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Righteousness in Proverbs

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  • Bruce K. Waltke

One of the themes characterizing the book of Proverbs is that of righteousness. What does it mean to be righteous? This article looks at the meaning of righteousness in the book of Proverbs. It shows how righteousness relates to the law of Moses, and how righteousness manifests itself in social life.

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Abraham, Faith, and Works: Paul's Use of Scripture in Galatians 3:6-14

  • Semi-Technical
  • Moisès Silva

Silva's primary purpose in this essay is to focus on the question of how and why the apostle Paul brings these specific Old Testament quotations together as he does in Galatians 3:6-14. In the process he presents an exegesis of the passage and reflects upon the hermeneutics involved in the New Testament's use of the Old.

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Darkness over the Whole Land: A Biblical Theological Reflection on Mark 15:33

  • Semi-Technical
  • Gregory K. Beale, Dane C. Ortlund

What is the significance of the three-hour darkness described in Mark 15:33? The authors explore the biblical-theological dimensions to this text. They argue that this is a culmination of a trajectory started in Genesis 1:2-3.

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The Cognitive Peripheral Vision of Biblical Authors

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  • Gregory K. Beale

Beale addresses the New Testament uses of the Old Testament that appear to have a meaning inconsistent with the original meaning of the original context. Examples are: John 19:36 claiming to be a fulfillment of Exodus 12:46, and Hosea 11:1 in Matthew 2:15. Beale argues that Old Testament writers knew more about the topic of their speech act than only the explicit meaning expressed.

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Can the Bible Be Completely Inspired by God and Yet Still Contain Errors? A Response to Some Recent "Evangelical" Proposals

  • Semi-Technical
  • Gregory K. Beale

Beale reacts to the view of evangelical colleagues that God has inspired all of Scripture in such a way that the marks of human fallibility are woven into it. As background to his argument against such a position, Beale notes that the apostle John was given the same prophetic commission to write the Word of God as Ezekiel was.

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The Inspiration of the Scripture

  • Technical
  • John Murray

In this article, John Murray discusses the Christian recognition of Scripture as God's inspired word to man. He does this by examining three views on the inspiration of Scripture with which he does not agree.

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Can the Bible Be Completely Inspired By God and Yet Still Contain Errors?

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  • Gregory K. Beale

This article is about the inspiration and authority of Scripture. G. Beale argues from the book of Revelation and other parts of the Bible that since God's character is unswervingly true, His written Word is also unswervingly true.

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Old Princeton, Westminster, and Inerrancy

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  • Moisès Silva

What exactly is meant by the doctrine of the inerrancy and infallibility of Scripture? This author looks specifically at how these doctrines have been understood by prominent theologians of the past, such as B.B. Warfield.

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