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Judges portrays Israel as the land of the walking dead, but the book also provides an autopsy. How did the people of the land pass from life to death? The report is dark but deeply hopeful. brianwdavidson.com/2026/02/08/t...
The Judges Autopsy
Judges portrays Israel as the land of the walking dead, but the book also provides an autopsy. What went wrong? How did the people of the land pass from life to death? The author’s report is fronte…
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February 8, 2026 at 3:02 PM
In the book of Judges, a priestly theme runs through the stories to highlight Israel’s descent into death. Jephthah offers up his only child as an ascension offering. This is the death knell. In Judges, Israel becomes the land of the walking dead. brianwdavidson.com/2026/02/07/j...
Jephthah’s Descension Offering
God gave Israel a priesthood and sacrifice rituals to lead them into his life-giving presence. In the book of Judges, a priestly theme runs through the stories to highlight Israel’s descent into de…
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February 8, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Deborah and Barak sing about “God’s righteousness,” and in the context of Judges 5, "righteousness" clearly means God’s mighty acts of salvation. This is one of many places in the Old Testament that helps make sense of Paul’s thesis statement in Romans 1:16–17. brianwdavidson.com/2026/02/07/s...
Singing the Gospel of God’s Righteousness
Deborah and Barak sing about “God’s righteousness,” and in the context of Judges 5, “righteousness” clearly means God’s mighty acts of salvation. This is one of many places in the Old T…
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February 7, 2026 at 4:50 PM
We sometimes think and talk as if cross-bearing is the ultimate goal. It’s not. The cross wasn’t the goal for Jesus, and it’s not the goal for his disciples. Self-denial and cross-bearing is the pathway to the door of resurrection and the goal of new creation. brianwdavidson.com/2026/02/01/s...
Suffering is Not the Goal: Following Jesus into New Creation in Luke 9
We sometimes think and talk as if cross-bearing — following Jesus in self-sacrifice — is the ultimate goal. It’s not. The cross wasn’t the goal for Jesus, and it’s not the goal for his disciples ei…
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February 1, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Luke is showing you that resurrection is not just a metaphor. Through the Messiah’s mission, which includes physical death and physical, bodily resurrection, Israel is being called home, to him. They will follow him through their own death and resurrection. brianwdavidson.com/2026/01/31/l...
Luke 9: The Messianic King is Resurrecting Israel
Who do they say I am? Who do you say I am? Jesus asks his disciples these questions in all three synoptic Gospels (Matt 16:13–20; Mark 8:27–30; Luke 9:18–21), but Luke’s version of this story shows…
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January 31, 2026 at 9:29 PM
For the author of Hebrews, the ability and willingness to think figurally about the Old Testament is desperately important and utterly practical. brianwdavidson.com/2026/01/30/h...
Hebrews: Reading the OT Figurally is Desperately Important
The author of Hebrews makes clear what he is doing with Melchizedek. This is something I was excited to talk to colleagues about today as we prepped a lesson on Jesus’s ascension and priesthood. Ta…
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January 30, 2026 at 11:46 PM
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January 26, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Every time I struggle with a book of Scripture and think, "Ugh. Maybe there really is nothing good to see in this one" I'm proven wrong by lingering over it and rereading. Over the past couple weeks that book has been Zephaniah, but I had a breakthrough today. Blog post incoming, of course.
January 10, 2026 at 8:55 PM