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Interview with byFaith: William Edgar
Westminster Seminary professor William Edgar explains that his new book, Created and Creating: A Biblical Theology of Culture, has been years in the making. “I have been thinking about culture and the biblical approach to culture for...
by William Edgar Text
Praying through the Scriptures: Genesis 1
Over the years it has been my practice, learned from others, to offer up praises and petitions framed by a passage of Scripture. Some of these passages were read in preparation for preaching, others offered material for meditation in daily...
by Chad Van Dixhoorn Text
On Earth as It Is in Heaven: A Biblical Theology of Worship
Worship at the Dawn of Time Since the beginning of time, there has been worship—in heaven and on earth. In heaven above, seraphim flew before God in the heavens, singing, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God of hosts; the whole...
by Jonathan Gibson Text
Interview with Books at a Glance: Vern Poythress
Fred Zaspel, editor at Books at a Glance interviews Dr. Vern Poythress on his latest book, Theophany: A Biblical Theology of God’s Appearing. Zaspel: What is a theophany? And what is your book all about? What is...
by Vern Poythress Text
10 Things You Should Know About Theophanies
1. The word theophany is a combination of two Greek words, meaning God and appearance. A theophany is an appearance of God. More precisely, it is a visible display to human beings that expresses the presence and character of God. Examples...
by Vern Poythress Text
Grief and the Christian
We worship a big God. He is sovereign and powerful. We are in his hands, and nothing happens to us by chance. That’s good news. But in grief, if that is all we remember about God, it might actually make...
by Elizabeth Groves Text
Most of Us Disagree with Jesus
Writing now from the Sea of Galilee only a short distance from where Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount, I am reminded how earthy the gospel is. Just as Jesus walked the real turf of Nazareth, he healed really...
by David Garner Text
How to Avoid the Folly of the Pharisees
You’ve probably heard someone say at some point “Don’t be such a Pharisee.” Typically these words are uttered when someone is being overly scrupulous in “rule keeping” in the Christian life. If there’s one type of person in the New...
by Brandon Crowe Text
A God Thing
Exuberant over an experience, an oh-so-sweet manifestation of divine providence, you delightedly seek to give God praise in telling your story. “It was such a ‘God thing’,” you proclaim. As you see it, God wove together an otherwise inexplicable combination...
by David Garner Text
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Vos, True Religion, and General Assembly
Geerhardus Vos has been called the “father of Reformed biblical theology.” As many readers are aware, he is known for investigating and displaying the organically integrated and historically unfolded character of biblical revelation. In fact, the Bible was, for him,...
