Can we know our Creator only through general revelation?  This is where the need for special revelation comes in.  General revelation is addressed to all persons everywhere; the other is addressed to a special class of sinners, to whom God would make known His salvation.  The one has in view to meet and supply the [...]

Is the Bible the Word of God?  How does one know that the Bible is the Word of God?  How does one know that the Bible has not been changed over the years?  These are all questions that the modern thinker asks concerning the reliability and historicity of Scripture.  The Bible is a book written [...]

In Part 1 of this article, we looked at how the Speech Act Theory interacts with Post-modernism and critiques its generalized skepticism on truth. This should be encouraging for a couple of reasons. Not everyone in the world is Post-modern(!) no matter what your college professor leads you to believe. Also, even secular theorists realize [...]

So here is the situation. Post Modernism thinks language fails and true communication between people is limited, if even possible. Christianity, on the other hand, affirms God has revealed himself through language in the Bible and eternal life or condemnation depends on this revelation. Uh oh. That seems irreconcilable. Spoiler Alert: it is irreconcilable.

What is a covenant? We do not have covenants in our culture. When we make a business decisions, we make contracts. But, when God chose to reveal his relationship to humanity in redemption, he chose the covenant. In many situations, we want to take the Bible and apply it to our culture and transform our [...]

The Blessings and Cursings of the Covenant When God gave the covenant to Israel, he did not hide the outcome of their faith or faithlessness. Rather in Deuteronomy 28, He clearly told them of the blessings the nation would experience for their faith and obedience but also of the curse that would come if they [...]

God of the Covenant The first thing we see from Genesis 1-3 is that God is Creator. We constantly see in the Bible, that when something happens that is good, God is the creator or originator. We also saw by the example of Genesis 1-3, that when something happens that is bad, man is the [...]

Prophet Priest and King Within the life of every nation, there are certain officials and offices that move the nation along. Here in the U.S., we have senators, governors, mayors, the president, supreme court judges, and the list goes on and on. In God’s nation of Israel, he gave them three main offices: prophet, priest [...]

Temple The temple of God had a very unique and special purpose in Israel. I will not be able to capture the sense of wonder that accompanied the Temple. No story could explore the depths of the magnificence surrounding it, no fact could describe the splendor of its sight, and no amount of praise could [...]

The People of the Covenant, Israel We have seen the greater party of the covenant, God. Now we will look at the lesser party, man. By remembering the beginning of God’s relationship with man, it is realized that grace is given to build up a nation that knows God. We have talked about Genesis’ theme [...]