Oswalt on Isaiah 56-66

A     56:1-8 Foreign worshipers         B     56:9-59:15a Ethical righteousness                 C     59:15b-21 Divine Warrior                         D     60-62 Eschatological Hope                 C’    63:1-6 Divine Warrior         B’    63:7-66:17 Ethical righteousness A’    66:18-24 Foreign worshipers John Oswalt, The Book of Isaiah: Chapters 40-66, NICOT, p465

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Forthcoming Books: Former Prof Edition

I don’t highlight forthcoming books very often, but when a couple of my former professors are coming out with good ones, I feel the need to jump in (and when I’m having trouble coming up with other blogging ideas). Brian Rosner and Roy Ciampa, the latter being one of my NT professors, are coming out [...]

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Somewhat Random Thoughts on “Natural Readings”

There’s been quite a bit of buzz as of late regarding creation again (how we should reconcile science and the Bible- if at all, creation vs evolution or some combination of both, etc).  I don’t really want to get in on all of that, but I want to jump in to talk about one idea: [...]

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Book Review: Atheist Delusions

I first heard of David Bentley Hart’s book, Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and its Fashionable Enemies, while listening to an interview of Hart by the excellent Ken Meyers. I ordered the book the next day, and even reflected on some of my first (giddy) impressions here.  In the introduction, the forthright Hart describes the pages [...]

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Christopher Wright on Revelation & the Covenants

Finally, the Bible shows us the perfect completion of God’s covenant with Abraham in the book of Revelation.  In fact, all the great Bible covenants are there in the book of Revelation. Noah is there in the vision of a new creation, a new heaven and new earth after judgment. Abraham is there in the [...]

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What Would You Do If I Sang Out of Tune…

Note: this post was first posted at my old blog on 7/24/06, but I’ve copied it here as I was inspired by Cousin Jeremy’s post on worship (linked to here).  It was, as you’ll see, written in response to a question a friend had asked.  Because it was written over 4 years ago (have I [...]

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Cousin Jeremy Goes A-Rantin’

Everyone needs to let loose a good rant every now and then.  Cousin Jeremy does so- about worship.  Check it out.

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