How to Understand and Apply the Old Testament: Step 2—Literary Units and Text Hierarchy
Step #2 – Literary Units and Text Heirarchy Determining the Boundaries of a Text After genre, the next step in your exegesis is to determine the limits of the passage that you are studying. The limits of the passage could be a quotation, a paragraph, a story, a song,...How to Understand and Apply the Old Testament: Step 1—Genre
Step #1: Genre When my oldest daughter was younger, she was a master of “genre” analysis. I saw it most clearly after her daily trip to the mailbox, when she would push aside the bills and advertisements to select the letters from friends or family. With every new...What I Learned the Day I Almost Killed J. I. Packer
Great men inspire greatness, both in their lives and in their deaths. Such is true of James Innell Packer (1926–2020), whose life and ministry has forever marked my own. He and I only met once, and I have only read a handful of his books. But in this age, he is one...Resurrection Hope in a Season of Death
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...3 Books for Staying ‘Hitched’ to the Old Testament
As a follow-up to my recent article “10 Reasons the Old Testament Is Important for Christians,” I wanted to suggest three books that can help you stay appropriately “hitched” to the Old Testament. 1. God’s Kingdom through God’s Covenants: A Concise Biblical Theology...An Excerpt from the Garrett-DeRouchie Hebrew Grammar
It is that time of year again. Bible colleges and seminaries are gearing up for the return of theological students. Church history, systematic theology, and language study will commence once again. For those who are beginning, or continuing the study of Hebrew, Dr....Meyer: Prayer Week Sermon
Pastor Jason Meyer speaks about how prayer, blindness, and the glory of Christ relate in his sermon on prayer leading Bethlehem into 2014. http://www.hopeingod.org/sermon/blindness-prayer-and-glory-christLove Your God with Everything
Love. There are few things so universal and yet so challenging. Love for God. “The most important” commandment, says Jesus (Mark 12:29–30), and one that both the old and new covenants portray as necessary to enjoy God’s sustained favor. As Moses asserted, Yahweh...DeRouchie’s Audio & Video Sites
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