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Continue reading →: Trusting God
Originally posted on Life-Giving Words of Hope & Encouragement: Psalm 23:4 says, “Though I walk through the valley of shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for you are with me.” What we are currently walking through with Sydney fighting for her life in the NICU, I would classify…
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Continue reading →: Confession: Why, if it is so good for the soul, is it so hard?
It is hard to admit to God, to ourselves, and especially to another person the exact nature of our wrongs, but why? James 5:16 says, “Therefore, confess your sins to each other and pray for each other, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is…
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Continue reading →: Theology Themes of Isaiah
Isaiah’s ministry spanned fifty years as he prophesied and addressed the sins of the people during the reign of four different kings. As a messenger of God’s covenant, one of Isaiah’s primary roles was to remind the people what God expected of them. The book has a coherent structure, which…
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Continue reading →: The Gospel According to Isaiah 53 Book Analysis & Encountering the Suffering Servant in Jewish and Christian Theology
Mitch Glaser and Darrell Bock team up with nine other top scholars in their respective fields of study to examine and present a variety of ways in which Isaiah 53 has been and should be interpreted by both Jews and Christians, and also how to appropriately use this essential chapter…
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Continue reading →: Hezekiah’s Response to Death & Threat of Assyrian Siege Warfare: Isaiah 38:1-22
It is amazing the vast difference that exists between two people, when one of them puts their hope, faith, and trust in God and the other one wants nothing to do with the Lord. This was the scenario played out in the book of Isaiah as King Ahaz did not…
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Continue reading →: Four Views on the Warning Passages in Hebrews: Book Review
INTRODUCTION Four Views on the Warning Passages in Hebrews is the culmination of a collection of papers presented to the Hebrews Study Group during the fifty-sixth annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society during November 17-19, 2004. While the denominational orientations of the members are diverse, the group holds to…
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Continue reading →: The Explicit Gospel: Book Review
Matt Chandler is a walking miracle and he is also one of the most gifted communicators whose passion is that we all would know and worship the triune God rightly, that both our minds and hearts would be full of and shaped by Him, and that we all would experience…
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Continue reading →: Isaiah’s Everlasting Covenant, Babylon & Jerusalem, & the Leviathan
PART I: EVERLASTING COVENANT The everlasting covenant mentioned in Isaiah 24:5 is not a covenant the Lord specifically made with Israel, like the Noachic, Abrahamic, Mosaic, or Davidic covenants. Instead, this everlasting covenant appears to be a covenant that God has made with all the nations, which will hold them…
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Continue reading →: Identity of Immanuel in Isaiah 7:14 & Matthew 1:23
While the issue of Immanuel’s identity in Isaiah 7:14 and its reuse in Matthew 1:23 continues to be a highly debated topic, the interpretation of “עַלְמָה” or “ʿalmāh” also presents an additional layer of exegesis needed to fully understand what this passage meant to the original audience and what implication…


