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January 2008
Fundamentals for Preaching the Book of Proverbs, Part 1*   Bruce K. Waltke
The Imagery of Clouds in the Scriptures    Richard D. Patterson
Gideon, Dew, and the Narrative-Geographical Shaping of Judges 6:33–40    John A. Beck
A Reexamination of “Eternity” in Ecclesiastes 3:11    Brian P. Gault
Was Paul Anti-Semitic? Revisiting 1 Thessalonians 2:14–16    Michael A. Rydelnik
The Betrothal View of Divorce and Remarriage    David W. Jones

April 2008
Fundamentals for Preaching the Book of Proverbs, Part 2*    Bruce K. Waltke
God’s Purposes in the Atonement for the Nonelect    Gary L. Schultz Jr.
Some Difficulties in Covenant Theology’s View of Baptism as a “Seal”    Daniel C. Lane
Genesis 1 and Ancient Egyptian Creation Myths    Gordon H. Johnston
The Book of Daniel and the Canon of Scripture    Thomas J. Finley
The Relationship of John 1:19–51 to the “Book of Signs” in John 2–12    Stephen S. Kim
What Is the Meaning of “This Generation” in Matthew 23:36?    Susan M. Rieske

July 2008
Fundamentals for Preaching the Book of Proverbs, Part 3*    Bruce K. Waltke
Refusing God’s Blessing: An Exposition of Genesis 11:27–32    George Van Pelt Campbell
Is the Psalter a Book with a Single Message?    S. Jonathan Murphy
The Enigmatic Structure of the Song of Songs, Part 1    Gordon H. Johnston
Portraits from a Prophet’s Portfolio: Hosea 4    Richard D. Patterson
The Didache Apocalypse and Matthew 24    William C. Varner

October 2008
Fundamentals for Preaching the Book of Proverbs, Part 4*    Bruce K. Waltke
The Chronicler: What Kind of Historian Was He Anyway?    Eugene H. Merrill
The Jewish People and Salvation    Michael A. Rydelnik
The Enigmatic Structure of the Song of Songs, Part 2    Gordon H. Johnston
Missio Dei in the Book of Job    Larry J. Walters
Paul’s Response to the Shame and Pain of Imprisonment in 2 Timothy    Gregory S. MaGree

* Four-part series: Fundamentals for Preaching the Book of Proverbs


January 2007
Anatomy of an Anthropomorphism: Does God Discover Facts?    Robert B. Chisholm Jr.
Ezekiel and the Heart of Idolatry    John N. Day
Literary Features in the Book of Hosea    Charles H. Silva
Paul’s “Positive” Statements about the Mosaic Law*    Femi Adeyemi
Does the Vice List in 1 Corinthians 6:9–10 Refer to Believers or Unbelievers?    René A. Lopez
The Warning in Colossians 1:21–23    Charles M. Bing
A Critique of the Preterist View of Revelation 1:7 and the Jewish War*    Mark L. Hitchcock

April 2007
No, Not Yet: The Contingency of God's Promised Kingdom    Stanley D. Toussaint and Jay A. Quine
Joseph in Pharaoh’s Court    Richard D. Patterson
Yahweh Versus the Canaanite God’s: Polemic in Judges and 1 Samuel 1–7    Robert B. Chisholm Jr.
The Literary Structure of Hosea 1–3    Charles H. Silva
The Adoration of God the Creator: An Exposition of Revelation 4****    David L. MacLeod
A Critique of the Preterist View of the Temple in Revelation 11:1–2*    Mark L. Hitchcock

July 2007
Is Faith a Gift of God or a Human Exercise?    René A. Lopez
The Use of Figures of Speech in the Bible    Michael E. Travers
The Literary Structure of Hosea 4–8    Charles H. Silva
The Christological Significance of the Passover Signs in John 6    Stephen S. Kim
The Lion Who Is the Lamb: An Exposition of Revelation 5:1–7****    David L. MacLeod
A Critique of the Preterist View of Revelation 13 and Nero*    Mark L. Hitchcock

October 2007
The Place of Lament in the Christian Life    Brian L. Webster and David R. Beach
Is Genesis 24 a Problem for Source Criticism?    Brian A. Bompiani
The Literary Structure of Hosea 9–14    Charles H. Silva
The Adoration of God the Redeemer: An Exposition of Revelation 5:8–14****    David J. MacLeod
A Critique of the Preterist View of Revelation 17 and Nero*    Mark L. Hitchcock
Singing the New Song: An Examination of Psalms 33, 96, 98, and 149    Richard D. Patterson


* Five-part series: Preterism and the Date of the Book of Revelation
** Three-part series: The Identity of the New Covenant “Law”
*** Four-part series: A Literary Analysis of the Book of Hosea
**** Three-part series: Worship in Heaven

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