Biblical Exposition

Office Hours: The Unfolding Word

by on February 28, 2021
Office Hours Video

The Bible is a big book. That’s what J. I. Packer told us seminary students in 1987. He was right. Not only that but it was written over 1,500 years, in three different languages, in multiple settings, under multiple governments, by multiple . . . Continue reading →

Eating Christ: What, Why, And How (John 6:53–56)

by on February 26, 2021 | 1 Comment

So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him (John 6:53–56; ESV). Continue reading →

F. F. Bruce On The Colossian Heresy

by on April 9, 2017

Basically, their teaching seems to have been Jewish. This appears from the part played in it by legal ordinances, circumcision, food regulations, the sabbath, new moon and other prescriptions of the Jewish calendar. But it was not the more straightforward Judaism against . . . Continue reading →

What “Every Thought Captive” Means In Its Original Context

by on October 14, 2016 | 9 Comments

One of the first slogans I learned as a young Reformed theologian was to be Reformed was to “take every thought captive.” I learned that this slogan signaled the determination by those from whom I was learning theology to bring every aspect . . . Continue reading →

Now In Hardcover: S. M. Baugh On Ephesians

by on May 14, 2016

D. A. Carson says about this commentary, “Baugh’s comments are invariably measured, judicious, the product of informed and careful scholarship, lightly worn. Mercifully, the excellent scholarship comes in readable prose, making this a thoroughly interesting and stimulating work. This is now unquestionably . . . Continue reading →

“Homosexual” And “Homosexuality” In The New Testament

by on April 25, 2014 | 7 Comments

Below are some notes I compiled as part of a broader discussion about how Christians ought to think about homosexuality. The argument was made that the Bible does not really speak clearly to the question of homosexual behavior. In response I offered . . . Continue reading →

The Christmas Story As You’ve Never Heard It Before

by on December 9, 2013 | 2 Comments

When we think of Christmas, we probably don’t think of Genesis 19 and Lot’s daughters. It’s one of the more difficult stories in Scripture. It’s an ugly story of doubt and worse. As Pastor Gordon notes, in this sermon, some have said . . . Continue reading →

Is The Gospel Preached Or Lived?

An HB Classic

by on May 7, 2013 | 13 Comments

Colin raised this question a while back on Unashamed Workman. He asked for comments and, as Mike had just touched on this during the Westminster Seminary California Missional and Reformed Conference, I piped up: Hi Colin, This business of “living the gospel” . . . Continue reading →

Saturday and the Silence of the Lamb

by on March 30, 2013 | 10 Comments

During this season, which many Christians call “Holy Week,” I am perversely drawn to Saturday. Perhaps it is because the Saturday between “Good” Friday and Resurrection Day is, for others a sort of relief. For them it is a day off from the . . . Continue reading →

New: Riddlebarger on 1Corinthians

by on December 8, 2012

Kim Riddlebarger has a new commentary on 1Corinthians forthcoming in the Lectio Continua series. He’s got the information on the RB. The Lectio Continua series is a new exegetical, Reformed commentary, on Scripture, edited by Jon Payne, pastor of Grace PCA in . . . Continue reading →

Is the Gospel Preached or Lived?

by on January 30, 2011 | 6 Comments

Re-published from February 17, 2008. Colin raised this question a while back on Unashamed Workman. He asked for comments and, as Mike had just touched on this during the WSC “Missional and Reformed” Conference, I piped up: