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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »