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Category: Biblical Theology
Canonical and promise-plan biblical theology.
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Bultmann’s Demythologizing Theology and the Proclamation of the Word of the Cross: An Evaluation from the Horizons of Biblical Theology and the Promise-Plan of God
This essay evaluates Rudolf Bultmann’s demythologizing program, examining existential interpretation, faith, and the proclaimed word of the cross. It contrasts Bultmann’s approach with the author’s emphasis on historical redemption, canonical promise, and Christ’s victory over spiritual powers.
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The Father’s Table: Covenantal Warfare, Contagious Grace, and the Background of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15
This study reads Luke 15 as Jesus’ defense of welcoming sinners to the table. It explores the father’s restoring love for both sons, the parable’s honor-and-shame setting, and the relationship between grace, covenantal belonging, and Israel’s continuing calling.
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Hidden Kingdom Treasure: Parabolic Wisdom, the Promise-Plan of God, and the Radical Reorientation of Discipleship in Matthew 13:44
This study reads Matthew 13:44 as a parable of the kingdom’s surpassing worth. It examines how unexpected discovery, joy, and decisive action reorder discipleship, placing the hidden treasure within Matthew’s teaching and the unfolding promise-plan of God.
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The Organic Architecture of Divine Instruction: Promise-Plan Theology, the Unity of the Law, and the Canonical Coherence of Scripture
Engaging Walter Kaiser’s account of biblical unity, this essay examines Torah as covenantal instruction. It evaluates law-and-gospel divisions, Pauline language, and principlization to argue for continuity within the unfolding promise-plan.
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Beyond the Epistemological Divide: Ancient Near Eastern Literature, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Cosmic Architecture of the Divine Promise-Plan
This essay examines how ancient Near Eastern literature and the Dead Sea Scrolls illuminate Scripture’s textual history, divine council language, and cosmic rebellion narratives within the unified trajectory of God’s promise-plan.
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Corrupting the Corruption: The Parable of the Leaven (Matthew 13:33), Subversive Kingdom Infiltration, and the Canonical Architecture of Promise-Plan Theology
This study reads Matthew 13:33 as a provocative image of hidden kingdom transformation. Engaging Thomas Long and promise-plan theology, it explores the woman’s action, leaven’s symbolism, banquet abundance, and patient, non-coercive witness.
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Mark 7 Deconstructed: Exegetical, Grammatical, and Canonical Foundations of Purity in the Divine Promise-Plan
Engaging Tim Hegg and recent scholarship, this essay reexamines Mark 7 through Jewish purity debates and Greek syntax. It argues that the passage defends written Torah against human tradition rather than abolishing dietary distinctions.
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Beyond the Persian Gulf: Why the Search for Eden Misses the Cosmic Mountain
Responding to Persian Gulf and other geographical proposals, this essay reads Eden as sacred mountain and sanctuary. It argues that Genesis’ canonical purpose centers on divine presence, human vocation, exile, and promised restoration.
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The Linguistic Horizon of the Messiah: Stanley E. Porter, the Greek Dialect of First-Century Palestine, and the Unfolding of the Divine Promise-Plan
Drawing on Stanley Porter, this study weighs the multilingual setting of Roman Palestine, Galilean geography, inscriptions, and Gospel encounters to argue for Jesus’ capacity to teach in Greek within His Jewish mission.
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The Architecture of Uncreated Light: Meredith G. Kline’s Glory-Dimension, Two-Register Cosmology, and the Cosmic Sanctuary within the Promise-Plan of God
Meredith Kline’s two-register cosmology is examined through divine glory, palace-temple imagery, and the promise-plan’s movement toward God’s dwelling with humanity.