James Bejon of Tyndale House in Cambridge, is a first-rate Hebrew scholar, and one of the best of today’s biblical theologians, in my opinion. He regularly brings fresh insight to the narrative connections and symbolism of the Old Testament in ways that make me wonder at the beauty and breadth of God’s word.…

“For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”…

Michael Haykin is one of my favorite Christian teachers and one of the most preeminent church historians in the world. Every once in while, however, we disagree with some of our favorite teachers, and a little while ago Haykin posted an article that had a useful observation, followed by what I believe are (somewhat) erroneous conclusions.…

Samuel Miller (1769-1850) was one of the three first Presbyterian professors at Princeton (alongside Archibald Alexander and Charles Hodge), which was originally founded as a seminary for training pastors. He was a man of letters and learning who wrote on a wide variety of subjects.…

In the sermon Sunday, we noted that Joshua was very old, and he needed to pass down the work of fighting to a younger generation. We don’t know Joshua’s precise age, but it seems like that he was at least as old as Caleb, who was at this time eighty-five (Josh 14:10).…

By far one of the most interesting and shocking parts of my study this last week was to read an extended and exceptionally erudite commentary on Joshua 10 by the great theologian Jonathan Edwards (Notes on Scripture) in which he argues that Joshua is the true and myth-inspiring character known eventually as Hercules.…

Prior to Israel entering the land, God gave instructions for warfare in Deuteronomy 20. In verses 11 to 18, a distinction is made between Israel’s approach to war based on whether the enemy is among the Canaanite tribes singled out for destruction, or not.…