Tag: Pentecost
Easter Day: Exodus 15 and Acts 2:22-32
April 11th: Leviticus 23 and Mark 7:24—8:10
February 29th: 2 Kings 2 and Luke 24:44-53
Theopolis Podcast: The Fourth Word (Ten Words)

Peter Leithart and I continue the latest Theopolis podcast series on the Ten Words, focusing this week upon the fourth word—concerning the Sabbath.
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Theopolis Podcast: How to Read the Bible Typologically

This is the second of my talks on reading the Bible, which I recently delivered in Twin Cities area. You can listen to the first here.
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Theopolis Podcast: Sinai and Pentecost (Ten Words)

In light of the fact that we are in the season of Pentecost, Peter Leithart and I thought that it would be good to do a podcast exploring the connection between Pentecost and Sinai in our series on the Ten Words.
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Talks on Pentecost
Over this past weekend, I had the privilege of spending a few days with Cornerstone Reformed Church in Carbondale, IL, where I explored the subject of Pentecost for their 2019 Easter Conference, in preparation for the coming season. You can listen to the five talks, a sermon, and a Q&A session here:
Interpreting Pentecost
Four Lenses on Pentecost
Unworking Babel
Revisiting Sinai
Making a Prophet
Sermon: The Death of Judas and the Reign of Christ
Q&A Session
What’s the Pastoral Use of Typology?
I very much appreciate your keen eye for typology and the like. As a pastor, I continually find myself thinking “That’s cool. So what?” I know that’s what many of my parishioners are thinking, so I try to show the importance and application of intertextual connections. I’d very much like to hear your reflections on the pastoral value of typology.
Numerology
Can you present some guidelines for a responsible handling of Biblical numerology? Many numerologists go way overboard, and many sober-minded theologians reject its use wholesale. Can you inject some moderation into this?