by Brad Blocksom | Feb 27, 2019 | Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology, General, New Testament, Scripture
Mark 14:32-42 Failure in the Garden Last time Jesus predicted of the disciples “You will all fall away.” This time we see, at least the beginning, of that failure realized! They have now arrived at the Garden of Gethsemane. And Jesus instructs the...
by Able Baker | Feb 17, 2016 | Biblical Theology
This article was written in response to this one by Chuck Queen. It may not make much sense unless you read Chuck’s article first. Click here to read. In and of itself the Gospel as an event and in power unifies mankind with God. We as Christians seek to...
by Brad Blocksom | Oct 6, 2015 | Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology, New Testament
Well Jesus doesn’t break in these disciples easy. Capernaum isn’t far from where He initially called them along the sea of Galilee. He launches right into public ministry, teaching in their synagogue on the Sabbath (Mark 1:21). Apparently there was...
by Brad Blocksom | Sep 29, 2015 | Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology, New Testament, Scripture
So I’m starting a new series. I know where I want to start, but quite frankly have no idea where this thing is going to end up. I want to explore what does it look like to be a follower of Jesus. I’m basically going to start going through the gospel Mark....
by Luke Geraty | Sep 14, 2015 | Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology
“Are Vineyard churches and pastors Calvinistic or Arminian?” I remember the question well because I was trying to choose between about five different answers, but I decided to go with the best answer I could muster: “Yes.” For some, one must be...
by Brad Blocksom | Sep 8, 2015 | Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology, New Testament
If you know me very well, you know that I’m a “plurality of Elders” kind of guy when it comes to church government. And honestly it’s not really my intention to do a full exposition of that view here. But if you’re interested, our...
by Robby McAlpine | May 31, 2015 | Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology, New Testament, Scripture
Fallen from grace … Everyone knows what that means. Somewhere, somehow, someone’s blown it big-time, committed some heinous action that brought humiliation on themselves, scorn from others, and generally disqualified them in the eyes of everyone (including...
by Brad Blocksom | Apr 1, 2015 | Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology, New Testament
Well this ought to get me in some trouble! So I’ll just jump right in: the two words I’d like to see removed from the Bible are gospel and church! I know, these words are so deeply rooted in our tradition with deep and significant theological meaning. But...
by Brad Blocksom | Feb 10, 2015 | Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology, Hermeneutics, New Testament, Scripture
Matthew 13:52 (ESV) “Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.” – Jesus So I was reading this passage during my devotions last month...
by Robby McAlpine | Nov 25, 2014 | Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology, Hermeneutics, New Testament, Scripture
Have you ever heard the saying, “A text without a context is only a pretext?” It’s a pithy reminder that taking Bible verses out of their context can (usually does) result in teaching that’s weak, unsupported, or downright false. Context is crucial; the game-changer....
by Luke Geraty | Oct 20, 2014 | Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology, Hermeneutics
If you pay attention to certain theological circles, you’ll have heard someone say something like this: “Preachers who do not use the word “sin” in their sermons are watering down the gospel. If you aren’t willing to name sin, than you...
by Luke Geraty | Sep 14, 2014 | Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology, New Testament, Old Testament
I recently was told by someone that they didn’t need theology because they just needed the Bible. N. T. Wright responds in The New Testament and the People of God as follows: “Biblical studies needs theology, because only with theological tools can...
by Luke Geraty | Jul 22, 2014 | Biblical Theology
Recently I had a conversation with a young and newly minted pastor who was asking me some questions about preaching. We spent some time talking about different homiletic principles and I recall that one of the last things that she said was, “I want to preach...
by Luke Geraty | Jun 26, 2014 | Biblical Theology
N. T. Wright dropping some knowledge on fools: “… the point about God’s authority is that the whole Bible is about God establishing his kingdom on earth as in heaven, completing (in other words) the project begun but aborted in Genesis 1– 3. This is the...
by Luke Geraty | Apr 22, 2014 | Biblical Theology, Eschatology, Systematic Theology, The Kingdom of God, Theological Studies
Craig Blaising writes: “The theology of Luke-Acts teaches that when Jesus ascended into heaven, he was enthroned with kingdom authority.64 Paul teaches that Jesus is presently seated at the right hand of God with all things in subjection under his feet (Eph....
by Luke Geraty | Dec 6, 2013 | Biblical Theology, Theological Studies
You’re most welcome. This is theology candy to consume. Gaffin and Wright!!!! Two fantastic biblical theologians! HT: Justin Taylor...
by Luke Geraty | May 25, 2013 | Apologetics, Biblical Theology, Christology, Ecclesiology, Eschatology, The Kingdom of God, Theological Studies
I’m often asked by pastors which books by Wright they should read and I used to always refer them to the Christian Origins and the Question of God series because, quite frankly, you can’t be into NT studies without having interacted with his works in that...
by Luke Geraty | May 20, 2013 | Biblical Theology, Charismatic Theology, Ecclesiology, Israel
Scott Lencke has a good post up on why he doesn’t believe we should believe the popular idea that the church was born at Pentecost (Acts 2). Scott lays out some very good reasons why we should see God’s people through the lens of continuity rather than...
by Luke Geraty | Dec 19, 2012 | Biblical Theology, New Testament, Preaching
Once I’ve decided to preach through a book of the Bible, I like to form some sort of a “homiletic outline” that helps me break a book up into sections to preach through. Sometimes chapter markers can be helpful and sometimes they are absolutely...
by Luke Geraty | Nov 30, 2012 | Biblical Theology, Gospel, Soteriology
It happened again. I was listening to a popular radio preacher and they repeated an idea I have heard many times in my life. He stated that in the Old Testament, people were “saved” by obeying the Law and in the New Testament, people are...
