by Jason DeRouchie | Dec 19, 2013 | Biblical Theology Themes, Books, DeRouchie, Holiness, Law, People of God, The Glory of God
Throughout history, few OT texts have had as much impact on the church as the Ten Words (Exod 20:2–17 / Deut 5:6–21). In this essay, DeRouchie reflects on the lasting import of the Ten Commandments for Christians and helps clarify how the Ten Words themselves magnify...
by Jason DeRouchie | Apr 12, 2020 | DeRouchie, Love & Grace, Prayers and Poems
John Newton, author of Amazing Grace, once wrote: The day is now breaking: how beautiful its appearance! How welcome the expectation of the approaching sun! It is this thought makes the dawn agreeable, that it is the presage of a brighter light; otherwise, if we...
by Jason DeRouchie | Feb 13, 2024 | Biblical Theological Overview of the Bible
“When the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son” (Gal. 4:4), and now we are living at “the end of the ages” (1 Cor. 10:11; cf. Rom. 13:11). Jesus opened his ministry by “proclaiming the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of...
by Jason DeRouchie | Jul 30, 2017 | Creation, DeRouchie, God, Mission, Prayers and Poems, Worship
A Prayer of Praise You alone are exalted higher than the sky. The greatest people and the greatest nations are like drops in a bucket that is carried along by you and you alone. The Milky Way galaxy has 100 billion stars, and there are 10 trillion galaxies of equal...
by Jason DeRouchie | Oct 15, 2017 | DeRouchie, Mission, Prayers and Poems
Our Father, you are in heaven yet you see and oversee everything on earth. From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe and the Bahamas to Yemen your common grace this dawn is allowing the light and warmth of the sun to rise on some 1,200 people groups who are still dwelling in...
by Jason DeRouchie | Nov 19, 2017 | DeRouchie, Humanity, Prayers and Poems, The Gospel
The Prayer O, Triune Father, Son, and Spirit, These parents and this church body pray, We say, “Not to us but to your name Be all glory, praise and acclaim.” Your greatness is incomparable, Yet each of these precious little lives Displays your image and by you...
by Jason DeRouchie | Feb 20, 2020 | Announcements, DeRouchie, Exile & Exodus
Earlier this week cinemas throughout the country showed “Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle, Part 1.” As I noted in a previous post, after Christ’s saving of believing sinners from God’s just wrath, Yahweh’s delivering the nation...
by Jason DeRouchie | Mar 24, 2020 | DeRouchie, Prayers and Poems
A POETIC MEDITATION ON THE HOPE OF ISAIAH 40 “Behold your God!” comes the alarm. With mighty arm he rules and saves. The shepherd-king, his word is sure No war or roar; his sheep secure, though grass withers and flowers fade. Good news announced; he comes with...
by Jason DeRouchie | Jul 7, 2013 | Bible Study, Biblical Theological Overview of the Bible, DeRouchie
As God’s disclosure of himself and his purposes in a way we can understand, the Bible is about the good news of God’s kingdom––a kingdom established through covenant for God’s glory in Christ Jesus (Luke 4:43; 24:44–47; Acts 1:3; 20:25; 26:22–23; 28:23, 31). The...
by Jason DeRouchie | Jul 26, 2013 | Books, DeRouchie, Reviews
DeRouchie has reviewed Matthew A. Thomas’ monograph These Are the Generations: Identity, Covenant, and the ‘Toledot’ Formula. This review provides a backdrop for DeRouchie’s own full study of the toledot formula in Genesis, which can be read...