“Imprecatory psalms. Imprecatory psalms (Ps 12; 35; 52; 57—59; 69; 70; 83; 109; 137; 140) are usually lament psalms where the writer’s bitterness and desire for vindication are especially predominant. This leads to such statements as Psalm 137:8- 9, “[Happy… — Grant R. Osborne Copy Share
“They have been fulfilled in Christ, so we must determine their theological purposes and apply them to current situations. We need holiness and a… — Grant R. Osborne Copy Share Image
“Indeed, the Bible has been cast adrift from its moorings and left to float on a sea of modern relativity. The “play” of meanings in the stories is seen to be open-ended, and modern readers must construct their own interpretation. Rhoads and Michie thus call Mark “a literary creation with an autonomous integrity” existing independently from any resemblance to the… — Grant R. Osborne Copy Share
“Imprecatory psalms. Imprecatory psalms (Ps 12; 35; 52; 57—59; 69; 70; 83; 109; 137; 140) are usually lament psalms where the writer’s bitterness and desire for vindication are especially predominant. This leads to such statements as Psalm 137:8- 9, “[Happy is] he who seizes your infants / and dashes them against the rocks.” Such statements are shocking to modern sensitivities… — Grant R. Osborne Copy Share
“Jesus said, “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them” (Mt 5:17). Yet Paul could say, “Christ is the end of the law” (Rom 10:4); “you also died to the law through the body of Christ” (Rom 7:4); and “Now that faith has… — Grant R. Osborne Copy Share
“God created the world in the way that he saw fit, and humans should not question the divinely appointed order. All wisdom literature, not… — Grant R. Osborne Copy Share Image
“Our task is to decipher the meaning of the historical-theological text in biblical narrative, not to reconstruct the original event.” — Grant R. Osborne Copy Share Image
“God’s justice transcends human frailty, and our duty is to await his answers. Rather than assume the right to determine the laws of God’s… — Grant R. Osborne Copy Share Image
