Roger Severino

Category: Discipleship

MOSES: GOD RESCUES HIS PEOPLE FROM SLAVERY, Reflections on Exodus 12 and the Passover

November 12, 2015
Last week’s blog focused on God’s promise to Abraham and his descendants. As the story moves along through the rest of Genesis, we learn that this promise goes through Isaac, then through his son, Jacob, later named Israel. Jacob is the father of twelve sons, whose descendants become known as the, “twelve tribes of Israel.” The latter part of...more

ABRAHAM: THE STORY NARROWS IN ORDER TO EXPAND

November 3, 2015
Last week’s blog focused on what is known as the, “fall of man,” Adam and Eve’s disobedience and rebellion towards God. After the debacle of Genesis 3, the storyline gets even worse. We see murder (Gen. 4), the flood as judgment against evil (Gen. 6-8) and defiance of the Creator (Gen. 11). Genesis 12 is a turning point in...more

The Fall: The Story Takes a Downturn Reflections on Genesis 3

October 27, 2015
I think it is helpful to see the Bible as a storyline that tells the story of redemption. Using this approach, we might say that the plot has four primary acts: Creation, Fall, Redemption, and Restoration. The first three chapters of Genesis are so important because we see the first two of these taught explicitly and the third element...more

The Beginning of the Story: Reflections on Genesis 1

October 20, 2015
The beginning of any story is important to lay out the setting, begin the plot, and introduce the main characters. The Bible is no different. The Book of Genesis tells the story of the beginning, not in scientific language, but in Hebrew poetry, recounting the main things we need to know. The Bible does not argue for the existence...more

Jesus is the Main Character of the Whole Bible: Reflections on Luke 24

October 15, 2015
Following the resurrection, Luke’s Gospel tells the account of Jesus walking alongside two travelers on the road to Emmaus. These two were, “Discussing everything that had taken place,” when Jesus came and joined them on their journey, “But they were prevented from recognizing him” (see vv. 14-16). When Jesus inquired of their dispute, the travelers told him, “The things...more

What is the Redemptive-Historical Context?

October 6, 2015
Followers of Jesus cannot read the Bible without understanding that he is the climax of the Bible’s Story and that the Old Testament points ahead to Jesus as the fulfillment of all the types and promises of Scripture. Jesus himself instructed us to read the Bible this way (see Luke 24:25-27; 44-48). WHAT IS THE STORYLINE OF THE BIBLE? ...more

Conclusion: Make Much of Jesus, Reflections on Revelation 1:4-8

October 2, 2015
For the past six months, almost every blog entry has been following our Foundations Bible study called Encountering Christ in Scripture. This series has been a study of the titles, teachings, actions, character, person, and work of Jesus. Most of these themes have been explored from the Gospels, but occasionally we have looked to other New Testament writings to...more

The Trinity: The Basis for Community, Love, and Intimacy with God

September 15, 2015
The Trinity is one of the most difficult teachings of the Christian faith and yet one of the most necessary to affirm. Often, one can detect whether a group or church is part of the historic faith based on whether they affirm or deny the teaching that God eternally exists in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Though...more

A Story Awaiting the Good Shepherd

September 11, 2015
Jeremiah and Ezekiel, Old Testament prophets, employ the metaphor of Israel’s leaders being shepherds and the people as being sheep. In both Jeremiah 23 and Ezekiel 34, the shepherds are condemned for how they treated the flock. They are accused of destroying and scattering the sheep and not attending to them (Jer. 23:1-2). The shepherds slaughtered the sheep, clothed...more
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