Journal Articles
Articles from the Southwestern Journal of Theology
The Jews, the Future, and God (Romans 9-11)
In an address delivered to the Confessing Church at the height of Nazi terror (16 March 1942), K. L. Schmidt appealed to Romans 9-11 as the key to faith for such perilous times. Paul’s hope for Israel in these chapters was proclaimed a light in forebodin... Read More »
Romans 7 Once More
If you were writing a commentary on Romans, what passage would you expect to give you the most trouble? Would it be Romans 5:12-21? This is the passage where the Vulgate’s mistranslation of the last clause in verse 12 has had such dire consequences. Jero... Read More »
Original Sin and the Fall of Man
Introduction The Bible begins with the account of creation: God speaks, and heaven and earth and all that in them is, including man, comes into being. But man is not simply a part of creation as are the other creatures. While he is made of the same dust as the... Read More »
Righteousness in Romans
The Importance of the Doctrine Paul employs many terms to set forth the work of Christ. One of the most important of these, which appears particularly m Romans, is the word group for righteousness. The word for righteous (dikaios) occurs seven times, the word ... Read More »
Preaching from Romans
The book of Romans is a preacher’s gold mine. As the greatest theological treatise in the Bible, it is the mother lode of doctrinal topics. As a continuing rich vein, it opens up all major Christian experiences. As an exhaustless treasure it affords prof... Read More »
A Teaching Outline of Hosea
Introduction The study of the book of Hosea is timely for the people of God in the last half of the twentieth century. The condition in the churches today is similar to that in Israel in the middle of the eighth century B.C. Israel had become conformed to her ... Read More »
Preaching from Hosea to a Nation in Crisis
Could any thought be more sobering at this time of bicentennial celebration than that two hundred years were all that were allowed to the kingdom of Israel to rise, prosper, decline, and pass into oblivion? Whatever system of Old Testament chronology we follow... Read More »
Major Motifs of Hosea
How does one identify the major motifs of a book or of the preaching of a prophet? Does he count the number of times each word is used and select the words which occur most often? Or does he make a value judgment about the significance of words used and choose... Read More »
Orphans in the Wilderness
“The Thinker,” Rodin’s brooding figure that sits in his sculpture gallery in Paris, is not his best work but by far his best known. What is he thinking? Many have wondered, and laughed, until “The Thinker” has become a comic figur... Read More »
Evangelistic Methods in Acts
Acts is only a few sentences long when we encounter the final earthly words of the risen Lord. He reinforced what he had already said to his disciples in Jerusalem and in Galilee, and articulated their commission still more clearly. He commanded: “You sh... Read More »
Miracles in the Book of Acts
Introduction There are certain presuppositions which need to be stated in the outset of this paper. The entire consideration of miracles as they are recorded in the book of Acts will be discussed under the presupposition that Acts is divinely inspired scriptur... Read More »
The Holy Spirit in the Book of Acts
Acts is especially the book of the Spirit. The earliest title for the book seems to have been simply “The Acts.” Even that title, of course, was not original because Acts was the second part of the Gospel of Luke. Some have suggested, however, that... Read More »
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