The Christ of the Prophets, O. Palmer Robertson captures the passion and purpose of their extraordinary writings. After examining the origins of prophetism, the prophets’ call, and their proclamation and application of law and covenant, Robertson devotes special attention to the biblical-theological significance of the exile. Viewing that phenomenon through the lens of several prophets, he dr…
Someone once said, "The past is another country - they do things differently there. "At times, indeed, the Old Testament resembles another very different country. Maneuvering through levitical laws, bloodshed in Joshua, or Daniel's apocalyptic visions, sincere readers often wonder what the Old The New International Commentary on the Old Testament has helped countless people traverse this diffic…
What is a covenant? Asking for a definition of "covenant" is like asking for a definition of "mother." A mother may be defined as the person who brought you into the world. That definition may be correct formally. But who would be satisfied with such a definition? Scripture clearly testifies to the significance of the divine covenants. God has entered repeatedly into covenantal relationships wi…
A call for freshness, spontaneity and life in worship has been resounding through the churches of the English-speaking world, together with a desire to hear God speaking here and now to his people. Many have called for a return to the pattern of worship found in 1 Corinthians 14, merging the biblical emphasis of the Reformation with the vitality of the modern Pentecostal and Charismatic movements.
Conservative American churches have been subverted and divided by new theological perspectives and paradigms that pervert and deny the Gospel of justification by faith alone. In this volume, Dr. O. Palmer Robertson details the history of the doctrinal controversy that convulsed Westminster Theological Seminary and one Presbytery in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church from 1975 to 1982. Dr. Robe…
This work focuses on two areas central to the concerns of biblical interpretation today: the significance of God's covenants and the relation of the two testaments. By understanding correctly God's initiatives in establishing covenants in history, a solid foundation will be laid for unravelling the complex question of the relation of the two testaments. Virtually every school of biblical int…
O. Palmer Robertson equips us to see a clear redemptive - historical progression that develops across the five books of Psalms. With the aid of charts in full color, he demonstrates how an intentional structure is indicated by elements such as the placement of acrostic psalms, strategic couplings of Messianic psalms with Torah psalms, and the grouping of psalms by topics. If you love the psalms…