Desmond Alexander on a Biblical Theology of the City of God

Help Me Teach The Bible

The Gospel Coalition

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4.7 • 760 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2019

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Nancy Guthrie interviews T. Desmond Alexander

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0:36.5	It's striking that the author of Hebrews isn't interested so much in the faith that Abraham has in God,
0:44.3	but his faith is actually focused on the city that will be built by God.
0:51.3	So the thing that Abraham hopes for is actually the city that will be built by God. So the thing that Abraham hopes for is actually the city that will be built by God,
0:58.0	God being the architect and builder of it. Welcome to Help Me Teach the Bible.
1:14.9	I'm Nancy Guthrie.
1:16.2	Help Me Teach the Bible is a production of the gospel coalition,
1:19.1	sponsored by Crossway,
1:20.4	a not-for-profit publisher of the ESV Bible, Christian Books, and Tracks.
1:24.9	Learn more at crossway.org.
1:30.8	It is my joy today to be sitting at Queens University in Belfast, Ireland. I'm at the Union Theological College. And I'm sitting across from
1:38.6	Dr. Desmond Alexander, senior lecturer in biblical studies. Dr. Alexander, I'm so grateful
1:43.8	you made time to talk to me today
1:46.5	and to the listeners of help me teach the Bible. My pleasure to meet with you and to have this
1:51.7	opportunity. You may be familiar with some of Dr. Alexander's works, maybe from Eden to the New Jerusalem,
2:04.6	or from paradise to the promised land, which is an introduction to the Pentateuch. A recent book he wrote for Crossways called Discovering Jesus
2:09.6	Why Four Gospels to portray one person. But I'm here today wanting in particular to talk with him
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