by Jason DeRouchie | Oct 15, 2020 | Bible Study
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...
by Jason DeRouchie | Jan 17, 2022 | Angels and Demons, Announcements, Articles/Essays, Blog Posts, DeRouchie, God, Love & Grace, The Kingdom of God
DeRouchie, Jason S. “Greater is He: A Primer on Spiritual Warfare for Kingdom Advance.” The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 25.2 (2021): 21–55. Spiritual warfare is one of those topics that Christians are interested in but nevertheless have many...
by Jason DeRouchie | Dec 30, 2021 | Announcements, Articles/Essays, Blog Posts, DeRouchie, Prophets & Prophecy
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,...
by Jason DeRouchie | Dec 29, 2021 | Articles/Essays, The Bible and Theology
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...
by Jason DeRouchie | Feb 15, 2021 | Bible Study
With step 5 of the interpretive process we move from “Text” to “Observation,” and we consider a series of issues related to how a passage is communicated. Our initial goal is to assess the makeup and relationship of words, phrases, clauses, and larger text units. In...
by Jason DeRouchie | Aug 15, 2021 | Bible Study
What is Systematic Theology? Systematic theology is the study of the Bible’s doctrine designed to help us shape a proper worldview. Systematic theology presupposes that the Bible gets reality right, and it assumes Scripture’s overarching unity while affirming the...
by Jason DeRouchie | May 6, 2023 | Announcements, Articles/Essays, Blog Posts, Complete Bibliography, DeRouchie, God, Love & Grace, Mission, People of God, The Glory of God
“The Long History of God’s Love for Africa.” April 07, 2022: www.desiringgod.org Last month I had the chance to share a message in Ethiopia that has been on my heart for some time. So many in the country feel that Africa is cursed in ways greater than elsewhere. The...
by Jason DeRouchie | May 1, 2018 | Complete Bibliography, DeRouchie, Observation, Reviews, Text
DeRouchie, Jason S. Review of WJK Library Bundle: Old Testament Library Commentaries and Companion Volumes and New Testament Library Commentaries and Companion Volumes, by Accordance Bible Software. Themelios 43.1 (2018): 91–94. WJK’s Library Bundle: Old Testament...
by Jason DeRouchie | Dec 22, 2016 | Biblical Theology Themes, DeRouchie, Holiness, Sin, Sin, The Gospel, Theology
Sexual intimacy within marriage is a beautiful gift from God. It’s an outlet for play and passion, and it nurtures closeness with your spouse, supplying a unique context for giving and receiving love. But as with all God’s good gifts (1 Timothy 4:4), the devil seeks...
by Jason DeRouchie | Jun 23, 2020 | Articles/Essays, DeRouchie
The apostle Paul described his life mission, and the mission of the church as a whole, as a calling “to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of [Christ’s] name among all the nations” (Romans 1:5). From Eden onward, God has been moving history toward the day...