by Justin Marple | Dec 4, 2011 | Former Prophets, Joshua Commentary, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
In Joshua 13-21 we have the divine landowner, the king of the land, YHWH (The LORD) God, dividing up the land that He controls. The key vocabulary word in the whole is “to divide.” Actually, the main point of each section in Joshua is very easy to see by observing...
by Justin Marple | Dec 1, 2011 | Former Prophets, Joshua Commentary, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
If there is a theme that coheres through the whole of this discussion it is that the book of Joshua would not make a good movie, let alone be what we would consider a history textbook. Instead, it means to tell us the will of God. Therefore, we will focus quite a...
by Justin Marple | Nov 28, 2011 | Former Prophets, Joshua Commentary, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
The book of Joshua sets the tone for the whole of the prophets with regard to the major theme of worship. The prophets confront us with the living God in all of His glory. The prophets confront us with the glory of God such that the common response is fear. The...
by Justin Marple | Oct 30, 2011 | Former Prophets, Joshua Commentary, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
Joshua was a prophet of YHWH God. To be sure, he is not someone that we automatically think of when we think of the prophets — some candidates for those we think of first would be the likes of Elijah or Isaiah or Jeremiah. Nevertheless, his spoken word was the...
by Justin Marple | Sep 6, 2011 | General Teachings, Systematic Theology, TEACHING
There has been a considerable amount of feedback in the comments on my first post regarding the teaching of Scripture and the Westminster standards as to some sins being worse than others in the sight of God. Though, as that post notes, these principles are also...
by Justin Marple | Sep 1, 2011 | General Teachings, Systematic Theology, TEACHING
One of the most common misconceptions of Christians, including those who describe themselves as evangelicals, is that all sins are equal. This is an unexamined position on the part of most, in that they have not stopped to think about how it does not square with...
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