I’m currently reading parashat vayigash (Genesis 44:18-47:27). What an incredible story. This story, as the culmination of the various patriarchal episodes, has its finger on the pulse of the theological message, or “sermon”, of the book of...
The Christian season of Advent celebrates and remembers the coming of God to His people via the incarnation. One of the recurring themes found in the Hebrew prophets is God’s promise to come and dwell with His covenantal people. There is a certain...
The story of Moses is rich with lessons of leadership. As a leader, Moses exemplifies, patience, grace, justice, discipline, charisma, theological stimulation, fidelity, and the list goes on. There are other critical dynamics of Mosaic leadership...
I’d like to respond to this question by first rewording it a bit. Rather than responding to the question, “How much of the Bible should a person know before accepting Jesus as their Savior?”, I would like to respond to the question, “How much of...
This post, by no means claiming to be exhaustive, suggests three reasons why evangelism and the topic of revelation are necessarily connected: (1) because of the nature of the person of Jesus Christ, (2) because of the nature of the Gospel, and (3)...
“My Lord and my God!” What a statement for Thomas, or any person for that matter, to make. I find the occasion for Thomas’ confession of Jesus’ divinity interesting. Of all the time that Thomas spent by Jesus’ side while he taught, healed and even...
Preface: This is the first part of a series on the limits of human logic in Christian faith. There will be more to come. I’ve always had a keen interest in the wisdom literature of the Hebrew Bible. Even before receiving the gift of faith, my...
So, I had an interesting debate today with a potential adjunct professor. Knowing that he was of the Calvinist tradition, I probed a bit. I asked him first if he embraced 5-Point Calvinism. As he looked a bit baffled and confused (assumingly because...
C.S. Lewis’ thought life continues to amaze me. He was decades ahead of his time in many ways by addressing issues that are the center of the theologically competent mind today. In his letter “The Weight of Glory”, Lewis addresses...
An Exegetical-Theological Analysis of Philippians 2:6-11[1] 6 who, although in the form of God existed, did not count equality with God something to be grasping at, 7 but emptied himself[2], taking the form of a servant, in becoming as the likeness...