Can I Trust the Bible?
Can you be a Christian without believing the Bible? What about the reliability of the Bible—can we trust it? Timothy Paul Jones answers these and other popular and vital questions about the Word of God.
Biblical Theology
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3 ways misguided biblical theology leads to misguided sermons
Faithful sermons exposit the text, and faithful exposition takes into account the text’s literary, historical, covenantal, and ultimately canonical context.
5 reasons pastors need the Psalms
As a Christian, I love the Psalms. As an academic, I study them. But as a pastor, I need them.
Author Interview: Timothy Paul Jones explains why the Bible is still trustworthy
A conversation with Timothy Paul Jones about his new book, “Why Should I Trust The Bible?”
6 life-giving truths from the New Testament
The New Testament writers never imagined a passive faith that could be sundered from a life of discipleship.
Episode 23: Nancy Guthrie on grief, biblical theology, and women in the church.
Dr. York sits down with Nancy Guthrie (author, theologian, Bible teacher) to discuss grief, biblical theology, and women in the church.
The not-so-surprising answer to teen anxiety
He saves teenagers. He changes teenagers. So if youth pastors like me are teaching the Bible without connecting each lesson or passage to Jesus, we’ve failed.
How the Old Testament’s story points us to Christ
The entire Old Testament is anticipating a perfect obedient son and servant king.
3 reasons people and place matter to God’s Kingdom
The kingdom of God is the interplay of the king’s power over the king’s people in the king’s place.
7 ways theology can change your Bible reading
Understanding the Bible as a unified redemptive story dramatically changes the way we approach it.
Ask Anything Live (Episode 8)
Do Old Testament commands apply today?
When we read the whole Bible, we see that the Old Covenant has passed away.
God Is in Charge of the Universe
God is the creator and ruler of the universe – and that is good news.
Editorial: Thinking about Typology
Typology allows us to know God’s Word better and to see how all of Scripture relates to Christ, and how, we, as God’s people, are the beneficiaries of all of God’s promises in Christ.
Biblical-Theological Exegesis and the Nature of Typology
As Doug Moo has noted, “typology is much easier to talk about than to describe.”1 Even among evangelicals, competing definitions of typology are legion. These matters are further complicated by related (and equally polarizing) issues such as the nature of biblical theology, the NT’s use of the OT, the structure of the canon, authorial intent,…
From Beelines to Plotlines: Typology That Follows the Covenental Topography of Scripture
Perhaps you have heard or repeated Charles Spurgeon’s famous axiom, “I take my text and make a beeline to the cross.” The trouble is Charles Spurgeon probably never said it.1 Worse, the simplistic axiom fails to account for the textual shape and biblical contours of the Bible, not to mention the infelicitous way it misjudges…
Typology and Allegory: Is There a Distinction? A Brief Examination of Figural Reading
Any study of typology in recent days must account for allegory and elucidate if any distinction should be maintained between the two. In this brief article, I will sketch out the recent emphasis on figural reading1 before critiquing this nomenclature and approach in the process of advancing four reasons that interpreters of Scripture should understand…
A True and Greater Boaz: Typology and Jesus in the Book of Ruth
Introduction The Book of Ruth is not the only Old Testament (OT) book with a genealogy, but it is the only one with a genealogy in its closing verses.1 In fact, the content of the genealogy may be the whole reason the Book of Ruth was written.2 The last word of the final verse is…
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