Matt Heerema

Tag: old testament

  • Why We Don’t Want to See The Gospel on Every Page of The Bible

    Last week I mentioned that we ought not seek an allegorical or “moral of the story” from Old Testament passages that we can seek to apply to our life today. (“Dare to be a Daniel!”, “Find your ‘five smooth stones’ to face your ‘Goliath’”, etc). I mentioned that most of us evangelicals have been taught…

  • What’s The Big Deal About Seeing The Gospel on Every Page of The Bible?

    When we are reading a passage from the Old Testament, how should we seek to apply it to our lives? How should we seek to encourage others to live? If “All Scripture is God-breathed and useful” (2 Timothy 3:16-17), what is the right way to use it? When you read a passage of the Old…

  • The Central Message of the Scriptures

    I am currently taking a course on the unity of scripture and the biblical world view offered by BILD called “Covenants”. It is an exciting class in which we strive to discover how the two testaments of the Bible fit together. The third assignment for the class was to take a first crack at writing…