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Article · Bible StudyBiblical exposition · Pastoral reflection · Christian living

I Know Whom I Have Believed

Faith, assurance, and the unseen reality of God

…ent: “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” — Hebrews 11:1, KJV There is something profound here. Things still hoped for have a present substance. Things still unseen carry conviction. Faith enables a person to live now in the assurance…

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Article · Biblical InterpretationBiblical exposition · Apologetics · Comparative theology · Historical study

Isaac, Not Ishmael

The covenant son and the sacrifice that points to Christ

…rd! Accept from us (this duty). Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Hearer, the Knower" (Surah 2:127, Pickthall). The argument concerning the sacrifice comes principally from the sequence in Surah 37. Abraham prays for righteous offspring and receives "tidings of a gentle son" (Surahs 3…

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Article · Israel and the ChurchBiblical exposition · Apologetics

God's Unfailing Faithfulness

Why Israel's failure cannot make the word of God fail

…d, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?" —Numbers 23:19 His faithfulness is not merely a habit which He happens to maintain. It flows from who He is. He is the God "that cannot lie" (Titus 1:2). Even when human beings are faithless, "he abidet…

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Article · ChristologyBiblical theology · Greek word study · Christological analysis · Historical theology · Primary-source study

Was Christ Begotten at the Resurrection?

Born, begotten and firstborn in the eternal identity and saving work of the Son

…cripture troubled me: “Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.” — Psalm 2:7; Acts 13:33 Acts appeared to connect this “begetting” with Christ’s resurrection. That raised an obvious question. If Jesus was begotten when He rose from the dead, did He only then become the Son…

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