Archive - Thoughts on Scripture

Fruitfulness in Affliction

Cross-posted from the Tyndale House Ink Magazine, which you can have delivered to your inbox or postbox for free here.

Jun 30 •

May 2025

Arks and the Number 26

Arks are wooden boxes, built by man, ordained by God, measured in cubits, covered in a solidified liquid, and intimately bound up with the presence of…

May 2 •

April 2025

A Flood Chronology

Most students of Scripture see the flood as a significant event in Biblical history.

Apr 28 •

March 2025

Palm Sunday Foreshadowed

Over the course of Biblical history, God raised up various Messianic figures for Israel.

Mar 21 •

February 2025

Twenty Shekels of Silver

Joseph’s brothers hated him.

Feb 20 •

January 2025

Trinitarian & Creational Grammar

The introductions to the books of Genesis and Revelation are underlain by similar grammatico-numerical patterns.

Jan 20 •

Sceptical Text-Critical Hypotheses

The primary task of many Biblical scholars (as they see it) is to explain how and why the Biblical text acquired its final form—i.e., what source…

Jan 12 •

Belated Thoughts on Epiphany

Crossposted from Theopolis.

Jan 8 •

More on Egypt in Israel

Much to the frustration of many an archeologist, the alluvial mud of the Egyptian Delta has yielded little evidence of Israel’s presence there and seems…

Jan 3 •

December 2024

Advent: The Day of the Lord

Cross-posted from a series to come at Theopolis.

Dec 2, 2024 •

October 2024

Multiple Names and Sargon II

Quite a few people in the Bible have two different names.

Oct 11, 2024 •

September 2024

Egypt in Israel

Signs of the Exodus

Sep 26, 2024 •

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