by David Tinson | Sep 1, 2019 | Tend the Garden
Any promises God has made that have not yet been fulfilled, will be fulfilled in the future. 100% This is a short academic paper on how, in light of the covenantal background, I understand God’s promise to David outlined in 2 Samuel 7. Introduction Throughout...
by David Tinson | May 24, 2019 | Tend the Garden
The Israel of God = God’s faithful people within Israel If you have been following this series, you will have seen that in part 3 I received the interpretational equivalent of a bloodied nose. As a quick reminder, we had taken a look at Romans 2:28-29 and Romans...
by David Tinson | May 20, 2019 | Tend the Garden
The author’s purpose is persuasion Occasionally we will publish academic papers. In this article, our first paper attempts to answer the question, ‘Evaluate the extent to which the structure of hebrews facilitates the author’s purpose?’ We hope that...
by David Tinson | Jan 1, 2019 | Tend the Garden
Reading something into the text (eisegesis) is a serious error of interpretation In part 2 of this series, we saw how there are quite a few verses in the New Testament that we can use to support replacement theology. I briefly mentioned Romans 2:28-29, Romans 9:6,...
by David Tinson | Dec 27, 2018 | Tend the Garden
An open-and-shut case? Part of the beauty of the Christian life is the rich diversity of theological positions subscribed to by our brothers and sisters in Christ. In the first post of this series we introduced one that is very popular – replacement theology...
by David Tinson | Sep 22, 2018 | Tend the Garden
Last month I decided to spend some time having a look at replacement theology. But before we do that, I thought it would be helpful to write an article asking the question, what is replacement theology? Too often we simply assume that everyone knows what terms such as...
