Should I conclude from this that my work here is almost done….I don’t think so either.
Archive for March, 2007
30 Mar
The Relationship of the Testaments: Concluding Thoughts
As we bring this series to a resting place it is my hope that these issues will not be put to rest as if anything we’ve said is the final word. I do believe the issue of the relationship between the Testaments gets to the heart of so much disagreement and troubles with current popular [...]
28 Mar
The Relationship of the Testaments: Paul’s Use of Hosea in Romans 9:25-26
In a previous post in this series, I took issue with the view that today’s interpreter has an obligation to discover and imitate the “apostles’ hermeneutic” in the way he handles the OT. In doing so, I noted that when one recognizes the plurality of ways in which the NT writers use the OT, it [...]
26 Mar
The Relationship of the Testaments: Walt Kaiser on 1 Peter 1:10-12
What did the OT prophets know, and when did they know it? In the view of some Bible students, the OT prophets didn’t really understand what they were saying to the nation of Israel. Consequently, if even the prophets themselves didn’t know what they meant in their prophecies, who are we to think that we can [...]
23 Mar
The Relationship of the Testaments: Common Mistakes in Preaching
As the conclusion to this series, I would like to close our discussion with three common mistakes. These are observations that show the importance of coming to terms with these issues. Failure to give enough attention to the OT context. Too many times, preachers simply fail to wrestle with the OT text until there is [...]
21 Mar
The Relationship of the Testaments: The Priority of the Old Testament
I appreciate all that has been said in this series. I have been encouraged and challenged by post and comment alike. On behalf of the other contributors, thank you for the interaction, which I pray the Lord will use to sharpen each of us. To a certain extent, I will not carry the conversation much [...]
19 Mar
The relationship of the Testaments: the NT view of the OT
I fear that pastors and theologians have assumed far more than brother Augustine ever meant when he gave his famous line, “The Old is in the New revealed; the New is in the Old concealed.” Somewhat humorously, Willem VanGemeren has caught the spirit of our hermeneutical age with a more fitting, “The Old is by [...]
18 Mar
multi-site churches
I noticed the following provocative statement from pastor Marc Driscoll recently. His statement seems to take a fairly hard-line stance on the issue of multi-site churches. What do you think of this growing phenomenon? (BTW: This is not the place to air your likes or dislikes of the man Marc Driscoll. I am simply noting [...]
17 Mar
1984 in light of March 2007
We will return to our series on the relationship of the Testaments on Monday. George Orwell’s classic literary work, 1984, has been co opted by many different persuasions to show how his fictional prophecies have come true in recent times. However the year 1984 has come back into my view because of a “prophetic” article [...]
16 Mar
The Relationship of the Testaments: Apostolic Hermeneutic
One of the most complex issues facing the student of biblical hermeneutics today is the significance of how the NT authors quote or allude to the OT in their writings. One popular view is that modern-day interpreters have a mandate not only to understand, but also to imitate the hermeneutics modeled by the NT writers [...]
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