by Jason DeRouchie | Jan 26, 2015 | Death & Resurrection, DeRouchie, God, Humanity, Love & Grace, Salvation, Theology
This is a beautiful but crooked world, where babies are created and at times do not live. The Lord gives yet sometimes also takes away (Job 1:21), and when he does there is deep pain. There is pain, and there are many difficult questions. In the last two months, two... by Jason DeRouchie | Dec 13, 2014 | Announcements, Articles/Essays, Biblical Theological Overview of the Bible, Covenant, DeRouchie, Salvation, Wrath
“From Condemnation to Righteousness: A Christian Reading of Deuteronomy.” Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 18.3 (Fall, 2014): 87–118. This latest paper from DeRouchie provides a thematic overview of Deuteronomy’s message within the framework of... by Jason DeRouchie | Sep 13, 2014 | Biblical Theological Overview of the Bible, Biblical Theology Themes, Covenant, DeRouchie, People of God, Salvation
In an earlier post, I provided one argument for affirming that the book of Hebrews views a complete overlap of ecclesiology and soteriology in the new covenant. That is, the warning passages in no way pose a threat to the credo-Baptist position that all members of the... by Jason DeRouchie | Sep 11, 2014 | Biblical Theological Overview of the Bible, Biblical Theology Themes, Covenant, DeRouchie, People of God, Salvation, The Gospel, The Kingdom of God, Worship
I am a credo-baptist, meaning that the I believe God ordained the water rite of baptism as a visible sign of one’s conscious faith in Christ for righteousness. He alone satisfies God’s wrath against sin and sinners and bears the curse of the many. In... 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...