Torrance gives an exposition of the three texts where Jesus' transfiguration is recorded in the Gospels, emphasizing their reading in their immediate literary context: Matthew 17:1-9, Mark 9:2-10, and Luke 9:28-36.
This article gives a broad outline of the biblical teaching on the kingdom of God.
This article gives a general introduction into how to approach a study of John Calvin and his significance in the context of the sixteenth century Reformation.
The main thesis of this article is that the history of the Bible is part of a chain of circumstances binding the original purposes for man with the advent of Christ. It tries to demonstrate the unity of that history and its relation to the New Testament.
The article reflects on preparation for the ministry. It focuses on three aspects: the advantages of studying Classical Greek and Latin, the advantages of a first-hand acquaintance with the works of the authors who wrote in such languages, and the advantages of an understanding of the background of both the events and thoughts they wrote on.
What is the significance of the death of Chrst in the atonement for man's sin? The discussion of this article is concerned in particular with the widely criticized doctrine of the penal substitution of Christ and the much-advocated subjective or ethical views of atonement.
This article is a meditative reflection on Psalm 27.
In what way does the Lord still today use the Jews to witness to the gospel? This article reflects upon the significance of the words of John 4:22 that "salvation is of the Jews." The author argues that even if it is through God's present judgement over the Jews, they still witness to the reality of the truth of the gospel.
This article reflects on the significance of the title Jesus used for himself, "Son of Man."
Tasker gives an overview of where and how the doctrine of justification by faith functions in Paul's letter to the Romans.
Bruce gives a short survey of the function of the doctrine of justification by faith in the Gospels, Acts, and the non-Pauline writings.
What is the relationship between the New Testament church and the Old Testament people of God? Can we speak in any way of an Old Testament church? The thesis of this article is that throughout the history of the church there was a strong emphasis on the unity of the church with the Old Testament people of God. These convictions are expressed in most of the confessions produced in the time of the Reformation.
What does it mean to "do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God"? These are words of Micah 6:8. This article gives an exposition of these words in their literary context.
This article indicates how modern Luther research emphasized the real significance for Martin Luther for today. He was a gifted teacher that brought the great central truth of the Christian faith back to the life of the church. This article considers what Luther had to say about doctrine, the Bible, and church.
What is the practical value of Christian doctrine? The article first explains the importance of revelation as the source and foundation of doctrine. Next, the nature of doctrine and the practical value of doctrine are discussed.
This article surveys the place and function of angels in the Bible.
When the apostle Paul describes the relationship between God and those who belong to him, he uses different concepts, one of which is "adoption" (huoithesia). He uses it five times: Romans 8:15, 23, Romans 9:4, Galatians 4:5, and Ephesians 1:5. The article explores the origin of the metaphor and then the different aspects of the life with God that it entails.
The mandrake plant mentioned a number of times in the Old Testament is studied in this article. There is a reference in the Song of Songs 7:13 to this plant recognizing the fragrance of the mandrake flower as well as the familiar aphrodisiac use of it.
This article examines some of the hymns of the Brethren Movement that found a place in more general hymnbooks, and reflects on the character and nature of church music and liturgical songs.
Are problems of racial discrimination, crime, public health, housing, and similar social issuues the concern of Christianity? This article wants to indicate how any authentic teaching of the gospel and Word of God will speak to every situation of human life including social and economic problems of our day.
Uncertainty and doubt are also part of the life of a Christian. This article wants to reflect on the nature of faith and assurance in the Christian's experience.
The purpose of this article is to give a better understanding of John Calvin and his work by examining his interpretation of the Reformation.
Has theology anything to do with aesthetics and the arts? This article offers an introduction to a Reformed approach to the arts, one founded in the Triune God himself.
This article is an exposition of the Westminster Confession of Faith on the doctrine of Scripture. It surveys different aspects or attributes of Scripture, i.e., its sufficiency, necessity, authority, perspiquity.
This article places the life and work of John Calvin within its historical context. Reid believes that to understand the sixteenth-century Reformation, one must always keep in mind the radical and revolutionary character of Calvin's teaching, which made the Reformation such a dynamic movement.
This article reflects on one theme found in the letter to the Ephesians: the eternal purpose of God. God is the One who works all things according to the counsel of his own will. The article also observes the many references to time in the letter.
Is the "washing of regeneration" mentioned in Titus 3:5 a reference to baptism? This article gives some exegetical remarks on this text and concludes that it does not refer to baptism.
This article commemmorates the work of Richard Bentley on the history of the Greek text of the New Testament.
This article offers some observations on the teaching of Jehovah's Witnesses on the divine nature of Christ. The author makes special reference to the translation of the last clause of John 1:1.
