When Society Collapses: Lessons from an Unlikely Prophet
I’ve been teaching through the book of Hosea recently and have been struck by some fascinating parallels to modern American culture. Hosea... Read More
Old Age, Death, or Something Else? The Meaning of Ecclesiastes 12:1–7
One of the many interpretive challenges in Ecclesiastes revolves around the meaning of the closing poem in 12:1–7. Interpreters have often read... Read More
Mission in the Old Testament: God’s Concern for the Nations (Part 2)
In an earlier post I began to explore the notion of a “missionary mandate” for Israel in the Old Testament. In this... Read More
Did OT Believers Go to Sheol?
Despite many advances over the last century in archaeology and biblical backgrounds, together with a growing field of studies in biblical theology,... Read More