Theology Seeking Eschatology
Featured / Exegesis / Hermeneutics
by Tommy Keene · Published August 14, 2018 · Last modified January 24, 2019
Imagine you are tasked with preaching the entirety of Revelation to your congregation in a single sermon. The whole book. One sermon. Majoring on relevance and application. How would you do it? Or maybe...
So you think that the person you’re talking to (or preaching at) needs to fully appreciate what the Greek or Hebrew really says? I recently tweeted out the following conditions that must be true before...
In our first post we looked at what makes a good thesis. In our second post we applied those insights to paper research. Now we turn to a third point: using your research to...
In our first post we looked at the most important aspect of a good seminary paper: the thesis. But the thesis is actually only one leg of a three legged school. A good seminary...
It’s that time of year again. No, not Halloween. Not Thanksgiving. Those are just warning signs of the impending doom that awaits. The impending doom, of course, is the end of the semester at...
Hermeneutics / Featured / Exegesis / Uncategorized
by Tommy Keene · Published July 1, 2017 · Last modified July 24, 2018
So how do you figure out what a biblical word means? Drop the word studies, the linguistic magic acts, the etymological rigmarole, and just look it up in a decent lexicon.
Featured / Exegesis / The Christian Life / Christology
by Tommy Keene · Published June 8, 2017 · Last modified July 24, 2018
The OT sacrificial system is a constant reminder that we are not, in fact, “all right.” In fact, as an OT saint approaches the tabernacle, the ceremonial law vividly, repeatedly, and consistently proclaims “you’re not welcome here.” Or, more accurately, “come, but not to close.”
I recently preached on John 19:23-27 at Christ the King. That’s the passage where Jesus gives his mother into the care of the beloved disciple. It was a privilege to consider a “mother’s comfort”...
Hermeneutics / Featured / Exegesis
by Tommy Keene · Published May 18, 2017 · Last modified July 24, 2018
Have you ever noticed that we Christians use some words rather frequently in a religious or spiritual context, but almost never in what we might call “ordinary” life?
Featured / Ecclesiology / The Christian Life / Christology
by Tommy Keene · Published February 6, 2017 · Last modified July 24, 2018
Though we are pilgrims, like the Israelites of old, seeking a holy rest and a most holy place, nevertheless, we are pilgrims who, unlike Israel, make no pilgrimage.
