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Dr. Phillip G. Ryken earned a master of divinity degree from Westminster Theological Seminary and a doctorate in historical theology from the University of Oxford. Ryken joined the pastoral staff at Tenth Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Philadelphia in 1995, and became the senior minister when Dr. James Boice died in 2000. He’s currently the president of Wheaton College.

Ryken has published more than 30 books, including The Message of Salvation (InterVarsity, 2001); City on a Hill: Recovering the Biblical Pattern for the Church in the 21st Century (Moody Press, 2003); Ryken's Bible Handbook, with Leland Ryken and Jim Wilhoit (Tyndale, 2005); Art for God's Sake: A Call to Recover the Arts (P&R, 2006); and expository commentaries on Exodus, Jeremiah, Luke, and other books of the Bible.

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In the next installment, we discuss Luke 1: 68-79, Zechariah’s Benedictus.

Please post this, too, when it shows up.

"Now may thy servant, Lord
According to thy word..."

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“Which, of course, makes us wonder how God worked in Mary’s life:.....”

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The same way God inspired Isiah to write about the Suffering Servant some 6 centuries before it actually happened. God’s ways are not our ways, thank God.

Isiah must have scratched his head in utter disbelief after reading what he wrote. And that goes with all the prophets.