by | Jan 31, 2013 | Bible, Books, Preaching, Theology
A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life in a Year: “With regard to Adam, [Thomas] Goodwin argues that because Adam was a type of Christ other particulars also come into the picture: Adam’s fall, you know, was in a garden; Satan there encountered him, and...
by | Jan 30, 2013 | Bible, Books, Church, Preaching
A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life in a Year: Nonetheless there are places, albeit few, where to interpret the passage or book literally requires the reader to interpret it allegorically. In his commentary on the Song of Solomon, James Durham (c. 1622-1658) affirms...
by | Jan 29, 2013 | Bible, Books, Theology, Worship
A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life in a Year: Thomas Adams (1583-1652) remarks that Christ is the “sum of the whole Bible, prophesied, typified, prefigured, exhibited, demonstrated, to be found in every leaf, almost in every line….Christ is the main,...
by | Apr 25, 2011 | Bible
The day we call “Good Friday” was a Day of Preparation for the people of Jerusalem, where they were busying themselves to prepare for the rest of the Sabbath. This Day of Preparation, however, was special, because it fell during Passover, where they...
by | Apr 22, 2011 | Bible, Preaching
Mark’s account of Jesus’ crucifixion deliberately alludes to book of Lamentations, which is a collection of poems (dirges, really) to “lament” and mourn the destruction of Jerusalem. Particularly, Mark draws from Lamentations 2:15-16 to...