New Testament quotations of the Old Testament J. Barton Payne’s Encyclopedia of Biblical Prophecy seems to be the standard for this subject. There is also Old Testament Quotations in the…

The Sermon on the Mount of the Prophetic The assumption has always been that the Beatitudes are about being meek, kind, and merciful as a fulfillment of the essence of…

Acts 10 and What Cornelius Knew We should never forget that we are living in an age that has mastered the world, and so prideful are we of it, but…

The Meaning of the Cross If you read my previous article, When I Survey the Wondrous Nace, I demonstrated the obvious truth that the Cross is a symbol, and if…

James and the Meaning of Justification You knew I would get to it sooner or later. Justification. The theological warfare of the ages. The theological volumes written. The schismatic hemorrhaging.…

Passing by Nenushtan: A Prophetic Think Tank I am writing the first articles, if you would call them that, for a very unusual theological website. This is part 3 of…

The Adultery of the Heart I did an earlier article on the SOTM, found here. It’s another approach to dealing with this, taking the passage in Matthew and that in…

This is an article in a series: Please see: Christ vs. the Hermeneutical Death Spiral, part 1 Theodicy? My problem is essentially a theodical one as I have alluded, and before…

Jesus and Atonement. What is sin, and what is wrong with us? How does this atonement thing work? How is possible that a God-man can die for the sins of…

A Passing by Nehushtan Mission Statement We need to think about one key subject and three derived subjects that my schoolhouse analogy brings up. See https://passingbynehushtan.com/2010/04/14/sacred-symbology-a-few-things/ 1. One, the premise that…

Matthew 11 and the Meaning of Repentance Why are we deceiving ourselves? I’ll tell you why. Take this line in John 16: “Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no…

Noun Norming Transcendence? This is about Christ and Transcendence, and whether we believe those two should be together. The meaning of Christ’s parables is in our churchy exegesis for centuries…