Category: Four Branches

Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Exegetical Theology: The Righteous One of Psalm 34: “Not One of His Bones Will Be Broken”  Psalm 34 opens in the first person. “I will extol the LORD at all times. . . . ...

Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Psalm 34: Seek שָׁלוֹם and Pursue It  One day in Tokyo, a Japanese man in his thirties dropped by the church unannounced. He was seeking an answer to these questions: “If I come to church and study the Bible, what benefit will I ...

Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Exegetical Theology: Demonstrative Justification in James, Part One: The Lexical Framework Justification by faith is the chief article upon which the Church stands or falls. We adore the comfort ...

Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Eschatological Discourse, Part Five: Concluding Caution The “Heavenly Upheaval”[1]  section describes the events immediately following the New Testament (NT) era. Jesus says, “But in those days, following that distress” ...

Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Eschatological Discourse, Part Four: Great Distress and Abomination Sandwiched between “Signs”[1]  and “More Signs”[2]  is the “Great Distress” section,[3] in which Jesus makes a fascinating aside. He temporarily narrows ...

Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Eschatological Discourse, Part Three: Structure and Signs In the “Beauty Destroyed” section,[1] Jesus prefaces the Eschatological Discourse (ED) with, “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be ...

Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Eschatological Discourse, Part Two: Prophetic Perspective vs. Preterism Jesus’ words in the Eschatological Discourse (ED) are prophetic. At times he seems to be speaking primarily about the end of ...

Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Eschatological Discourse, Part One: Introduction Christ’s return for judgment at the end of the world is a prominent theme throughout Scripture. But the most comprehensive treatment comes from Jesus ...

Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Exegetical Theology: Reading the Psalms Together—Psalms 1-2; 18-19; and 118-119 While the themes found in Psalms 1 and 2 can easily be found in many of the words and ...

Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Exegetical Theology: Reading the Psalms Together—Psalms 1–2 and 35–41 While Psalms 1–2 have long been viewed as an introduction to the Psalter as a whole, it can be argued ...