Greetings, readers! Here is a link to my newly published article on being drunk in the Holy Spirit. Abstract There are a number of New Testament passages that associate the concepts …
John the Baptist’s ministry was to “prepare the way of the Lord, to make his paths straight.” What does this mean? As we read on, we learn that John had …
I wanted to share this very interesting article by Michael J. Rhodes, OT lecturer at Carey Baptist College. Rhodes starts the article referencing the "Slave Bible," which was a highly …
When God's people are unfaithful or fail, it does not mean that God fails. This is the lesson of the story of the Philistines who capture the ark of the …
Included in the story of Jesus’s birth is the detail that after he was born, Mary “wrapped him in cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no …
Since Jesus affirms the inspiration of the Old Testament, how do we reconciled what seems to be a wrathful God in the Old Testament, yet a kind, loving, and gracious …
The Bible is adamant that we not make idols (images or representations of God). The holiness of God is what’s behind the Bible’s strong prohibition against making idols.[1] God is so completely other than (i.e., "holy") …
This is an excerpt from a forthcoming book on the Holy Spirit. The Bible as the Community's Witness of God’s Revelation The cornerstone principle in our view of the Scriptures is that …
Jesus’s Baptism Matthew 3:16 says, “And when Jesus had been baptized, just as he came up from the water, suddenly the heavens were opened to him and he saw the Spirit of …
In John 4:1, John goes out of his way to tell readers that Jesus didn’t baptize anyone. Why is this? First, John the Baptist tells his audience that he baptizes with …