Social Gospeller Josiah Strong argued for a vigorous US foreign policy, but insisted it had to be carried out on a proper basis. He rejects Machiavelli whose disciples “tell us that the Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount have nothing to do with politics, either national or . . . . Continue Reading »
Deepak Lal ( In Praise of Empires: Globalization and Order ) argues that after WW II, the US missed the opportunity to adopt unilateral free trade policies, as Britain did in the 19th century. “Rather than follow the correct British policy of adopting unilateral free trade and then allowing . . . . Continue Reading »
Like all Trinitarian theologians, Jenson is finally ecstatic: “Our enjoyment of God is that we are taken into the triune singing. Perhaps we may say that we are allowed to double the parts. And here too we must insist on concreteness. That the proclamation and prayer of the church regularly . . . . Continue Reading »
In the first volume of his Systematic Theology , Jenson notes that the reason why the church has been “lured” by impassibility is the conviction, which Jenson emphatically affirms” that God is “not subjected to created time’s contingencies” and that no . . . . Continue Reading »
INTRODUCTION Isaiah 24-27 constitutes a section of the prophecy often known as the “little apocalypse.” Isaiah sees the whole world devastated and ruined. Not only earth, but the whole of creation is coming apart at the seams (cf. Isaiah 24:21-23). THE TEXT “Behold, the Lord makes . . . . Continue Reading »
Romans 10:9-10: If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. A baptismal liturgy is an appropriate place for . . . . Continue Reading »
For the Greek philosophers, working with matter was menial, a task for slaves and other non-citizen workers. Commerce was dirty and repulsive. The only true work of a gentleman, the only true work of a prince or nobleman, was intellectual, philosophizing, which is to say, doing nothing. That is not . . . . Continue Reading »
Puzzling over the overlapping images of the faces of the cherubim and the tabernacle furnishings, with the help of James Jordan’s essay on orientation in Revelation. The east-west orientation, lion-bull, is fairly clear. East is the place of the altar, therefore the origin of the bull, who . . . . Continue Reading »
Hebrew has two main words for “south.” The first, negev , refers to the south country of Israel (Exodus 12:9; 13:1, 3, 14; etc.). The other word, teyman , is related to the word yamin , “right hand,” and means “right” as well as “south.” When it means . . . . Continue Reading »
Romans 10:9-10 has a neat chiastic structure: A. If you confess B. With your mouth the Lord Jesus C. And believe D. in your heart that God raised Him E. you will be saved D’. For with the heart C’. One believes unto righteousness B’. And with the mouth A’. Confession is . . . . Continue Reading »
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