Brian Davidson
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Notes and Reflections on Damion Searls' Philosophy of Translation brianwdavidson.com/2025/11/28/n...
Notes and Reflections on Damion Searls’ Philosophy of Translation
The Thanksgiving break afforded me the opportunity to finish a handful of books, one of which is The Philosophy of Translation by Damion Searls (Yale University Press, 2024). A friend gave me this …
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November 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Notes and Reflections on Damion Searls' Philosophy of Translation brianwdavidson.com/2025/11/28/n...
Elihu Prepares the Way of the LORD brianwdavidson.com/2025/11/27/e...
Elihu Prepares the Way of the LORD
In Job 32–37, Elihu prepares the way of the LORD, kind of like John the Baptist does Jesus. In both message and tone, Elihu sets the stage for the appearance of Yahweh. Recognizing how Elihu and Ya…
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November 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Elihu Prepares the Way of the LORD brianwdavidson.com/2025/11/27/e...
Read Job with Reference to the Torah and Prophets brianwdavidson.com/2025/11/25/r...
Read Job with Reference to the Torah and Prophets
In Job 15, Eliphaz speaks with a perspective that sounds remarkably like Genesis and the Prophets. I think it’s good and right to read Job 15 and reflect on the creation accounts in Genesis 1–2, th…
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November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Read Job with Reference to the Torah and Prophets brianwdavidson.com/2025/11/25/r...
Bauckham on 2 Peter is such a high quality commentary, one of my all time favorites, alongside France on Matthew and Mark, Gorman and Schreiner on Romans, Oswalt and McConville on Isaiah.
It's hard to believe Bauckham wrote it 42 years ago.
It's hard to believe Bauckham wrote it 42 years ago.
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Bauckham on 2 Peter is such a high quality commentary, one of my all time favorites, alongside France on Matthew and Mark, Gorman and Schreiner on Romans, Oswalt and McConville on Isaiah.
It's hard to believe Bauckham wrote it 42 years ago.
It's hard to believe Bauckham wrote it 42 years ago.
The Path to Jesus brianwdavidson.com/2025/11/09/t...
The Path to Jesus
What would Peter say at the end of his life, when he knew that death was imminent? We heard Paul speak like this in 2 Timothy, and Peter frames his opening exhortation in 2 Peter, the first fifteen…
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November 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The Path to Jesus brianwdavidson.com/2025/11/09/t...
Sarah's Imperfect and Commendable Faith brianwdavidson.com/2025/11/02/s...
Sarah’s Imperfect and Commendable Faith
Hebrews 11:11 is exhibit 999 that in the Bible true faith is not perfect faith. By faith also Sarah, though barren, received power to give birth, even in old age, because she considered the one who…
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November 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Sarah's Imperfect and Commendable Faith brianwdavidson.com/2025/11/02/s...
Grab the Heel brianwdavidson.com/2025/10/25/g...
Grab the Heel
Grab the heel The shin hits steel Dark’s the light at story start Esau’s strong but Jacob’s smart Birthright blessing constant fussing Hooks in every word discussing Mama knows and plays along Dadd…
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October 26, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Grab the Heel brianwdavidson.com/2025/10/25/g...
Cosmic Reasoning in Psalms 74–75 brianwdavidson.com/2025/10/25/c...
Cosmic Reasoning in Psalms 74–75
Our imaginations are often so weak. They limit our creativity and our faith, even our ability to have fun and enjoy life. The type of reasoning we see in Psalm 74 and 75 is refreshing. These words …
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October 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Cosmic Reasoning in Psalms 74–75 brianwdavidson.com/2025/10/25/c...
Paul’s Heartache brianwdavidson.com/2025/10/20/p...
Paul’s Heartache
The words of 2 Timothy 4 offer wisdom that unique to this book. Paul is at the end of life, and we get to listen to how he talks to his closest friend. Sure, we get to listen to Jesus talk to close…
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October 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Paul’s Heartache brianwdavidson.com/2025/10/20/p...
Egypt: Blessed and Bought brianwdavidson.com/2025/10/19/e...
Egypt: Blessed and Bought
It’s always striking to read Isaiah 19 and hear these words: In that day, Israel will be one of three with Egypt and Assyria … Blessed is Egypt my people, Assyria the work of my hands, and Isr…
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October 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Egypt: Blessed and Bought brianwdavidson.com/2025/10/19/e...
The Forgotten One Forgets brianwdavidson.com/2025/10/19/t...
The Forgotten One Forgets
Genesis makes clear two things about Joseph: (1) He was betrayed, misunderstood, slandered, and suffered for a long time, and (2) Yahweh was with him through the whole process. In the end, much lik…
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October 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The Forgotten One Forgets brianwdavidson.com/2025/10/19/t...
The Meta-Perspective in the Conclusion to Jacob's Story brianwdavidson.com/2025/10/18/t...
The Meta-Perspective in the Conclusion to Jacob’s Story
It’s so easy to identify with Jacob in Genesis. He develops from a snake-like schemer (Gen 27) to one who bargains with God when it’s convenient (Gen 28). He’s a sufferer who reaps what he sows (Ge…
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October 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The Meta-Perspective in the Conclusion to Jacob's Story brianwdavidson.com/2025/10/18/t...
The Glorification of Font brianwdavidson.com/2025/10/11/t...
