Summer in the Sayings of Jesus – Week 1
June 11, 2022
“What do you want?” John 1:38 https://youtu.be/L-XR7E7xjWE
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New Testament
Drunk in the Spirit
November 17, 2021
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 …
Rejection
September 27, 2021
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 …
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Is the God of the Old Testament the Same as the God the New Testament?
September 20, 2021
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 …
No Idolatry: It’s Too Small
August 28, 2021
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") …
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Jesus’s Baptism and the Holy Spirit
July 10, 2021
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 …
Jesus Didn’t Baptize. Why?
July 9, 2021
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 …
Crazy Drunk People
November 15, 2020
First Samuel 1 tells the story of Hannah, who is ridiculed by her husband's other wife (Peninah) because she can't have children. It's likely that the only reason her husband …
Don’t Despair. His Presence is Near
November 14, 2020
Psalms 74 and 75 speak to one another. In Psalm 74 we hear a desperate cry for help. The unthinkable happened when the Babylonians destroyed the Jerusalem temple. The psalmist in …