Old Testament

Peter Williams discusses the objections of many people to the Old Testament regarding violence and slavery, and shows how many classic criticisms are problematic. 

Justin Martyr's discussion with a Jewish man, Trypho, gives a unique window into the early Church's relationship with Judaism as well as their robustly Christ-centred reading of the Hebrew Scriptures. 

C. H. Spurgeon's sermon on Hosea 11:4 and union with Christ.  

Dan Hames explores passages in the Old Testament where the Son of God appears and asks why these are significant and how they can encourage us today. 

David Murray considers whether those who lived before Jesus' birth were saved by their works, faith in God in general, by their sacrifices, or by another way altogether. 

Martin Luther's utterly brilliant exposition of the first commandment from his Large Catechism. 

Dan Hames asks why Isaiah 9:6 refers to Jesus as 'Everlasting Father' and whether that contradicts the doctrine of the Trinity. 

Melvin Tinker offers some food for thought over the doctrine of creation as it relates to living as Christians. 

Dan Hames speaks with Dave Griffith-Jones about escapism, Netflix binges, seeing the dentist, FOMO, how to read the Psalms, and the gospel's answer to our fear. 

Daniel Hames reminds us that the great theologians of the early church were first and foremost pastors who opened the Bible week-by-week to preach Christ to their flocks.