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Category Archives: Questions and Answers
New Soundcloud Account for the Audio from my Videos (and Possibly More!)
As some of my followers will find it inconvenient to watch my videos, but could listen to audio, I have set up a Soundcloud account, which will have the audio from my videos. I may also post other things there … Continue reading
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Video: How Does Genesis Anticipate Later Redemptive History?
Today’s question: “I loved your observations on how Gen 12-14 traces out the history of Israel (in advance of that history!). Fascinating stuff! Could you kindly elaborate some more on that? For example, is Sarai representative of Israel in Egyptian … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Genesis, Hermeneutics, OT, OT Theology, Questions and Answers, Scripture, Theological, Theology, Video
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Video: How Do We Reconcile the Differing Accounts of Judas’ Death?
Today’s question: How do you deal with the seemingly contrasted accounts of how Judas dies? If you have any questions for me, please leave them on my Curious Cat account. If you would like to support these videos, you can do … Continue reading
Posted in 1 Kings, 2 Samuel, Acts, Bible, Hermeneutics, Matthew, NT, OT, Psalms, Questions and Answers, Theological, Video
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Video: The Meaning of Rachel’s Tears in Matthew 2
Today’s question: What does the conception of Issachar have to do with Matthew 2:16-18? Within it, I summarize Rabbi David Fohrman’s reading of Jeremiah 31:15-17. You can see his videos on that passage here. If you have any questions for … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Genesis, Jeremiah, Matthew, NT, NT Theology, OT, OT Theology, Questions and Answers, Scripture, Theological, Video
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Video: Understanding the Sign Gifts
Today’s video responds to the following question: “What is your view of the miraculous gifts (like prophecy and the gifts of tongues) in the New Testament period? Did these discontinue with the closing of the Scriptural Canon or, maybe, they … Continue reading
Video: Ruth the Moabitess and the Moabite Women of Nehemiah
Today’s question (edited for spelling and clarity): “Having recently read both Ruth and Nehemiah, I was struck by the very different ways they relate to the recurring entanglement of Moabite women and Israelite men. Nehemiah seems to replay the old … Continue reading
Video: Exegesis, Authorial Intention, and Typology
Today’s question: “Is the task of exegesis limited to discovering the author’s original intention, or can meaning somehow overflow intention? If so, in what way? What guardrails are in place that would enable us to recognize certain readings as off-limits? … Continue reading
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Video: The Threefold Personhood of God
Today I answer a question about the classical doctrine of the Trinity. There is much that I’d love to say more clearly or carefully than I do in this video, or to elaborate upon further, so feel free to send … Continue reading
Video: Does Jacob’s Wrestling with the Angel Prefigure Christ’s Death?
I had a quarter of an hour to spare earlier today, so started to answer the questions that had been sent to me. I’ll try to answer one a day, for the next week or so. Keep the questions coming! … Continue reading
Video: Calling for Questions!
I’ve just made the following video inviting people to send me any questions that they might have. If you have any biblical theological questions, you can leave them in the comments of the video, in the comments here, send me … Continue reading
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