A paradox is a statement that seems contradictory. The way people word things reveals something of the way they understand issues. For example, when a translator renders the Greek underlying Hebrews 8:8a “he finds fault with them when He says,” we recognize an unwillingness to make a statement that seems contradictory; he is unwilling to ...

Keeping one’s theology straight is all about understanding how its constituent ideas relate to one another. How does God’s promise to Abraham (Genesis 12:3; Galatians 3:8) relate to His promises to Christians (Joshua 1:5; Hebrews 13:5)? Why do some Christian theologians relate everything back to a single covenant? Why do many others emphasize God’s Spirit ...

This post is intended to address a problem associated with spiritual growth and maturation. We are capable of and even predisposed to a self-destructive commitment to ideas which are inconsistent with Scripture. It is my hope to call the careful reader to take seriously the method by which he/she studies Scripture. The idea of theology ...

The Apostle to the Hebrews uses “mes-ee’-tace” three times to describe the ministry of Christ (8:6; 9:15; 12:24). It is used two other times to the same end (Gal 3:19; 1 Tim 2:5). The consistent point is that Jesus mediates the new covenant, the “better covenant,” and this is intended as a distinction; He does ...