God’s purposes for national Israel must be distinguished from his provision of salvation for individual Jewish people. Scripture gives national Israel an important place in prophetic and providential history, but it reveals only one means of redemption following the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Jews and non-Jews alike must…
Sadducean and Pharisaic Reckoning in the Chronology of Passion Week Thesis. The apparent Passion Week chronological difference between John and the Synoptic Gospels can be clarified by recognizing two concurrent first-century reckonings: a sunrise-based Temple chronology associated with the Sadducean priesthood and a sunset-based reckoning associated with the Pharisees. Luke’s…
Respecting What God Has Concealed Biblical authority requires more than accepting what Scripture reveals. It also requires respecting the limits Scripture places upon human inquiry. The book of Daniel states that certain prophecies were sealed until an appointed time, while Ecclesiastes 3:11 states that humanity cannot discover God’s work from…
A Hermeneutical Question for Those Who Favorthe Traditional Interpretations of Daniel 9 The Hebrew prophet Daniel concludes his book with an extraordinary statement concerning his own prophecies: “But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro,…
The question of whether same-sex attraction itself is sinful has become an important topic within the Christian church in recent years. Some pastors and teachers argue that merely experiencing homosexual attraction is a sin. Others maintain that Scripture condemns only same-sex lust and sexual behavior, not the experience of attraction…
Who is Jesus—and why would a loving God allow him to die on a cross for you and me? Why Jesus? invites readers to explore that question with clarity, respect, and an open heart. Rather than arguing religion, the book follows the story the Bible itself tells—the story of humanity…
Edwin R. Thiele (1895–1986) was one of the most influential figures in twentieth‑century biblical chronology. Born in Chicago, he was educated in ancient languages and biblical archaeology, and spent twelve years as a Seventh‑day Adventist missionary in China before pursuing graduate studies at the University of Chicago. He received his…
A Discussion of Chronological Method in Evangelical Scholarship Conservative biblical scholarship has long affirmed the authority and inerrancy of Scripture as a foundational doctrine. In recent decades, it has so so while simultaneously employing interpretive devices—such as undocumented co-regencies and conjectural scribal error to resolve chronological tensions in the regnal…
The word “time” (Hebrew עִדָּן ʿiddān) plays a pivotal role in the Book of Daniel. It is not used as a vague or symbolic expression, but as a chrono-specific unit embedded within a sequence of prophecies whose fulfillment must correspond exactly with verifiable history. Understanding its meaning requires tracing how…
For more than half a century, Edwin Thiele’s The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings has been treated as the standard solution to the chronological problems posed by the regnal data in the biblical text. His work is widely respected, frequently cited, and often assumed to have “solved” the difficulties…