Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity 1 Timothy 5:1-2 On October 11, 2023, Scott Swain spoke at Covenant College, Lookout Mountain, GA. His chapel sermon on 1 Timothy 5:1-2, titled “Fathers, Mothers, Brothers, and […]
How the Spirit Assures Us: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10
For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you, because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. 1 Thessalonians 1:4-5
The Trinity and the Gospel of John
Brandon Smith’s most recent book, The Trinity in the Canon: A Biblical, Theological, and Practical Proposal (B&H Academic), offers fifteen chapters on a variety of topics related to the Trinity and the Bible written by a gifted group of biblical scholars and theologians. I was delighted to contribute the chapter on the Gospel of John. […]
Our Father Who is in Heaven: Matthew 6:9-15
Pray then like this…
Seven theses on the divine name(s) (drawn chiefly from the Pentateuch)
One of the central themes of the Pentateuch is the revelation of God’s proper name, YHWH. Below are seven summary theses drawn therefrom. (1) The revelation of the divine name is an act of divine condescension in which the high God stoops down and self-proclaims his name to us in our language (Exod 34:5; cf. […]
