Miscellanea

For the passing of Jesus through the divine judgment in the water rite in the Jordan meant to John’s baptism what the passing of Yahweh to the curse of the knife rite of …

When it is very dark with us, let brave spirits say, ‘Come, let us sing the forty-sixth Psalm.’

Satan hates me; Satan accuses me; Satan temps me. Conversely, you lose much comfort when you fail to see the promises and providence of God as available for your own …

For Stephen Charnock, the high priest’s activity on the Day of Atonement in Lev 16 prefigured Christ’s priestly ministry in at least three ways. First, his sacrificing …

When we think of God the Lord giving by His Spirit a body of authoritative Scriptures to His people, we must remember that He is the God of providence and of grace as …

Christ takes his church, his image-wife, in covenant of marriage to bear his glory and his name, to be the fulness of him who fills all in all.

For any mode of relating the water to a person that is attested in the various biblical water ordeals would have biblical warrant. Of course, not all such modes would …

At the exodus these judgment waters performed both functions, destroying the Egyptian army but delivering the chosen, priestly nation of Israel. Paul identified these …

The Glory-Spirit over the waters was a revelation of the absolute sovereignty of the Creator-King, a guarantee that whatever the conditions that seemed unruly and …

When covenant is no longer identified with election and guaranteed blessing, especially when the baptismal sign of incorporation into the covenant is understood as …