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Published Dec. 19, 2018, at Jesus Creed It’s well known in popular Christianity that Christmas is about the birth of a king. But, in its biblical context, Christmas isn’t about just any king, nor some generic savior of the world. Instead, the central claim of early Christianity is that Jesus was the king of Israel,…

Published in Bible Study Magazine, May/June 2017 In the book of Deuteronomy, the Israelites are encamped on the plains of Moab, waiting to cross the Jordan River and enter the promised land. The previous generation had left Egypt and entered into a covenant with Yahweh at Mount Sinai, and now their children are renewing the covenant.…

Published Oct. 31, 2016 at Northern Seminary’s Blog In June 2016 I had the pleasure of traveling to Jerusalem University College (JUC) with four students from Northern Seminary. For all of us it was the experience of a lifetime! Although I have studied the Bible academically for fifteen years, this was my first trip to…

Published in Bible Study Magazine, January 2017 In the years before the fall of Jerusalem in 587 BC, the prophet Ezekiel charged the people of Israel with grave offenses against God and warned of imminent disaster. Rather than simply relaying information to his fellow exiles in Babylon, Ezekiel employed rhetorical devices to reach his audience at a deeper…