The Narrow Path Ministries

Thanks very much, guys. I really appreciate it.

God bless, CThomas

Hello, all. I've been a periodic commenter here. I was hoping some might be willing to extend prayers on behalf of me and my family following my diagnosis with cancer. I'm still not entirely sure quite how bad it is or what the prognosis is but the indications are that it may be fairly advanced. It'...

As I finish up listening to the Second Kings lectures on my interminable commutes back and forth to work each day, I just wanted to thank Steve, very much, for the excellent material that he provides without charge to the public. Steve, you are not only extremely knowledgeable, but also very clear a...

I once asked an Orthodox Jewish rabbi friend of mine for his view of these name meanings. Below are the ones he took issue with and supplied a different meaning. I post this out of interest, but I would certainly not uncritically defer to this friend, who is strongly hostile to the Gospel and has an...

I am not openness myself, but it does seem that knowledge of the past and knowledge of the future are fundamentally different in nature. Knowledge of the past is similar to knowledge of the present. In order to have perfect knowledge of either, one only would only require information about everythi...

Thank you, as always, Matt.

CThomas

Thank you -- I had not read it but found it somewhat helpful. I'll probably need to look for something a little more in depth on this. It strikes me as potentially important, but beset by some difficult questions. My own general instincts are against expansive extra-literal interpretive approaches, ...

As I continue slowly to work through Steve's lectures on the Old Testament, one of the main interpretive issues I find myself wondering about is the whole issue of typology. It is very frequent (and this is obviously common among biblical scholars, and not in any sense specific to Steve) for Steve t...

Thanks for the wise advice, Jepne.

CThomas

Thanks, guys! Paidion, your point raises another issue I've long noticed. The biblical texts place great emphasis on forgiveness in the context of a wrongdoer coming to the victim and asking for forgiveness, but in my limited experience, this is extremely rare. I find that it is almost never the cas...