T. Desmond Alexander—The City of God and the Goal of Creation

Episode 135– T. Desmond Alexander—The City of God and the Goal of Creation

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Welcome to the 135th episode of Equipping You in Grace. On today’s episode, Dave Jenkins talks with T. Desmond Alexander about his book The City of God and the Goal of Creation (Crossway, 2018).

What you’ll hear in this episode

How Babel is the antithesis of what God desires for His people.
How Jerusalem as a temple-city fits appropriately with the expectation that God created the earth to be his dwelling place.
The establishment of Jerusalem as God’s royal city and it’s importance to the development in the Old Testament story.
How the theme of Jerusalem transformed unifies the book of Isaiah.
How the New Jerusalem is central to the Prophets end-times expectations.
How the New Testament portrays the temple city on earth.
How understanding the city of God helps Christians grow in their understanding of the gospel and serve the Lord Jesus where He has placed them.
How understanding the city of God helps Christians develop a biblical worldview.

About the Guest

T. Desmond Alexander (PhD, The Queen’s University of Belfast) is senior lecturer in biblical studies and director of postgraduate studies at Union Theological College in Belfast. Alexander is the chairman of the Tyndale Fellowship for Biblical and Theological Research, served as coeditor of The New Dictionary of Biblical Theology, and has written many volumes in the area of biblical theology. T. D. is married to Anne, and they have two adult children.

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Dave Jenkins( Executive Director )

Dave Jenkins is happily married to his wife, Sarah. He is a writer, editor, and speaker living in beautiful Southern Oregon. Dave is a lover of Christ, His people, the Church, and sound theology. He serves as the Executive Director of Servants of Grace Ministries, the Executive Editor of Theology for Life Magazine, the Host and Producer of Equipping You in Grace Podcast, and is a contributor to and producer of Contending for the Word. He is the author of The Word Explored: The Problem of Biblical Illiteracy and What To Do About It (House to House, 2021), The Word Matters: Defending Biblical Authority Against the Spirit of the Age (G3 Press, 2022), and Contentment: The Journey of a Lifetime (Theology for Life, 2024). You can find him on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, or read his newsletter. Dave loves to spend time with his wife, going to movies, eating at a nice restaurant, or going out for a round of golf with a good friend. He is also a voracious reader, in particular of Reformed theology, and the Puritans. You will often find him when he’s not busy with ministry reading a pile of the latest books from a wide variety of Christian publishers. Dave received his M.A.R. and M.Div through Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary.