There’s a lady who’s sure all that glitters is gold And she’s buying a stairway to heaven And when she gets there she knows if the stores are closed With a word she can get what she came for “Stairway to heaven” by Jimmy Page…
The Old Covenant – the Law of Moses Exodus 19:3 Then Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain and said, ‘This is what you are to say to the descendants of Jacob and what you are to tell…
14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere. 15 For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being…
The preacher Alexander Whyte wrote this about Jacob. “There was no Old Testament saint of them all who, first and last, saw more of the favour and forgiveness of God than Jacob. And yet, with all that, the great sins of Jacob’s youth and the…
There are at least three stages a person who has fallen into sin needs to go through before their life is back on the right track. Remorse – Repentance – Reconciliation. 2 Corinthians talks about all three of these and the first thing Paul says…
The God of the Old Testament, the God of the nation of Israel, is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Abraham who was called God’s friend, Isaac his son, and his son Jacob whose name God changed to Israel, were the Patriarchs. God’s covenant…
“The camels are coming! The camels are coming!” There is a passage I have been waiting to preach on for more than 40 years since I first heard a sermon on it. I can’t remember who the preacher was. The passage is Genesis chapter 24…
2 Peter 1 3(God’s) divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 4 Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that…
Has God ever put your faith to the test by asking you to give something up? Something so precious or so important to you that you don’t know how you would go on living without it? Sometimes God takes such things away from us –…
The Church in Corinth was established around 51 AD through the preaching of the apostle Paul. We read in Acts 18 how Paul stayed with Aquila and Priscilla and worked with them in their tent- making business. Every week for 18 months Paul preached in…
10.1 The Theology of the Psalms “The Lord is the Creator (8, 104). It is the ground of his present sovereign rule over all things as King (29, 96–99). The righteousness of his rule is predominant (11, 75) in his divine Kingship (145) righteousness is…
9.1 What are the Psalms? 9.2 Authorship and Date of Composition 9.3 History of Interpretation 9.3.1 H. Gunkel (1862-1932) 9.3.2 S. Mowinckel (1884-1965) 9.3.3 FOR US TODAY: In Jewish and Christian worship, Psalms have been loosed from any original cultic context they may have had.…
Isaiah 40:29 (The Lord) gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. 30 Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; 31 but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on…
I had the privilege of lecturing to first and second year students at Kaniki Bible University College in Zambia this summer. The notes for the course on the Synoptic Gospels are here. Synoptic Gospels Course Manual
I had the privilege of lecturing to first and second year students at Kaniki Bible University College in Zambia this summer. You can read the notes of the Old Testament Survey course on my Thoughts blog: http://www.pbthomas.com/thoughts
Moses himself warned the Israelites of the consequences of being unfaithful to God in the Promised Land. Even he foretold Israel’s failure and rebellion. (Deuteronomy 31:15-18, 20-21, 29; 32:15-38.) God warned Solomon when he dedicated the Temple 1 Kings 9:1-9. ‘But if you or your…
1.1 Author and Date The Early Church thought and most agree that Luke wrote both Luke and Acts. Bothe written to the Theophilus, Acts 1:1 and the ascension links them (Luke 24:49–53; Acts 1:1–11). Luke wrote as a careful historian on the basis of research…
3.1 Author and Date The only option ever proposed in the Early Church was the apostle Matthew called by Jesus in Matthew 9:9; Matthew 10:3. Papias, bishop of Hierapolis (died c. A.D. 130) made this statement about Matthew, known as “the Papias Logion” which survives…
Saul the first King of Israel (ruled c.1045-1011 BC) God rejects Saul 1 Samuel 15 Samuel anoints David to be King 1 Samuel 16 David and Goliath 1 Samuel 17 Saul kills the priests and consults a medium at Endor 1 Samuel 22 and 28…
2.5 Special theme in Mark – The Messiah and the Messianic Secret (Mark 1:1) 2.6 Jewish expectations about the Messiah – God’s end-time redeemer 2.6.1 A figure like Elijah (from Ecclesiasticus) 2.6.2 The Eschatological Prophet – One like Moses (Deuteronomy 18:15-18) 2.6.3 God’s Servant (Isaiah…
This morning we continued our whistlestop tour of the Old Testament whizzing through the Books of Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua and Judges. Here were the headings, followed by the story we looked at in detail, Gideon’s Victory over the Midianites from Judges Chapter 7. Wilderness Wanderings…