The Butterfly Effect: How Biblical Theology Makes Systematic Theology More or Less Biblical
How are exegetical decisions like butterflies? While a single one may not make a huge difference, they can add up to make quite the impact!
Ethics through Covenant: A Primer on Progressive Covenantalism and Moral Theology (Part 3)
Does Jesus create a new ethic in the New Covenant? Progressive Covenantalism helps us see the answer is no. Instead, Jesus reveals a greater horizon for the ethic present throughout all of Scripture.
Ethics through Covenant: A Primer on Progressive Covenantalism and Moral Theology (Part 2)
Is a non-Christian truly married, or does marriage only exist for Christians? Progressive Covenantalism helps us to answer ethical questions such as these.
Ethics through Covenant: A Primer on Progressive Covenantalism and Moral Theology (Part 1)
As Christians seek to apply Scripture to the ethical questions of daily life, progressive covenantalism provides an interpretive framework that helps produce a unified, comprehensive, and biblical morality.
Typological Reading Versus Typological Writing (Part Two)
When we rewind the tape and look at the Old Testament from our New Testament perspective, we see that the story really was about Jesus all along.
Typological Reading Versus Typological Writing (Part One)
As readers, we do not have authority to view a text through any interpretive lens of our choosing. When we speak of typology then, we do not speak of an optional tool by which we can analyze Scripture. Rather, we refer to the Spirit-inspired patterns woven into the text itself.
2.40 Stephen Wellum, David Schrock, Trent Hunter • Interview • “What is Progressive Covenantalism? Part 1”
The ultimate storyline of the Bible finds its fulfillment in Jesus Christ, but how does this story develop and advance? It does so through the unfolding of various covenants which progressively reveal God’s redemptive plan for his people.
The Differences Between Typology and Allegory
Is typology a twin of allegory? A distant cousin? Or something far different?
How to Interpret the Covenants and the Nature of Typology: A Companion Article
To rightly interpret the Bible, we must read it on its own terms. This means paying careful attention to the covenantal structure of Scripture and its various promise-shaped types.
2.39 Stephen Wellum • Reading • “What is Progressive Covenantalism? Part 1”
The ultimate storyline of the Bible finds its fulfillment in Jesus Christ, but how does this story develop and advance? It does so through the unfolding of various covenants which progressively reveal God’s redemptive plan for his people.
What is Progressive Covenantalism? Part 1
The ultimate storyline of the Bible finds its fulfillment in Jesus Christ, but how does this story develop and advance? It does so through the unfolding of various covenants which progressively reveal God’s redemptive plan for his people.
The Hermeneutical Problem of Genesis 1–11
In order to rightly understand the Bible, we must read it on its own terms. Failure to do so yields only unfaithful interpretation.