The Glorification of Font
Colossians 4:18 highlights the personal nature of how God’s word and presence comes to his people. Paul says in the last verse of the book, “The greeting is by my own hand, the hand of Paul. Rememb…
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October 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The Glorification of Font brianwdavidson.com/2025/10/11/t...
Hope for Clay Jars and Tin Cans brianwdavidson.com/2025/09/27/h...
Hope for Clay Jars and Tin Cans
I think it is common for Christians to wonder how the gospel can be true in light of our frail, meager bodies and minds. How can the new creation hope of Christ actually be true now when we are all…
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September 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Hope for Clay Jars and Tin Cans brianwdavidson.com/2025/09/27/h...
Jesus, the Embodiment of OT Hope brianwdavidson.com/2025/09/07/j...
Jesus, the Embodiment of OT Hope
In the first chapter of 1 Corinthians, Paul portrays Jesus as the embodiment of all the hopes of God’s people. He states this poignantly in verse 30: Because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who bec…
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September 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Jesus, the Embodiment of OT Hope brianwdavidson.com/2025/09/07/j...
Teaching the Gospel as Priestly Work brianwdavidson.com/2025/09/06/t...
Teaching the Gospel as Priestly Work
In Romans 15, Paul describes his gospel teaching and preaching as priestly work. Surprisingly, what he offers up to God is people, the nations. I don’t know how many times I’ve read Romans before, …
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September 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Teaching the Gospel as Priestly Work brianwdavidson.com/2025/09/06/t...
The Snake's Demise in Romans brianwdavidson.com/2025/09/01/t...
The Snake’s Demise in Romans
I’m doing a NT read-through that’s focused on how each book uniquely portrays Jesus, and I was struck today by the snake-crusher theme in Romans. There’s a clear reference to this theme in Romans 1…
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September 1, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The Snake's Demise in Romans brianwdavidson.com/2025/09/01/t...
The Heart of the Gospel in Romans 5:1–11 brianwdavidson.com/2025/08/31/t...
The Heart of the Gospel in Romans 5:1–11
The gospel doesn’t change, but the message gets more and more clear as new creation breaks into the world over time. In the last post, I tried to explain how Deuteronomy 1–4 proclaims the gospel of…
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August 31, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The Heart of the Gospel in Romans 5:1–11 brianwdavidson.com/2025/08/31/t...
The Gospel of God with Us in Deuteronomy 1–4 brianwdavidson.com/2025/08/27/t...
The Gospel of God with Us in Deuteronomy 1–4
Moses’s speech in Deuteronomy 1–4 centers on the idea of “God with us.” That is the central idea that holds together the various parts of this opening section. The message is good news, and it’s de…
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August 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The Gospel of God with Us in Deuteronomy 1–4 brianwdavidson.com/2025/08/27/t...
Appealing for Good and for Evil brianwdavidson.com/2025/08/23/a...
Appealing for Good and for Evil
Hebrews 7:25 says, So he is able to save completely those who come to God through him because he lives forever to appeal on their behalf. How are we to imagine the Son appealing to the Father on ou…
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August 24, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Appealing for Good and for Evil brianwdavidson.com/2025/08/23/a...
Who Goes before You in Fire by Night brianwdavidson.com/2025/08/23/w...
Who Goes before You in Fire by Night
Moses characterizes Yahweh as one who went before Israel on the dark path through the wilderness to find a place for them. He went ahead of them with fire (Deuteronomy 1:33). The image of Yahweh go…
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August 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Who Goes before You in Fire by Night brianwdavidson.com/2025/08/23/w...
What it Looks Like to be a Conduit of the Spirit
This post is a collection of notes on places where the Spirit empowers the apostles in Acts to live and speak in ways that look like Jesus.
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This post is a collection of notes on places where the Spirit empowers the apostles in Acts to live and speak in ways that look like Jesus.
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What it Looks Like to be a Conduit of the Spirit
In Acts, we see picture after picture of what it looks like to be the type of person through whom the Spirit flows. It looks remarkably like Jesus, which makes sense because Luke calls the Holy Spi…
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August 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
What it Looks Like to be a Conduit of the Spirit
This post is a collection of notes on places where the Spirit empowers the apostles in Acts to live and speak in ways that look like Jesus.
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This post is a collection of notes on places where the Spirit empowers the apostles in Acts to live and speak in ways that look like Jesus.
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The Haunted World of Acts 27 brianwdavidson.com/2025/08/23/t...
The Haunted World of Acts 27
Acts 27 is so enthralling that it demands my attention in a unique way every time I read it. The experience reminds me of walking through a supposedly haunted place. There’s no Halloween-like ghost…
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August 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The Haunted World of Acts 27 brianwdavidson.com/2025/08/23/t...
The Sermon in Paraphrase brianwdavidson.com/2025/08/20/t...
The Sermon in Paraphrase
Following Jesus in this broken world looks quite different because it means fixing our eyes on God and his other worldly kingdom. There’s hunger and longing, tears and pain (5:2–12), but this is wh…
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August 20, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The Sermon in Paraphrase brianwdavidson.com/2025/08/20/t...
The Spirit of Jesus and His Disciples in Acts brianwdavidson.com/2025/08/14/t...
The Spirit of Jesus and His Disciples in Acts
In Acts 13, there is a clear analogy between the Jesus-disciples relationship we see in the Gospels and the relationship between the Spirit, Paul, and Barnabas. The Spirit’s work through the word s…
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August 15, 2025 at 2:07 AM
The Spirit of Jesus and His Disciples in Acts brianwdavidson.com/2025/08/14/t...