“Ho! To the land of fluttering wings beyond the rivers of Ethiopia…” Isaiah’s oracle concerning Cush is the “Day 2” step of a “de-creation” sequence (see the chart here)....
God sends Assyria as a “grim reaper” to cut off the rulers of Syria and Ephraim and shake down their wealth. For the introduction...
Walking the length and breadth of Genesis 2 Every Bible text is a landscape. A flyover will set forth its general shape—its mountains, plains,...
As “a new commandment,” the apostle ordered his Gospel after the rubric of the Ten Words. In very basic terms, John’s Gospel has two...
As the fulfilment of promises made to Abraham and Moses, Joshua is structured after the patterns of the Torah. Overview The Book of Joshua...
Cutbacks in God’s economy are always sacrificial. For the introduction to this section (Damascus Judged – Isaiah 17), see Isaiah’s Kill List – Part...
The one where Rick Welch asks Michael Bull a lot of good questions.
The God of Abraham was promising to consecrate Lot’s firstborn, but the sacrifice would not be substitutionary. For the introduction to this section (Isaiah...
Isaiah subtly and ironically subverts Genesis 2 in order to ridicule Moab’s origin. Mo-ab means “Who’s your father?” For the introduction to this section...
Meredith Kline’s famous fivefold structure of Deuteronomy needs an upgrade. In his book, That You May Prosper: Dominion by Covenant (1987), Ray Sutton describes...