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1. The Political-Prophetic Intrigue of 2 Kings 8:7-16:20
(OT Prophets Commentary/Kings Commentary)

... As Leithart notes, there are three kings anointed in Kings: Solomon (the temple builder), Joash of Judah (a temple reformer), and Jehu of Israel (the temple destroyer).  Elisha sent a John-the-Baptist ...

2. Elijah to Elisha (2 Kings 1:1-8:6)
(OT Prophets Commentary/Kings Commentary)

... a garment of hair, with a belt of leather about his waist” (2 Kings 1:8).  And Ahaziah said, “It is Elijah the Tishbite.” Elijah is the John the Baptist character of the book of Kings.  And ...

3. The Kings of Israel & Elijah the Prophet
(OT Prophets Commentary/Kings Commentary)

... of Israel), continuing with Elijah the prophet and then Elisha the prophet in his place, next time.  Elijah and Elisha are the types of John the Baptist and Jesus Christ, respectively, of the book ...

4. The Heidelberg Catechism
(teaching/general teachings)

... checked it.  Ursinus also wrote a commentary on the catechism. The great Reformer John Calvin would tell people that he was a Lutheran because of his great admiration for Martin Luther and his desire ...

5. How to Read Zechariah (especially Zechariah 1-6)
(OT Prophets Commentary/Book of 12 Commentary)

... Lord of angels.  Kline notes the similarities between “the angel of YHWH” in this text and the “commander of the army of YHWH” in Joshua 5.  Both refer to the pre-incarnate Christ.  John ...

6. Kings as the Climax of the Former Prophets
(OT Prophets Commentary/Kings Commentary)

...  Samuel was David's John the Baptist in Samuel, with David as a type of the coming Christ.   Elijah is the John the Baptist of Kings, with Elisha as the type of the coming Christ. In addition to ...

7. The Bible Miniseries: Episode Five
(teaching/general teachings)

... creators of the miniseries have majored on the Gospel of John and added details from the other Gospels to tell the story.  They missed the verse that said that Caiaphas and the other religious leaders ...

8. Innocent Blood by John Ensor
(reading report/Reformed Reading Report)

Ensor, John.  Innocent Blood: Challenging the Powers of Death with the Gospel of Life.  Cruciform Press, 2011.  (Note that the book is on clearance at wtsbooks.com, clicking the image ...

9. The Bible Miniseries: Episode Four
(teaching/general teachings)

... of time and the medium.  This leads me to say that they should have left out the story of the woman caught in adultery.  The oldest manuscripts of the Gospel of John do not include the story, ...

10. The Bible Miniseries: Episode Three
(teaching/general teachings)

... the arrest of John the Baptist, the beginning of Jesus' ministry, and John's death. The miniseries effectively summarizes the international relations mess that the nation of Judah has gotten into under ...

11. David and the Death of Saul (1 Sam 21-2 Sam 1)
(OT Prophets Commentary/Samuel Commentary)

... land was that they were doing these kinds of abominations.  Saul has become Canaan. The witch of En-dor then brought up the soul of Samuel – David's John the Baptist – whom Saul recognized because ...

12. Book of the Twelve or Minor Prophets?
(OT Prophets Commentary/Book of 12 Commentary)

... us to Christ. A more complete timeline would be thus: the Twelve closes and prophecy ceases, John the Baptist (Elijah) prepared the way, the death and resurrection of Jesus as Part I of the day of YHWH, ...

13. 2012: A Year in Review (Prov 3:1-12)
(sermons/2012 Sermons)

Proverbs 3:1-12 shows the wisdom teacher is like a father to his students who wants his household to remember his teaching.  I too want you to remember what I have taught this past year.  Unlike ...

14. The Best Christmas Presence (Isa 7:14, John 1:9-14)
(sermons/2012 Sermons)

... us without consuming us and the answer we find in Isaiah 7:14 and John 1:9-14.  Jesus is Immanuel (God with us).  God has tabernacled among us.  And all who did receive Jesus, who believed ...

15. God's Gift Giving Guide (John 3:16)
(sermons/2012 Sermons)

... you have done with the gift described in John 3:16.  It is the perfect gift -- it shows God's love for us, it is unique and expensive, it is something that you desperately need, it is available in ...

16. Giving Light to Those in the Shadow of Death (Luke 1:67-80)
(sermons/2012 Sermons)

Luke 1:67-80 is the prophesy of Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist.  And speaking of Jesus Christ, Zechariah says that he will "give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of ...

17. What Then Will This Child Be? (Luke 1:57-66)
(sermons/2012 Sermons)

Luke 1:57-66 tells us about the birth and circumcision/naming of John the Baptist.  The people say in response to this course of events: "What then will this child be?"  We often wonder the same ...

18. Niagara Presbyterian Church -- December 2012
(community/Niagara Presbyterian Church)

... cousin John. Starting the first Sunday in December you and your children can see why the stories about these two babies makes all the difference. Sunday School is at 9:45 a.m. and the worship service ...

19. The Other Christmas Baby (Luke 1:5-25)
(sermons/2012 Sermons)

Luke 1:5-25 tells us about the coming conception and birth of the other miracle baby -- John the Baptist.  The story opens telling us that Elizabeth, a righteous woman, was barren and it ends with ...

20. The Politics of Abortion
(presbyterian pro-life/general ppl)

... keeper. “You shall not murder” makes explicit what we are not to do, the positive implied command is that we are to preserve life. As John Ensor says, “Pilate was also personally pro-life” (Innocent ...