Archive for the ‘Old Testament’ Category
Good David? Bad David?
The more I dig into David, the more I find him thoroughly interesting as the archetypical King of Israel. The man was, to borrow, a word, depraved, but yet – good words when describing God and His interaction with humanity, but yet – he was chosen (after God’s own heart means this, not that he [...]
In: Old Testament · Tagged with: King David
Was David really a man after God’s own heart?
But God removed Saul and replaced him with David, a man about whom God said, ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart. He will do everything I want him to do.’ (Act 13:22 NLT) Paul, in speaking to the Jews and the God-fearers justified the uniqueness of David and [...]
In: Old Testament · Tagged with: King David
Teaching on King David
This coming Sunday, our Sunday School teacher will be out, so my class has nominated that I teach it. The program for this year matches what the children are doing, so we are going to start discussing heroes of the faith. The first one, of course, is David. My thoughts are to start at the [...]
The Creation Story is Liturgy?
As of late, my contention that the Creation story is more theological than scientific, okay – completely theological, but there are times when authors, scholars and others seek to make too much of the connection between Genesis and other ANE literature. Yes, there is a connection, and more than just a whisper or faint echo, [...]
In: Genesis · Tagged with: creation, genesis one, Walter Brueggemann
Inclination
The word “inclination” (Gen 6:5 – and every inclination of the thoughts of their minds was only on evil), what does it mean? The Hebrew word is “yetser”, and refers to those things that make up what we are “inside”, such as our thoughts, desires, wants, etc – the things that drive us to act [...]
In: Doctrine, Genesis, Old Testament, Theology · Tagged with: hebrew, inclination, yetser
Ezekiel and the Oracles against Tyre – Use of Prophecy in the Old Testament
Fellow blogger and political ally, Steve, left a comment pointing me to this article. Thought I might share. It concerns the nature of prophecy in the Old Testament, something which must be understood as we read Matthew and even Revelation. While you may disagree, I would urge you to support yourself in doing so. Also, [...]
In: Inerrancy, Old Testament, Prophecy · Tagged with: Ezekiel, oracles
Matt Flannagan on an Hyperbolic Literal reading of the Old Testament
In response, I want to suggest that this strict, literal reading is mistaken. Reading these texts in isolation from the narrative in which they occur risks a distortion of the authors intended meaning… …In response, I want to suggest that this strict, literal reading is mistaken. Reading these texts in isolation from the narrative in [...]
In: Old Testament · Tagged with: ancient near east, biblical literalism, Matt Flannagan
