In The Deliverance of God: An Apocalyptic Rereading of Justification in Paul (Eerdmans 2013), Douglas A. …

Defining the Gospel, Pt 3 — The Prophets are one of the most important yet least understood parts of the Bible. They bridge the gap between the exile of Israel, which seemed to be the end of their story, and the plans of God for his people in the Messiah. In the previous article, I introduced…

Defining the Gospel, Pt 3 — In the first part of this series, we discussed ‘gospel’ in the historical books; in subsequent articles, we looked at gospels in the Psalms (40, 68, and 96). Now we have arrived at the most famous gospel texts of the Old Testament, found in the Prophets. The prophecies of Isaiah…

When I read the news this morning, my heart broke. My heart broke, thinking about innocent people losing their loved ones, their homes, their lives, because of needless violence. So much suffering and pain and injustice. With this grief, I could only turn to God. …

Saturday morning I was having coffee with a good friend (mocha latte for me) and we were talking about our journeys with God. He noted that, even though I moved to the United States, this journey continues because God is the same. His place stays the same: at my side. …

Defining the Gospel, Pt 2 — “Oh sing to YHWH a new song, sing to YHWH, all the earth!” That is the central call of Psalm 96, and the reason for this is the gospel of God’s salvation. In the previous articles, we looked at the word group euaggelion in the historical books and in the…

Defining the Gospel, Pt 2 — “God shall arise!” are the opening words of Psalm 68. The psalm ends with the words, “Awesome is God from his sanctuary!” In between, there is much to unpack about the way God establishes his rule in salvation through judgment. Most importantly, for our present purposes, the word euaggelizoo appears…

In Lewis’ Narnia, it was always winter but never Christmas. Luckily in our world it is not always winter and once a year Christmas, and we’re almost there. The holiday feels like a much-needed intermezzo in a not-so-festive year. …

Defining the Gospel, Pt 2 — In the previous article, we started our search for a biblical answer to the question: What is the gospel? Through our study in the Historical Books, we were already able to form a robust definition of a general euaggelion: it’s good news about the king, to be proclaimed to his…