law, Lectures, Love & Grace, People of God, Prophets & Prophecy
DeRouchie, Jason S. “The Biblical Covenants in Salvation History” (ETS Nov, 2021, Fort Worth, TX). Understanding how the biblical covenants relate to each other is paramount to knowing how the Bible “fits together.” For this reason, at the 2021 annual...
by Jason DeRouchie | Jan 17, 2022 | Angels and Demons, Announcements, Articles/Essays, Blog Posts, DeRouchie, God, Love & Grace, The Kingdom of God
DeRouchie, Jason S. “Greater is He: A Primer on Spiritual Warfare for Kingdom Advance.” The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 25.2 (2021): 21–55. Spiritual warfare is one of those topics that Christians are interested in but nevertheless have many...
by Jason DeRouchie | Dec 31, 2021 | Announcements, Articles/Essays, Blog Posts, DeRouchie
DeRouchie, Jason S. “Understanding and Applying Exodus 19:4–6: A Case Study in Exegesis and Theology.” Journal of Biblical and Theological Studies 6.1 (2021): 85–134. This essay seeks to interpret Exodus 19:4–6 passage within its immediate and broader...
by Jason DeRouchie | Dec 30, 2021 | Announcements, Biblical Theological Overview of the Bible, Books, Christ, Covenant, Endorsements, The Bible and Theology
Chipman, Todd R. Scripture Storyline: An Invitation to Biblical Theology. Dallas: Fontess, 2020. Are you looking for a Bible Reading Plan for the new year? Todd Chipman is my teaching pastor at The Master’s Community Church, and he also serves as Dean of...
by Jason DeRouchie | Dec 30, 2021 | Announcements, Articles/Essays, Blog Posts, DeRouchie, Prophets & Prophecy
DeRouchie, Jason S. “Introduction to the Old Testament,” The Gospel Coalition, December 2021, https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/essay/introduction-old-testament/ DeRouchie, Jason S. “Zephaniah,” The Gospel Coalition, December 2021,...
by Jason DeRouchie | Dec 29, 2021 | Articles/Essays, The Bible and Theology
If Christians are part of the new covenant, why should we seek to understand and apply the Old Testament (OT)? I’ll give 10 reasons why the first word in the phrase Old Testament must not mean unimportant or insignificant to Christians. 1. The OT was Jesus’s only...
by Jason DeRouchie | Nov 15, 2021 | Bible Study, Uncategorized
To summarize How to Understand and Apply the Old Testament, this blog journey has supplied twelve steps from exegesis to theology. I categorized each of the twelve under the acronym TOCMA, which stands for Text > Observation > Context > Meaning >...
by Jason DeRouchie | Aug 15, 2021 | Bible Study, Uncategorized
Text (Genre, Literary units and text hierarchy, Text-criticism) Observation (Clause and text grammar, Argument-tracing, Word and concept studies) Context (Historical and Literary context) Meaning (Biblical and Systematic theology) Application (Practical theology) Once...
by Jason DeRouchie | Aug 15, 2021 | Bible Study, Uncategorized
What is Systematic Theology? Systematic theology is the study of the Bible’s doctrine designed to help us shape a proper worldview. Systematic theology presupposes that the Bible gets reality right, and it assumes Scripture’s overarching unity while affirming the...
by Jason DeRouchie | Jul 15, 2021 | Bible Study, Uncategorized
God gave us his word in a book that is made up of multiple books. Whereas biblical theology (step 10) looks more at Scripture as a whole, literary context focuses on the individual parts as they come to us within their overall canonical context. It’s the difference...