In today’s individualistic culture, many professing Christians believe they can have a relationship with Christ while remaining unaffiliated with any church. However, the historic and biblical understanding of salvation affirms that being a member...
In recent years, the concept of house churches has gained popularity, especially among those who seek a more intimate, organic form of Christian fellowship outside of traditional ecclesial structures. While these gatherings may provide Christian...
Where do we find Jesus in the Old Testament? As the ultimate author of both Old and New Testaments, the Holy Spirit inspired the Bible to serve as one big story, pointing to and finding fulfillment in the person of Jesus. After his resurrection...
I always have a degree of hesitation in addressing this topic, because it can quickly spiral into what Paul warns against in 1 Timothy 4:7: “Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives’ tales; rather, train yourself to be godly. For...
Interestingly, scholars have long debated how the Joseph story fits into the broader Genesis narrative. Unlike the story of Abraham, whose role in the book’s literary structure is more apparent, the Joseph narrative contains fewer explicit...
Welcome to my latest message in the Genesis – Foundations series! In this sermon, we dive deep into the story of Noah’s Ark (Genesis 6) and uncover its profound symbolism. The Ark is more than a tale of animals and a flood; it’s a...
The Old Testament is not a text written in a vacuum. Its stories, laws, and poetic expressions emerged from a world deeply rooted in the cultural, religious, and historical milieu of the ancient Near East (ANE). Understanding the parallels between...
The Leningrad Codex (which you can view here!) is one of the most important manuscripts in biblical studies, serving as the oldest complete copy of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) still in existence. For anyone interested in the Bible’s history...
The claim that the biblical flood narrative in Genesis is merely a repurposing of the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh is not only misleading but fundamentally flawed. While both accounts share structural and thematic similarities—a flood, a boat, the...
The claim that Christianity has hidden historical information, labeled as “forbidden knowledge” by Billy Carson, is not only false but deeply ironic. Carson alleges that the Church and its leaders have suppressed knowledge that...