Psalm 22 depicts an afflicted person and his praises to God. As death looms, the sufferer cries out in agony, desperate for deliverance. ((Dr. Hassler is Professor of Old Testament at Virginia Beach Theological Seminary in Virginia Beach, VA.)) From whose point of...
In what may be the most highly contested passage of Ecclesiastes, the writer Qohelet((Given that the author of Ecclesiastes does not identify himself outside the nom de plume Qohelet (Heb. קֹהֶלֶת), I will use this nomenclature to designate him. ((Dr. Dunham is...
A persistent debate in the study of 1 Peter has been the nature of persecution described in the letter. ((Dr. Miller is Associate Professor of New Testament at Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary.)) Two approaches have dominated the topic. One classic approach...
My interest in Freemasonry began a few years ago, as I was asked to complete a writing project of Baptist historian Terry Wolever, who unexpectedly died, leaving a biography of Stephen Gano (1762–1828) unfinished. ((Dr. Straub taught historical theology at Central...
Fifteen years ago, my late mentor Rolland McCune passed me a baton, namely, his class on dispensational theology. ((Dr. Snoeberger is Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics at Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary.)) Dr. McCune routinely taught that...
In the winter of 398, the newly appointed bishop of Hippo traveled on an ecclesiastical mission to the Numidian capital of Cirta. ((Dr. Williams is Provost and Executive Vice President at Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Plymouth, MN.)) En route near Tibursi...