This week the students in my second year Greek Exegetical Methods class finished their final research paper and one of the two passages they could choose to write the paper on was John 3:1-8. One issue that the student must wrestle with is the… Read More ›
Commentary
Pillar NT Commentary series: the difficulty in finishing a series first
This is a bit of a lament. I have found most of the volumes in the Pillar New Testament Commentary series to be very good. I have been accumulating them from day one. What has been frustrating has been how long… Read More ›
A note on προοργίζω
John Eadie is one of my favorite commentators and this morning I came across once again his superb commentary on the verb προοργίζω in Ephesians 6:4. Paul exhorts fathers not “to provoke” their children to anger. Eadie’s comments are those… Read More ›
A note on παροξυσμός in Hebrews 10:24
I am preaching through Hebrews and as I worked through 10:19-25, I came across a little used noun that has been driving me a bit crazy. In 10:24, the writer to the Hebrews exhorts his readers stating, “and let us… Read More ›
Hoehner on “he chose us” (ἐξελέξατο ἡμᾶς) in Ephesians 1:4
I am completely reworking my notes on Ephesians as I prepare to teach through the epistle in Sunday school. As I was working through the great opening sentence (1:3-14), I was dealing with the verb “chose” (ἐκλέγομαι) in the expression… Read More ›
The importance of the resurrection
In the Sunday school class I teach we are studying 1 Corinthians. As I work my way through chapter 15, I have become more and more impressed on how Paul’s treatise on the message of the gospel and the doctrine… Read More ›
The Church’s relationship to the New Covenant
This past week I attended the second annual “Council on Dispensational Hermeneutics” held at Baptist Bible Seminary in Clarks Summit, Pa. This year’s theme revolved around the dispensational understanding of the new covenant. For those of you familiar with the… Read More ›
Some thoughts about the cross
This morning I was working in Mark 8, where, after extracting a confession from his disciples through Peter as to his identity (8:29) and then explaining his impending passion (8:31-32), Jesus addresses the multitudes along with the disciples regarding the… Read More ›
Moo commentary on Colossians and Philemon
I recently purchased Doug Moo’s new commentary, The Letters to the Colossians and to Philemon in the Pillar New Testament Commentary series by Eerdmans and have appreciated reading the first 100 plus pages. Moo is an excellent New Testament scholar… Read More ›
God Incarnate 