This article gives a perspective on the book of Ecclesiastes' view on the afterlife.
This article discusses the degree of importance the Anglican Reformers attached to the knowledge of the Scriptures. It argues that they believed that it is only through the Holy Scriptures that man can know the revealed will of God.
This article offers an expanded paraphrase of the letter to Titus.
This article is an exegetical study of Colossians 1:15-20. The thesis is that Paul makes use of an early Christian hymn in this passage.
The "Concordant Gospel" is a document of immense importance for the history of the Gospel text and canon. This article considers the early Syriac knowledge of the Scriptures.
How should the phrase "baptism for the dead" in 1 Corinthians 15:29 be interpreted? This article provides a survey of interpretations and presents its own understanding, focusing on the resurrection of Christ.
This article offers us some exegetical remarks on 2 Corinthians 11:27.
This article examines the English Reformation on the question of church-state relationship, in an attept to give some insight into the position of Anglican Evangelicals on the matter.
This article continues Ellison's study of the book of Jeremiah. Here he gives exegetical remarks on Jeremiah 39-Jeremiah 41.
This article gives some reflections on the interpretations of Justin Martyr and Tertullian on the role of the wise men in the birth narratives of Jesus Christ.
Ellison continues his study with exegetical remarks on the book of Jeremiah. He focuses on Jeremiah 43 and Jeremiah 44.
This article considers evidence from the Gospels in order to give an alternative approach to the identity of the Beloved Disciple in the Gospel of John.
This article is a continuation of a study of Lessing's contribution to the understanding of revelation. Particular attention is given to his "Education of the Human Race" (1780). Lessing brought a new scientific approach to revelation.
The article gives exegetical remarks on the relatively unknown oracles against the nations of Jeremiah 46 (Damascus, Egypt, etc.) to Jeremiah 51.
What is Scripture's own estimate of its authority? The essay reflects on the nature of revelation, the locus of biblical revelation, and the scope of revelation in Scripture.
What is the relation between revelation and history? The article indicates how Lessing responded to the near-veneration of the Bible by the Protestantism of the eighteenth century in Germany time by placing a great emphasis on ethics. Particular attention is given to Lessing's controversy with Goeze.
In this article the author continues his exegetical study of Jeremiah's oracles against nations, and in this case against Edom in Jeremiah 49:7-22.
This article offers some exegetical notes on Micah 1.
The book of Revelation applied the title "Lamb" twenty-eight times to the Lord Jesus Christ. John consistently uses the Greek word "arnion" for "Lamb" in the book. The article discusses the suitability of this.
This article is part of a series of studies on the author of the book of Jeremiah. The author notes the message and character of Jeremiah the prophet.
This article is a biblical survey of the person and work of the Holy Spirit.
This article focuses on two aspects of the marriage of the prophet Hosea that the Lord used to convey his message to his unfaithful people.
This article offers short exegetical notes on Micah 2.
This article suggests that early Christian teaching consisted largely of a new understanding and interpretation of the message of the Old Testament. The primary means through which the Christian faith was communicated was the Jewish Scriptures. It indicates that early interpretation treated the Old Testament as a historical narrative of God's dealings with his people.
This article makes some exegetical notes on Micah 5.
This article gives a survey of five books on the significance of the title "Son of Man" in the Gospels. The reviewer emphasizes the unity of the human and divine nature of Jesus Christ.
How should these words of Paul in Colossians 1:24 be interpreted: "filling up what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ"? This article offers some exegetical comments.
The glory of Jesus Christ was publicly displayed in the miracle performed at Cana (John 2). The focus of this study is the fulfillment of the requirements of the Jewish law.
This article gives an overview of the care taken by the apostolic church of the social needs of people. Relevant texts discussed include Acts 4:32-37, Acts 6:1, Acts 11, 1 Corinthians 16:1-3. 2 Corinthians 8:1-7, and 2 Corinthians 9:1·15.
This article is a survey of books published on mission and missiology in the English language between 1965 and 1970.
The article first indicates the centrality of the witness of the New Testament to the resurrection of Christ. Next, it surveys the search for a controlling principle of interpretation to express the continuity between the Old and the New Testament. The article then considers Old Testament persons, events, and passages that point toward the resurrection of Christ. The expectation during the intertestamental period is also considered.
Is there a way to live in reconciliation with God without Jesus Christ? There has always been the question whether Jesus can in one way or the other be co-ordinated with other figures. This article shows the New Testament's testimony to Jesus as the unique Son of God and only mediator between man and God.
Was Robert Rakes the pioneer of the so-called Sunday School movement? This article considers the claim often made that Robert Rakes is the father of Christian education who began the modem Sunday school movement in England in 1780. Other rival claims are mentioned and Rakes' practice of education is described.
