You shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but you should judge a book by its purpose. Some books are meant to be read for fun; I devoured the Hardy Boys detective novels as a kid. Some books are meant to be used as guides; I used the Merriam-Webster Dictionary to look up the meaning of the word “colophon” […]
Read more "How to Read the Book"“Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.” Matthew 4:1 What was it like for Jesus, in the wilderness, while he was tempted by Satan? Was it easy for him? Was it difficult for him? Could Jesus have sinned if he wanted to? Before you roll […]
Read more "The God-Man in the Desert"The complex, allusive imagery and controversial interpretations of apocalyptic literature can turn the task of understanding it into a terrifying beast of three heads and a multitude of wings. However, even with his biases, Collins largely accomplishes his thesis and creates a useful generic paradigm through which this body of literature can be read.
Read more "Review: Apocalyptic Imagination by John Collins"The point of knowing Scripture is to know God – this is the starting point for Daniel Treier’s work to describe and guide Theological Interpretation of Scripture (henceforth TIS)… In what follows, I’ll do my best to give a brief overview of the book and my thoughts about it.
Read more "Bringing the Book Back to its People"
Cade Patterson 