Tomas Samuel

  Introduction The authority of Scripture is a key issue for the Christian Church in this and every age. Those who profess faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior are called to show the reality of their discipleship by humbly and faithfully obeying God's written Word. To stray from Scripture in faith or conduct is disloyalty to our Master. Recognition of the total truth and trustworthiness of the Holy Scripture is essential to a full grasp and adequate confession of its authority. [1] It’s been said that a table must have at least three legs to stand on. Take away any of the three legs, and it will surely topple. In much the same way, the Christian faith stands on three legs. These three legs are the inspiration, infallibility, and inerrancy of Scripture. Take away one, and like the table, the divine authority of the Christian faith will surely topple. These three “in’s” complement each other, yet each expresses a slightly different distincti...

  According to the  Anchor Bible Dictionary ," exegesis is the process of careful, analytical study of biblical passages undertaken in order to produce useful interpretations of those passages.  Ideally, exegesis involves the analysis of the biblical text in the language of its original or earliest available form."   I believe that Dorsey, in his exegetical basis, tried to declare amazingly and represent different groups with representative positions, arranged sequentially according to their valuation of the law's applicability to the Christian, from lowest to highest. And he showed them through literal exegesis that understanding the verses of the Old and New Testament would lead us to be encumbered by inherent logical fallacies or face the apparent ambivalence of the New Testament on the issue of the law. Accordingly, he introduced his compromise view that in his opinion and mine as well, is more in keeping with the spirit of both the Old Testament and the New ...

  Putting the Bible under a microscope (careful study) should always result in finding ourselves under its microscope, as Scripture changes us more into Christ’s likeness. We engage in exegesis and theology in order to encounter God. We approach humbly and dependently and never with manipulation or force. Biblical interpretation should create servants, not kings. [1] And as Peter said in 2 Peter 1:19: “And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts,” Accordingly we can say that there is a great important relationship of the OT to the NT Christian and we can see that obviously in many ways, it is hard to mention them all, so I will mention only 1 of them with some focus. 1.      The Old Testament substantially influences our understanding of key biblical teachings. [2] By the end of the Law...

God Style:  When I read Genesis 1, I stopped at "  The earth was without form and void" Gen 1:2 because I saw that God had a sequence in dealing with things that are different from our line; human beings always want to fill the emptiness then form the boarders or the space that they want to work in. For example, we want to fill the void in our hearts before trying to ask how we will fill it; we want to marry before we ask what it means to be married, to have kids before we know how we will grow them up, and to talk theology before even we know what theology do we have? Accordingly, I learned today from Genesis that formation comes before filling up; God formed the earth and then filled it up with his creation. He started even with non-organic creations before he went to the organic ones. He formed everything before Mankind got created. Roots of Freedom: I also focused on the freedom God has given to Adam, which is driven by the verse,  “Let us make man in our image, ...

  The past decade and a half have witnessed a tremendous amount of progress in evangelical scholarship on Biblical theology. Gabler claimed that a Biblical theology conceived along these lines would provide the historical and rational scientific framework enabling systematic theology to relate Biblical truths to contemporary life and thought. At its core, Gabler’s distinction between Biblical and systematic theology marks an important foundation stone to this day. Biblical theology is an essentially historical discipline calling for an inductive and descriptive method. A distinction between Biblical and systematic theology needs to be maintained carefully if we are to provide an accurate description of the theology of the Biblical writers themselves. Some of us may find this to be a truism hardly worth stating. But as a survey of the last decade of Biblical theological research can show, the need to ground Biblical theology in careful historical work; to conceive of the disciplin...

  Not in my opinion; however, during the last century, many Old Testament theologians tried to show that the Old Testament was organized around a central theme. The origin of the concept that the Old Testament can be studied according to one central theme is usually traced to Walther Eichrodt, who organized his study of the Old Testament around the theme of “covenant”. Since his time, many other scholars have put forward suggestions as to what the central theme of the Old Testament might be. Below are some of these proposed central themes and the names of some of the scholars who support particular themes as central. The Concept Covenant: Walther Eichrodt. God the ruling Lord: Ludwig Köhler, H. Seebass. God’s communion with the human race: T. C. Vriezen. God who acts: G. E. Wright. Presence and action of God: Edmond Jacob. Obedience to Yahweh the one God: Walther Zimmerli. God’s sovereignty and communion with humans: Georg Fohrer. Holiness of God: J. Hanel, E. Sel...