There’s a popular Christian video out right now called “The Gospel in Four Minutes”. I admit that it’s interesting, creative, and even quite sound theologically. However, there is one thing I wish to take up with it. I...
Something that has always struck me about the Gospels is that the disciples always seem to be confused about what Jesus was teaching them. It is almost as if they are always one or two steps behind. The greatest story of this is the climactic moment...
Hi, all. I’m currently in Port-au-Prince, Haiti teaching Exegetical Analysis of the Gospels for Indiana Wesleyan University. This is the reason for lack of posts. I’ll be back in the saddle next week as I return home to Cap-Haitain and...
I’ve been known to point out that the resurrection of Jesus is not about dying and going to heaven, but about the new creation. This theme of new creation is crucial in the gospel accounts and we often times miss it, unfortunately. The goal of...
It is generally accepted that we tend to overlook the things with which we are familiar. I find that when we pause for a moment and lend our attention to the familiar that it is the fundamental things, the things that we take for granted, that are...
This is a great article by Scot McKnight reviewing N.T. Wright’s new book Simply Good News.
John’s gospel is unique in so many ways in comparison to Matthew, Mark and Luke. One of the things making John’s gospel unique is the story of the wedding at Cana; it’s one of my favorite stories in the gospel material. One of the things that I love...
Protestant evangelicalism has inherited a tradition of thinking about the gospel primary in terms of me and my sin crisis. This was the context for Luther’s insightful break through on the idea (that had aways been there in the text) that we’re...
I’ve recently been studying the historical events that transpired between the Old and New Testaments (also known as the Intertestamental Period or Second Temple Judaism). This study has been motivated by the desire to have a clearer image of the...
The start of a year is the time to reflect on history. We remember the highlights of the previous year. The good things, the bad things, and perhaps even the mundane things. Each year we look forward, in light of our past, with new goals in mind...