Edmund Clowney, author of Preaching and Biblical Theology and Called to the Ministry, has also written a Biblical Theology of Prayer that is available free, via a downloadable PDF.
Clowney’s treatment of a call to the ministry (a term I don’t really like) is one of the best I have read. Regarding a call to ministry, [...]
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Clowney’s biblical theology of prayer: free PDF
Walktke: Elisha as a type of Christ
Bruce K. Waltke has written an intriguing and insightful article on Elisha as a type of Christ for Ligonier Ministries Tabletalk magazine. Waltke serves as professor of Old Testament at Reformed Theological Seminary.
In the article, Waltke briefly lays out some typological connections between Elijah and John the Baptist and then the transition from Elijah to [...]
Bryan Chapell forthcoming book on the Gospel shaping practice
Bryan Chapell is coming out with a new book that sounds excellent, “Christ-Centered Worship: Letting the Gospel Shape our Practice.”
Chapell is the president of Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis and the author of Christ-Centered Preaching: Redeeming the Expository Sermon and Holiness by Grace, both books I have not read, but have had highly [...]
Christ-centered interpretation part 5 of 5
To wind up this series on Christ-centered interpretation, I will focus on the question, “Can we read the Old Testament like the NT authors?.” I will also include some resources on Christ-centered interpretation (more technically called Christ-centered hermeneutics. Closely related terms or ideas include biblical theology and historical-redemptive hermeneutic). You can access the first four [...]
Christ-centered hermeneutic part 4 of 5
All Scripture really is God-breathed
“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work” (2 Tim 3:16-17).
Most conservative Christians accept the teaching that all of Scripture is inspired by God and the ensuing implication that [...]