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Dr. Nicholas G. Piotrowski ..read more

Dr. Nicholas G. Piotrowski ..read more

In the spring of this year our students were deeply blessed to have Dr. Michael Morales come teach our Pentateuch course. It is no exaggeration to say that Dr. Morales is one of the world’s preeminent OT scholars today. And during his time here he was also the feature speaker at our symposium called, “The Wilderness Encampment: A Key to Understanding the Book of Numbers.” Dr. Morales is writing a commentary on Numbers so we were able to hear his fresh insights on the book, and why it’s so important to biblical theology. You can view the lecture above. I know you’ll be edified!  Dr. Morales i ..read more

On the cross Jesus redeems his people. He rescues us from our sins—both the consequence and the dominion of sins. But that is not all we can say. There are many, many dimensions to understanding sin and its effects, and so there are many, many dimensions to our salvation. In short, Jesus accomplished a lot on the cross. And the same is true for the resurrection. The fact that Jesus was historically raised back to life has all kinds of implications for our world today. In April of this year I was blessed to share some of my understanding of what Jesus accomplished in the cross and resurrection ..read more

ITS welcomed Dr. Brandon Crowe who spoke about the centrality of the resurrection in the Acts of the Apostles. He explored the theological implications of Jesus' resurrection in early Christianity and helped us more clearly understand the purpose of Acts in the context of the New Testament ..read more

Next month we will host Dr. Michael Morales for our spring symposium. His topic will be Israel’s encampment in the wilderness. He is truly a worldclass expert on the tabernacle’s significance both for the writings of Moses and the entire Bible. To prepare us for this, our blog this month focuses on the exodus event. I recently wrote the entry “The Exodus” in the new Dictionary of the New Testament Use of the Old Testament, edited by G. K. Beale, D. A. Carson, Benjamin L. Gladd, and Andrew David Naselli.   Below is a link to just the first part of that entry where I delineate how the exod ..read more

This address by Dr. Nicholas Piotrowski was given to new seminarians at the very first ITS Convocation held in September, 2023. Download the PDF here. “If You Have to be a Fool, Be the Wisest Fool” Dr. Nicholas Piotrowski 1 Corinthians 1:17–30 ITS Convocation, Indpls, IN September 8, 2023   1 Corinthians 1:17–25   17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect. 18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of Go ..read more

Mark 13 is commonly called "The Olivet Discourse." In that chapter (also in Matthew 24 and Luke 21) Jesus sits on the Mount of Olives and tells his disciples of the coming destruction of the Jerusalem Temple (which then occurred almost 40 years later). Yet, it also seems that Jesus is speaking of his return at the end of the age (which of course has not happened yet). So which is it? What is the primary focus of Mark 13? Scholars have much debated this, and major theological implications have resulted. But is it possible that there is still something else Jesus is talking about? And is it poss ..read more