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Introduction to the Old Testament and Zephaniah
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,...
10 Reasons Why You Should Read the Old Testament
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...
‘HER DESIRE WILL BE FOR HUSBAND?: WHAT GENESIS 3:16 MEANS FOR MARRIAGE
ABSTRACT: When the first couple sinned, God told the woman, “Your desire shall be contrary to your husband, but he shall rule over you.” Contrary desire and corrupted rule are now the norm for marriages under the curse: instead of submitting to their husbands, wives...
New Release: 40 QUESTIONS ABOUT BIBLICAL THEOLOGY
DeRouchie, Jason S., Oren R. Martin, and Andrew David Naselli. 40 Questions about Biblical Theology. 40 Questions. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2020. I am an Old Testament scholar who treasures the Lord Jesus, and because of this I delight in the discipline of biblical...
Zephaniah: A Bible Background Commentary
Those interpreting the Bible in the twenty-first century have the significant responsibility of building a bridge between the modern world and the ancient Word. Part of this process includes learning about the Bible's historical and cultural context, most of which we...
How to Understand and Apply the Old Testament: Genre and Literary Units
For the Church has initiated their blogs summarizing portions from my book, How to Understand and Apply the Old Testament. Following the introductory post, part 1 summarizes step one in the exegetical process––Genre. Understanding genre is critical for rightly...
Creating a Text Hierarchy in the Hebrew Old Testament
Biblearc.com is my top tool for visually tracking a biblical author's flow-of-thought in order to determine a text's boundaries, structure, and main idea. I use Biblearc.com's phrasing module to create what I call a TEXT HIERARCHY of the thought-flow, and then I use...
Interpreting Scripture and the Day of the Lord
DeRouchie, Jason S. “Interpreting Scripture: A General Introduction" and "The Day of the Lord,” The Gospel Coalition, 23 September 2020, https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/essay/interpreting-scripture-a-general-introduction/ and...
How to Understand and Apply the Old Testament: A Blog Journey
For most, interpreting the initial three fourths of the Bible, the Old Testament, is a challenge. To help alleviate this problem, in 2017 I wrote How to Understand and Apply the Old Testament. Now, I am condensing each chapter from my book into a blog series on...
The Use of Leviticus 18:5 in Galatians 3:12
Though Christians often think of the book of Romans when Martin Luther and the doctrine of justification by faith come to mind, Luther himself claims to have fixated upon Galatians, calling it his very wife. At the heart of this important letter, Paul quotes Lev 18:5...
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About Jason DeRouchie
Dr. Jason DeRouchie (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is a churchman and Research Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri. He is a passionate teacher driven to exalt Jesus from the Old Testament and to help Christians better grasp why the initial three-fourths of the Bible matters for Christians.
