Posted on May 1st, 2008 by Dr. Larry Perkins The Psalmist declared “Since my youth, O God, you have taught me” (Psalm 71:17) and he desires that God continually would teach him to do his will (Psalm 143:10). His experience and expectation is that God does instruct him, with the result that he knows God and his ways. While this [...]
Posted on October 22nd, 2007 by Dr. Brian Rapske It’s that time of the semester once again. The Registrar’s office has asked each professor to indicate whether they are requiring an examination that needs to be scheduled into the examination week for their courses. The schedule is out and professors and students are all now aware of when each examination will need to be [...]
Posted on September 19th, 2007 by Dr. Larry Perkins No, this is not an attack on any Bible translation. But it is a serious question — how do our translations of the Bible influence the forming of our Christian worldview? We believe that God intended his Word to be translated into every language. Yet as we make the transition from Greek or Hebrew text [...]
Posted on July 31st, 2007 by Dr. Larry Perkins Eugene Boring in his new commentary on Mark’s Gospel published in the New Testament Library (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2006) proposes that the first word in Mark’s Gospel (archÄ“) signifies both beginning or origin, and norm, which he proposes should be translated as "the norm for the proclamation of the gospel of Jesus Christ" (32). There [...]
Posted on June 11th, 2007 by Dr. Larry Perkins In the infancy stories of Jesus recounted in Luke and Matthew God actively directs events to preserve his Son and to inform participants about the significance of these occurrences. For example twice in Matthew 2 God reveals (chrÄ“matizÅ) “by dream†his divine decree to the Magi and to Joseph. In the [...]
Posted on May 31st, 2007 by Dr. Larry Perkins It was the beginning of the third century before Christ. Alexander the Great had died and his empire divided among four generals. Greek language and culture swept through the lands of the Eastern Mediterranean, including Palestine. Large numbers of Jewish people were relocating to the emerging metropolis of Alexandria in Egypt. Caught up in all [...]
Posted on May 11th, 2007 by Dr. Larry Perkins In his final segment of extended teaching to his disciples in Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus outlined their mission beyond the cross and urges them to be faithful to the end. In response to his prophesy that the temple and Jerusalem would be destroyed, his disciples asked “When will these things be and what will be the [...]
Posted on April 6th, 2007 by Dr. Larry Perkins Discussions about the way the Father, Son and Holy Spirit relate within the Trinity use the term perichÅrÄ“sis to define their constant interpenetration. In several recent publications, however, various authors have suggested that this Greek noun perichÅrÄ“sis (cognate verb perichÅreÅ) signifies dance or dancing. For example, George Cladis states that “Perichoresis [...]