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A Review of Jobes and Silva’s “Invitation to the Septuagint”
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, and...
Shepherding Wind and One Wise Shepherd
Are the “Preacher’s” words in Ecclesiastes orthodox, or are they more akin to the teachings of Job’s three friends? Is the main voice that of a skeptic, fatalist, or agnostic, or do we hear the words of a believing realist and godly sage? This essay attempts to...
Five Facts About Loving God
What is the relationship between loving God and neighbor, and how can both Jesus and Paul say that loving our neighbor fulfills the law (Matthew 7:12; Romans 13:8; Galatians 5:14)? Isn’t love for God an even higher priority? Moses helps us answer these questions...
Psalm 121––What It Means That Yahweh Is Your Guardian
Psalm 121 is a treasure of promise for the suffering believer, whose “help comes from the LORD ” (verse 2). After personally celebrating Yahweh’s guardianship in verses 1–2, the psalmist turns to give assurance to others in verses 3–8. He declares the nature of God’s...
A Biblical Theology of Love
Dr. DeRouchie sat down with Tony Reinke of Desiring God and talked about a biblical theology of love. You can listen to the conversation here: A Biblical Theology of Love
Written on the Heart and Read by All: A Sermon on Jeremiah 31
Jeremiah 31:31–34 is a bridge that leads one out of the old covenant ministry of condemnation into what Paul called the new covenant ministry of righteousness (2 Cor 3:9). The vistas over this bridge are glorious, filled with clouds of mercy, waters of love, and...
Love 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...
A Review of the Readers Hebrew and Greek Bible
In 2008, Brown, Smith, Goodrich, Lukaszewski published a very helpful volume titled A Reader's Hebrew and Greek Bible (Zondervan). DeRouchie's review of this biblical text for The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology identifies the benefits of such a volume for...
The Blessing-Commission, The Promised Offspring, and The Toledot Structure of Genesis
In this essay, DeRouchie shapes a biblical theology of Genesis through discourse analysis and a close eye to content. Beginning with the observation that the ten toledot that shape the structure of the book are distinguished by whether they lack or include a...
A Sermon on Deuteronomy 6:6–9
CONTEXTS FOR LOVING YAHWEH OUR ONE GOD: A SERMON ON DEUTERONOMY 6:6–9 Jason S. DeRouchie, Ph.D. /Associate Professor of Old Testament / Bethlehem College and Seminary Delivered at Northwestern College (MN), March 18, 2010 Introduction Tuesday we looked at the focus of...
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