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The Foundation of Beautiful Society: Genesis 9 and Natural Rights
While foolishly engaging a Twitter troll the other day, as this egomaniacal barbarian cursed the idea of God and Scripture, declaring Christianity and all other religion the source of all evil, (200...
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Fun with Hebrew Poetry: Isaiah 40:3 in the New Testament
I’ve been teaching an Isaiah class of late and we had an amusing time last night considering the way the New Testament Scholars have handled the quote from Isaiah 40:3 when it appears in the gospels. I...
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A Quote is Not a Direct Statement: Psalm 22 & The Forensics of the Cross
One of the most popular quotes by Christians about Jesus on the Cross is a quote by Jesus on the Cross. In Matthew 27:46 it says, “About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli,...
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Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me as Quote NOT Statement: Psalm 22:1 in the New...
Matthew 27:46 reads, “And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Many have taken this text...
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Weirdo Fixations and the Heart of True Religion
During my recent convalescence after surgery I received a disturbing letter from an earnest young man who was understandably distraught over his shunning from a congregation for whom he felt deep...
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Nazarenes, Rednecks, and Other Well-meaning Slurs
I love puzzles, always have. Growing up, I saw puzzles of all kinds as a natural exercise of my desire to be a detective someday, tracing out subtle clues to help me zero in on bad guys. Becoming a...
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New Creation: A New Years Day Celebration… the radio spot. Take a listen.
http://drandrewsargent.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/BLB-3-New-Creation.mp3 This is a heavily edited New Years Day message that I delivered at Darlington Congregational Church in Pawtucket Rhode...
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Do the New Testament Writers Care about Context, Part 1: Fulfillment Issues...
Matthew 2:15 is one of those passages that bothered me a lot when I was a young Bible college student. After reading the original passage from which this “fulfillment” was quoted, I asked a prof in...
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Do the New Testament Writer’s Care About Context, Part 2: Pinpoint Quotation...
In part 1 of this series I introduced the common accusation that Matthew 2:15 proves that the New Testament writers don’t care about context. Matthew takes a text that was clearly intended to make an...
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Do the New Testament Writer’s Care About Context, Part 3: What is This Guy...
In this series we are laying the ground work for analyzing the common suggestion that Matthew 2:15 proves that the New Testament writers don’t care about the original context of the Old Testament texts...
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Do the New Testament Writer’s Care About Context, Part 4: The Shape of...
We’ve been considering the claim that Matthew’s appeal to YHWH’s historical deliverance of Israel from Egypt in Hosea 11:1 is proof positive that the NT writers cared little to nothing for the original...
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In this series I am unpacking seven paths of investigation that a person should take in his or her attempt to understand a New Testament author’s USE of an Old Testament passage. Many imagine that...
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The Coming of God in the Coming of Christ… Radio spot. Take a listen.
http://drandrewsargent.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/BLB-5-The-Coming-of-God-in-the-Coming-of-Christ-Dec-1-2012.mp3 This is the first of a series of sermons drawn from a course I teach on inductive...
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The Great Miracle Worker… the Radio Spot. Take a Listen.
http://drandrewsargent.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/BLB-14-The-Great-Miracle-Worker-Feb-2-2013.mp3 This is the heavily edited 6th narrative sermon in the Gospel of Mark. Here Mark uses a repeating...
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What Does “Son of God” Really Mean in the Gospel of Mark
I am pleased to welcome Othello Mugugu back as a guest blogger today. He originally hails from Zimbabwe, has a Bachelors from Northpoint Bible College, Serves in the American Army, has completed his...
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Mixed Netzer: How does Jesus as a Nazarene Fulfill Scripture… The radio spot
This is an edited sermon about the meaning behind Matthew’s claim that Joseph moving to Nazareth was a fulfillment of Scripture. It explores the meaning of “fulfillment” in the New Testament, the...
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Do the New Testament Writer’s Care About Context, Part 6: Common...
Today I want to consider the 5th of seven paths of investigation that a person should take in an attempt to understand a New Testament author’s USE of an Old Testament text. Some falsely imagine that...
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Do the New Testament Writer’s Care About Context, Part 7: The Impact of...
Today I want to consider the 6th of seven paths of investigation that a person should take in an attempt to understand a New Testament author’s USE of an Old Testament text. Do texts like Matthew...
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Do the New Testament Writer’s Care About Context, Part 8: The Power of Hindsight
Let’s consider the 7th of seven paths of investigation needed to unlock potential rationales behind NT authors’ use of OT texts. Matthew 2:15 says that an historical comment in Hosea 11:1 is...
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Do the New Testament Writer’s Care About Context, Part 9: Back to Matthew 2:15
So in Chapter 2 verse 15, Matthew deems Joseph’s return to Israel after a quick escape from Herod by hiding out in Egypt for a time to be a fulfillment of Hosea 11:1, which says, “Out of Egypt have I...
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