Dr. Poythress recently appeared on the Optiv Network to discuss, “How Does the Old Testament Point Towards Christ ..read more

Dr. Poythress was recently interviewed on Exposit the Word regarding his book Making Sense of the World: How the Trinity Helps to Explain Reality ..read more

This article appeared originally at The Inerrant Word, a ministry of Clay R. Sidenbender (the CRS below), and is used by permission. In October of 1978, a group of 334 evangelical christian leaders from many different denominations and churches came together to formulate the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy (CSBI). The conference was put on by the International Council on Biblical Inerrancy (ICBI), which was an organization that existed from 1978 to 1988. The CSBI set out to define the authority of Scripture in a time when the historic understanding of the Bible’s authority was under at ..read more

Signs that Point to Jesus The Old Testament contains “types,” that is, symbolic personages and things and events that point forward to fulfillment, especially the climactic fulfillment in Christ. Some types are obvious because the New Testament talks about them at length. For example, the priesthood of Aaron and his sons, described in the Mosaic law, is fulfilled in the heavenly priesthood of Christ, according to Hebrews 5–10. The Passover feast, commemorating God’s deliverance of Israel from Egyptian slavery, is fulfilled in the death of Christ, the Passover lamb: “For Christ, our Passover la ..read more

MAY 4, 2023 By Editor (Edit) How to Study the Old Testament for Signs of Christ Believers read Scripture to follow Christ and deepen their relationship with him. But since a majority of the Bible was written before Jesus’s life and death on the cross, many people rely on the Old Testament for historical context and moral guidance alone. However, when studied in detail, we see how even the Old Testament reveals Christ as the center of God’s plan for redemption. Biblical Typology examines how the Old Testament foreshadows Christ, the church, and the consummation through types ..read more

Vern Poythress recently joined Andy on the Optiv Podcast to discuss his book, The Miracles of Jesus: How the Savior’s Mighty Acts Serve as Signs of Redemption (which is available freely on the ebooks page). Audio link here ..read more

A paper presented at the ETS annual meeting, Nov. 14–16, 2023, at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, TX. 2023 November 14, 2:50 pm, Convention Center Room 301A. It is a revision of a prepublication chapter 29 from a manuscript on the biblical teaching on humanity, Making Sense of Man: Enriching Classical Theology of Humanity with Biblically Based Perspectives. Abstract How do we assess the strengths and weaknesses of various analogies used to try to define free agency and to understand it? And what is free agency? We want to focus on the use of various analogies, rather than ..read more

The following is a chapter-length excerpt from John Frame’s Concise Systematic Theology, used by permission from P&R Publishers. GOD, THREE IN ONE Abstract God is One, but he exists in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We will explore the biblical basis for this statement and the various discussions about this topic in the early church. In chapter 2, I said that Scripture presents God to us in three ways: by narrating his actions, by giving us authoritative descriptions of him, and by giving us a glimpse of his inner triune life. We looked at the first two of these all too brief ..read more

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Beginning students of theology and church leaders looking for a theological refresher or teaching tool will welcome this remarkably clear introduction to the doctrines of Scripture. In an almost conversational style, Concise Systematic Theology (formerly Salvation Belongs to the Lord) explores all the major biblical truths, explains key terms of systematic theology, and reflects on their implications and connections under the lordship of Christ. Related audio lectures are available here on Frame-Poythress.org: https://frame-poythress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/FrameJohnConciseSy ..read more