That You May Know Him

Did the New Testament writers take Old Testament passages out of context? Matthew connects Isaiah’s prophecy of a virgin conceiving with the birth of Jesus, while Hebrews applies Jeremiah’s promise of a new covenant to the people of Christ. How do these interpretations relate to what those passages originally meant? In this Bible Q&A clip, Blake explores how the inspired New Testament writers reveal mysteries embedded in Israel’s Scriptures—and why Christ is the key to understanding the ...

📖 About This Episode: Are we saved through faith in Jesus Christ—or through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ? In Galatians 2:20, a small difference in translation opens up a much larger question about how we understand Paul. In this Bible Q&A clip, Blake explores the debate behind “faith in Christ” and “faith of Christ,” explains the competing interpretations in plain language, and considers what each emphasizes about our trust in Jesus and his faithfulness to us. Why do scholars read t...

📖 About This Episode: What happened to the twelve tribes of Israel? Did the ten northern tribes really disappear—or is their story more complicated than the familiar phrase “the ten lost tribes” suggests? In Luke’s Gospel, Anna is identified as a woman from the tribe of Asher. Yet centuries after the Assyrian conquest, she is worshiping at the temple in Jerusalem when Mary and Joseph bring the infant Jesus. How did a descendant of one of the supposedly lost tribes end up there? In this stud...

📖 About This Episode: Did Isaiah actually write the entire book bearing his name? And how could he name Cyrus—the Persian king who would help deliver God’s people—roughly 150 years before it happened? In this Bible Q&A, we examine why many scholars argue for multiple authors of Isaiah and why I find the traditional view of Isaiah’s authorship more persuasive. We consider the book’s historical setting, its literary and theological continuity, and the New Testament’s testimony. We also ex...

📖 About This Episode: Christ has set us free. So why does Paul warn the Galatians that they could be “severed from Christ” and “fallen away from grace”? In this verse-by-verse teaching through Galatians 5:1–15, we examine Paul’s warning against seeking to be right with God through the law—and what it means to stand firm in the freedom Christ has given us. We’ll also see why Christian freedom leads us to serve one another in love. Can you lose your freedom in Christ? Let’s read Paul’s words ...