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Brian Tabb

Brian Tabb is academic dean and professor of biblical studies at Bethlehem College & Seminary, general editor of Themelios, and author of multiple books, including After Emmaus and All Things New. He and his wife, Kristin, have four children and are members of Bethlehem Baptist Church.

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2023 Godward Life Panel

2023 Godward Life Panel

What do we learn from David’s unusual friendship with Jonathan? What about from his repentance after Bathsheba? Conference speakers address questions about the great (and complicated) king.

All Things New: When Our Long Night Will End

All Things New

When Our Long Night Will End

In this world, all new things soon become old. In the world to come, all things will be made new — and stay new forever.

Taught by Jesus: Seeing All Scripture Through the Book of Acts

Taught by Jesus

Seeing All Scripture Through the Book of Acts

How can Christians learn to see and preach Christ faithfully from the Old Testament? We can begin by learning from the apostles what they learned from Christ himself.

Hope Emerged Unbreakable: The Empty Tomb as the Hinge of History

Hope Emerged Unbreakable

The Empty Tomb as the Hinge of History

When Jesus broke out of the empty tomb, the future age of life, restoration, and joy broke into our present age of death, brokenness, and sadness.

Christ Will Come to Judge: What We Still and Will Believe

Christ Will Come to Judge

What We Still and Will Believe

God mercifully sent his Son first not as a warrior king but as a humble king. At his second coming, however, Christ will establish and execute true justice.

God’s Answer to Human Suffering: The Cross of Christ and Problem of Pain

God’s Answer to Human Suffering

The Cross of Christ and Problem of Pain

The greatest answer to the problem of human suffering is not a philosophical argument, but the cross of Jesus Christ.

He Spent His Last Night Singing: The Melody of Maundy Thursday

He Spent His Last Night Singing

The Melody of Maundy Thursday

On the night before he died, feeling the awful weight of sin and knowing all the agony he would suffer, Jesus gathered his friends and sang.

We Have Something of Heaven: A Theology of Joy in Revelation

We Have Something of Heaven

A Theology of Joy in Revelation

Christians have a better hope than anything this world can offer: a final deliverance, a decisive victory, a spectacular wedding, and a secure home.

The Unexpected God: How He Meets Us in Disappointment

The Unexpected God

How He Meets Us in Disappointment

God may not give us what we expect, but if you are in Christ, you can be sure that what he gives will be better than what you wanted.

Rejoice Even Though

Rejoice Even Though

Facing the Challenges to Joy

The Bible promises us fullness of joy, calling us to rejoice at all times in all things. But where do we find joy like that in the midst of real problems?

Think It Not Strange

Think It Not Strange

Navigating Trials in the New America

A diverse team of contributors joins together to help Christians prepare for the trials, opposition, and even persecution that may lie ahead.

Timing Isn’t Everything

Timing Isn’t Everything

We focus a great deal of attention on the clock and the calendar, from the time our alarm clocks go off — “When is the report due?” “When are we meeting the Smiths for dinner?”

More Than an Afterthought: Six Reasons Jesus’s Ascension Matters

Have you marked your calendar for Ascension Day on May 9? How many of us have even heard of Ascension Day? Or perhaps just a sermon about Jesus’s ascension into heaven? It is impossible to overstate the importance of Good…

Psalm 1: When Delight Overcomes Distraction

Psalm 1:1–2, Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and…

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