October 22, 2025October 22, 2025Biblical Theology, Christian Theology, New Testament, New Testament Use of the Old Testament, Old Testament, Uncategorized

Geerhardus Vos, a Pioneer Biblical Theologian at Old Princeton Seminary

Part 2 Geerhardus Vos’s Biblical Theology: Four Features, Four Insights, Four Errors Many readers, as children, first heard the unfolding story of […]

October 20, 2025October 20, 2025Biblical Theology, Christian Theology, New Testament, New Testament Use of the Old Testament, Old Testament

Geerhardus Vos, a Pioneer Biblical Theologian at Old Princeton Seminary

Part 1 The Recovery of Biblical Theology from Its Corruptors Geerhardus Vos was born in Heerenveen, the Netherlands, on March 14, 1862, […]

June 23, 2025June 23, 2025Biblical Instruction, Christian Theology, Understanding the Times

When Fellow Christians Disagree

Fellow Christians, Let us not yield to the evil culture that surrounds us. Let us not turn to insulting one another over […]

February 21, 2025February 22, 2025Biblical Instruction, Biblical Theology, Correcting Misconstruals, Covenant Keeping, Exhortation, New Testament, New Testament Use of the Old Testament, Old Testament

The Gospel Announces God’s Last Day Verdict for All Who Believe in Jesus Christ: Justified and Sins Forgiven

In December 2021, I published four articles responding to Harrison Perkins’s criticism of my chapter, “Covenantal Life with God from Eden to […]

June 27, 2024June 27, 2024Christian Theology, Correcting Misconstruals, Forgiveness of Sins, Gospel, New Testament

Forgiveness of Sins Is Not Unconditional

On this issue, John MacArthur has embraced too much of Lewis Smead’s erroneous and corrosive “therapeutic forgiveness” teaching from his book, 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 […]

May 16, 2024May 16, 2024Christ Over All, Gospel of John

The Light Shines in the Darkness and is Not Apprehended (Part Two)

In part one, we saw that John 1:5 harkens back to the Light’s penetration into the darkness on creation’s first day. In this verse, […]

May 16, 2024May 16, 2024Christ Over All, Gospel of John, New Testament

The Light Shines in the Darkness and is Not Apprehended (Part One)

Among the Four Gospels, John is unique. Unlike Matthew and Luke, there is no birth narrative. Like Mark’s Gospel, he begins with […]

December 1, 2023December 1, 2023New Testament, Scripture--Authority, Sufficiency, Worldview

The Sufficiency of Scripture in New Testament Studies

The following is the conclusion from an article I wrote for Pro Pastor, 2.2 (Fall 2023): 2-10. It is the lead article […]

November 27, 2023November 28, 2023Christ Over All

“Already But Not Yet”: When Does the “Already” End? When Christ Returns or When Jerusalem’s Temple Was Destroyed?

Within my lifetime, not only academics but lay people also have become increasingly familiar with “the already but not yet”—the biblical concept […]

October 3, 2023Biblical Theology, Christ Over All, New Testament, New Testament Use of the Old Testament, Old Testament, Personal Backstory, Personal Reflection

Typological Reading Versus Typological Writing

Editor’s Note: Before reading this article, it would be beneficial to read Brent Parker’s “The Differences Between Typology and Allegory,” first. Parker […]