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The Way of Wisdom: Essays in Honor of Bruce K. Waltke is unavailable, but you can change that!

“Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding.”—Proverbs 4:7 (NIV). When a man’s life embodies the pursuit of wisdom, it bears among its fruits the deep love and respect of his family, friends, and colleagues. Bruce K. Waltke is such a man. Wisdom has defined Dr. Waltke, both as one of his personal qualities and as the core of his many years of biblical...

While it seems indisputable that historical contingencies affected unqualified predictions, evangelicals have differed over the breadth of their influence. Did tacit conditions apply only to a small class of unqualified predictions? Or did conditions attach to all of these prophecies? An answer to this question appears in the eighteenth chapter of Jeremiah, which describes the prophet’s experience at the potter’s house. This passage stood against the backdrop of false views concerning the inviolability
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