This is a biblical meditation on the faith and obedience of Mary of Bethany.
This article gives an appraisal of same recent textual and linguistic studies of the fourth Servant Song of Isaiah 52:13-Isaiah 53:12. It also considers what effect they may have on the interpretation of the song.
This study considers both the life-seetting of the Gospel of Matthew and the life and structure of early Christianity, by noting Matthew's popularity in house churches of the Greco-Roman world.
What is the relation between Christ and God? Is he in some way inferior to God? This article must be read against the background of the ecclesiastical history of the author's native Ulster. There were certain "nonsubscribers" who were those Irish Presbyterians who opposed subscription to the Westminster Confession of Faith. Their primary motive was their Arian sympathies.
This article considers the musical background of German hymns in current English hymnals. It gives some general notes on the Victorian-era.
A disturbing thing about Evangelicalism is its failure to show an adequate social ethic. This article argues that too many evangelicals lack a genuine concern for political, social, and economic aspects of the Christian life.
This article suggests that comparative studies, founded upon archaeology and linguistic evidence, constitute the most fruitful field for biblical research. The purpose in this article is to demonstrate with a particular example—the golden calves and the Egyptian concept of deity—the value of this approach for the understanding of the Bible.
This article treats the significance of the words "filling up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ" in Colossians 1:24.
This article considers the identity of the Nicolaitans in Revelation 2 in the light of the Old Testament.
The way commentators interpret Revelation 13:18 often reveals their exegetical approach to the whole of the book of Revelation. This article is a brief survey of the interpretation of that chapter in the seventeenth and eighteenth century in England]. Interpretations are often a reflection of the times; the mainstream of Protestant interpreters saw in the [[Beast a picture of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church.
This article addresses trends in the debate surrounding the nature of a Christian theology of missions. The considerations are also done largely against a background dominated by the situation of the church in Asia and Africa. The "missio dei" is considered together with the conviction that the church's existence should be seen as mission.
How should 1 Corinthians 12-1 Corinthians 14 be interpreted? Baker believes that the key to the three chapters is the correct understanding of the first phrase, "Now about the spiritual gifts,” in 12:1. He also discusses in some detail the meaning of "gift of grace" ("charismata"), "to be zealous," and "spiritual" ("pneumatikos").
This article is an interpretation of Jesus' words to Mary in John 20:17.
This article is an exegetical consideration of Genesis 2:6.
What is the significance of the conversion of Simon the magician that Luke recounts in Acts 8:4-13? This article considers this question in the light of other material in Acts.
This article includes exegetical remarks about Colossians 1:24 and the role of suffering.
This paper considers Heinrich Bullinger's intervention in the Vestiarian Controversy of 1566 and evaluates his contribution.
This is a study in comparative hymnology. It wants to trace the roots of the imagery of the hymn "Rock of Ages."
This article focuses on the hermeneutical function of salvation-history. It first explains its own understanding of what hermeneutics is and then surveys different views of salvation-history.
This article explores different functions of apologetics in different contexts as a tool for evangelism.
The article explores the biblical view of wisdom. To think in Christian terms about any or every aspect of the universe is true wisdom.
This article considers the legitimate use of the analogy of faith in the interpretation of Scripture. The role of hermeneutics is further reflected upon in the contexts where language is found that is often interpreted as realistic references to sacramental language.
In the interpretation of the book of Daniel, how should the stories of Daniel and his three friends be viewed? Are they "traditional tales" originating in the eastern Jewish Diaspora during the Hellenistic period, like it is sometimes assumed? This article discusses the issues of interpretation of Daniel 1–Daniel 6 in relation to authentic history.
This article forms part of a document presented as a warning to the General Synod of the Church of England against giving official recognition to the practice of exorcism.
A good understanding of the meaning of propitiation is dependent on a good rendering of "hilaskesthai," as discussed by Nicole in this article.
This article is a careful comparison of the New Testament sections of the New English Bible and Today's English Version, particularly in terms of text, translation, and style
The claim of this article is that the parable of the prodigal son (Luke 15) is a parable of the atonement.
This article examines the influence and significance of Jewish philosopher Benedict Spinoza (1632-1677) on Old Testament criticism.
This article takes a fresh look at the apostle Paul's reference to the church as the body of Christ in 1 Corinthians 12 . He argues that this is just one of a number of images and analogies and that one should not press the analogy beyond the limits of Paul's intention.
What constitutes a true church? This article reflects on the thinking of Martin Luther on the church, for he was so intense in the way he wrestled to find a biblical answer to his questions about the church.
