Introduction Many recognize that Habakkuk 2:4b is the center of Habakkuk’s theology. ((Mr. Meyer is a PhD candidate in Biblical Studies at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, MO. He currently serves as an Administrative and Library Assistant at...
The “Law of Christ” in Pauline Theology and New Testament Ethics
Todd Wilson declares that the expression “law of Christ” continues to “bedevil interpreters.”by Paul Hartog((Dr. Hartog is Professor of Theology at Faith Baptist Theological Seminary in Ankeny, IA.)) ((Todd A. Wilson, “The Law of Christ and the Law of Moses:...
Secular Psychology’s Great Heist: The Theft of Soul Care from the Charge of the Church
Introduction Secular psychology is a popular approach to helping people with their problems that can offer utilitarian benefits even for churches. While secular psychology can offer useful observations, however, it falls short of providing complete solutions to life’s...
If Jesus Descended to Sheol, then Old Testament Saints also Descended to Sheol
Introduction As was the case in the previous article of this journal, the question addressed in this article is the destination of the souls of Old Testament saints at death: Did they go (1) to an undifferentiated “place of the dead” to which all human souls descend,...
Ransomed from the Hand of Sheol: The Heavenly Destiny of Old Testament Saints in the Afterlife
Writing near the end of the 1950s, the renowned dispensational eschatologist and professor of Bible exposition, J. Dwight Pentecost (1915–2014), formulated the standard dispensational understanding of the afterlife in the Old Testament (OT). “[Sheol],” argued...
From Text to Expression: “Fittingness” as a Guideline for Biblically-Informed Worship Music
Christianity has always encouraged the translation of the entire Bible from its original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek into new languages as Christianity spreads to new civilizations, and this is equally true for musical expressions of biblical truth. ((Dr. Aniol is...
