by Jason DeRouchie | Apr 8, 2020 | Death & Resurrection, The Gospel
It’s April, and we are still under quarantine. The hospitalized can’t see loved ones, patient wards continue to expand, and more burial plots are dug. While most in the world ignore the cries of the nearly 125,000 babies who are aborted globally every day, very few on... by Jason DeRouchie | Feb 20, 2020 | Announcements, DeRouchie, Exile & Exodus
Earlier this week cinemas throughout the country showed “Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle, Part 1.” As I noted in a previous post, after Christ’s saving of believing sinners from God’s just wrath, Yahweh’s delivering the nation... by Jason DeRouchie | Feb 18, 2020 | Announcements, DeRouchie, Exile & Exodus, The Glory of God
Next to the saving work of Jesus, the greatest redemptive event in history was when Yahweh delivered Israel from Egyptian bondage––an entire nation set free from slavery to the greatest known power on earth. As Moses himself declared, For ask now of the days that are... by Jason DeRouchie | Jan 17, 2020 | Audio, Covenant, DeRouchie, Law, Lectures, Sin, Video
We live in a world were most religions outside Christianity teach that we justify ourselves before God by our good deeds (legalism). Then there are professing believers who continue to assert that in light of Jesus’s justifying work on our behalf, calling others... by Jason DeRouchie | Dec 31, 2019 | Audio, Christ, DeRouchie, Lectures, The Bible and Theology
If you follow this resource website, you know I often write about seeing Jesus in the Old Testament. I recently presented a paper at the annual meeting for the Evangelical Theological Society on this very topic, and I highlighted seven ways that the practice of... by Jason DeRouchie | Oct 18, 2019 | Articles/Essays, Biblical Theological Overview of the Bible, Christ, DeRouchie, The Bible and Theology
The only Bible Jesus had was what we call the Old Testament, and he said that it was about him. So how can we proclaim Christ faithfully from the Old Testament? In a recent article for Midwestern Magazine I outline five different ways: Proclaim Christ through the Old... by Jason DeRouchie | Sep 7, 2019 | Audio, DeRouchie, Video, Wisdom, Worship
In a world scathed with darkness, light is powerful gift from God. The more extended your time in the night, the more you appreciate and hope for light. In a recent chapel message at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary I walk us through Ecclesiastes 11:7–12:1. The... by Jason DeRouchie | Aug 20, 2019 | Articles/Essays, Biblical Theological Overview of the Bible, Christ, Context, DeRouchie, Meaning
In the August 2019 issue of Themelios, I provide a biblical-theological foundation for reading the Old Testament in a Christ-centered way. I argue that Jesus himself provides both the light for enabling us to see and savor what is in the OT and the necessary lens that... by Jason DeRouchie | Jul 15, 2019 | Articles/Essays, Christ, Creation, Death & Resurrection, DeRouchie, The Gospel
We are nearly two decades into the twenty-first century, and Christians all over the world are still hoping in the resurrection. This hope is not new. We have longed for resurrection since God first awakened faith in the earliest Old Testament saints. Equally,... by Jason DeRouchie | Apr 6, 2019 | Articles/Essays, Biblical Theological Overview of the Bible, Christ, Context, DeRouchie, Meaning, Reviews
“How do I faithfully interpret and preach old covenant materials in a way that embraces that ‘only through Christ’ does God lift the veil, allowing us to fully understand and appropriate their significance (2 Cor 3:14–15)?” This has been one of...