Digging Out The Ore


Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was one of Scotland’s most famous personalities. He was a writer, poet, a born storyteller, and master of dialogue, and one of the greatest historical novelists, whose favorite subject was his native Scotland. He wrote twenty-seven historical novels, among them, Rob Roy and Ivanhoe, two of the most popular books ever printed,
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even to this day. One of the most influential things he ever wrote, however, was a short quote concerning the esteem he placed on knowledge of the Scriptures. The quote given below has served as “an agenda” for me from the time I heard it as a college student. My Greek professor gave it to his students to inspire them to deeper levels of study and to serve as a model for our lives as biblical students. I have chosen the line, “the more deeply he works the mine” to serve as the title of a collection of biblical studies I have done over the years.

The most learned, acute and diligent student cannot, in the longest life, obtain an entire knowledge of this one volume. The more deeply he works the mine, the richer and more abundant he finds the ore; new light continually beams from this source of heavenly knowledge, to direct the conduct and illustrate the work of God and the ways
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of men; and he will at last leave the world confessing that the more he studied the Scriptures, the fuller conviction he had of his own ignorance and of their inestimable value. - Sir Walter Scott – I use this quote to introduce the following articles written from a scholarly perspective on issues of interest in biblical, exegetical, or theological studies. They are very much like digging ore out of a mine and the data is presented purely to inform the reader’s thinking on the subject under consideration.

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The Presence and Power of God
Critical Thinking
Scholars in the Pulpit
The Spirit in John 3
Jesus as BenAdam
If Indeed You Marry
Matters of Faith Pt 1
Matters of Faith Pt 2
First Century Preaching
Presuppositions
Biblical Interpretation
The Kingdom and Camelot
Purpose of the Torah
The Death of Christ
The Curse of Adam