Kirk E. MillerIn Galatians 4, the Apostle Paul refers to the story of Sarah and Hagar as an allegory: Hagar corresponds to Mount Sinai and the present Jerusalem, while Sarah corresponds to the Jerusalem above. Is Paul twisting the Old Testament? Is he reading...
Melchizedek is one of the most mysterious figures in the Bible, with only two incredibly brief mentions in the Old Testament. Yet in Hebrews 7, the author makes the astounding argument that this fleeting character from Genesis anticipates the end of...
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Except when it is not. Christmas has a way of magnifying the joys of life. We take stock of them and set aside time to enjoy them. Like a magnifying glass, Christmastime not only spotlights what’s already...
Alastair RobertsThe so-called Great Commission closes the Gospel narrative, while initiating the mission of the church that would follow. But it’s also powerfully evocative of earlier events, offering us a variety of frames for understanding the import of Jesus’s...
James HamiltonI offer a controversial claim: Baptizing babies by sprinkling or pouring does not comport with the typological function of the floodwaters of God’s judgment in the Old Testament. Rather, I contend that, by understanding typology and this...
Mark WardThe New Testament’s use of the Old Testament has been described as the “master problem” of Christian theology. Jesus’ and Paul’s words on the subject are direct and, in a way, simple: Jesus didn’t come to destroy the law but to “fulfill” it (Matt...