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Understanding and Applying Exodus 19:4–6
DeRouchie, Jason S. "Understanding and Applying Exodus 19:4–6: A Case Study in Exegesis and Theology." Journal of Biblical and Theological Studies 6.1 (2021): 85–134. This essay seeks to interpret Exodus 19:4–6 passage within its immediate and broader biblical...
Chipman’s SCRIPTURE STORYLINE
Chipman, Todd R. Scripture Storyline: An Invitation to Biblical Theology. Dallas: Fontess, 2020. Are you looking for a Bible Reading Plan for the new year? Todd Chipman is my teaching pastor at The Master's Community Church, and he also serves as Dean of Graduate...
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...
How to Understand and Apply the Old Testament: Step 12––Practical Theology
To summarize How to Understand and Apply the Old Testament, this blog journey has supplied twelve steps from exegesis to theology. I categorized each of the twelve under the acronym TOCMA, which stands for Text > Observation > Context > Meaning >...
How to Understand and Apply the Old Testament: Step 10––Biblical Theology
Text (Genre, Literary units and text hierarchy, Text-criticism) Observation (Clause and text grammar, Argument-tracing, Word and concept studies) Context (Historical and Literary context) Meaning (Biblical and Systematic theology) Application (Practical theology) Once...
How to Understand and Apply the Old Testament—Step 11: Systematic Theology
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...
How to Understand and Apply the Old Testament: Step 9–Literary Context
God gave us his word in a book that is made up of multiple books. Whereas biblical theology (step 10) looks more at Scripture as a whole, literary context focuses on the individual parts as they come to us within their overall canonical context. It’s the difference...
‘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...
How to Understand and Apply the Old Testament: Step 8–Historical Context
Step 8 of the interpretive process moves us from “Observation” to “Context” as we consider, “Where does the passage fit?” This post considers the historical context, and the next will consider the literary context. Starting to Assess Historical Context By considering...