Biblical Reflections

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Paul has reminded Timothy “how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus” (2 Timothy 3:15). He continues: “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that [...]

Yesterday I was lecturing on Daniel 8 which looks ahead to the reign of the little horn which, in the first instance, found fulfilment in the devastation wreaked by Antiochus IV Epiphanes in the second century BC. Concerning this little horn it is said: He will cause astounding devastation and will succeed in whatever he [...]

This is a sermon on Leviticus 1 that especially focuses on the need for animal sacrifices and the nature of the atonement involved. It is very important to recognise that “atonement” (kipper) is used in a way that is quite different from the legitimate use of this term to describe how Jesus’ death deals with [...]

This is my sermon on the opening verses of Leviticus. The opening phrase is a rare one and loaded with significance when compared with similar occurrences. It is also crucial to read these opening verses as a continuation of the verses that close the book of Exodus. God invites any one of his people to [...]

This is a chapter rich in humour and irony. Saul’s doom is secured when his last hope, his hunted prey yet faithful servant David, is removed from the scene. 1 Samuel 29 sermon

This is my sermon on the relationship between Jacob and Esau. Could it be that the popular stereotype of Jacob as a basically deceitful man does not do justice to the biblical text? Genesis 25: Sibling Rivalry

Recently I preached on 2 Peter 3, which speaks of Christians looking forward to the new heaven and the new earth, the home of righteousness. After the refining process of the day of destruction which Peter describes Christians will inhabit not some extra-terrestrial sphere (“heaven”) but a reality in which heaven and earth are brought [...]

In his book Dynamic Diversity, Bruce Milne helpfully comments on the significance of the phrase “all things together under” as used at Ephesians 1:10. In that verse the ultimate end of God’s plan of salvation is expressed: his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to bring all things in heaven and earth together under [...]

The Davidic covenant of 2 Samuel 7 concerns God’s promise to raise up David’s ‘offspring’, thereby establishing the Davidic kingdom (verse 12). Remarkably Yahweh promises: I will be his father, and he will be my son. When he does wrong, I will punish him with the rod of men, with floggings inflicted by men. But [...]