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Paul, Then and Now: Conclusion to the Interview
This is the third and final instalment of a trilogy on the book, Paul, Then...
July 19, 2022
Paul, Then and Now: The Interview, Part I
In this instalment, I begin my interview with Dr. Matthew Novenson. My previous post provides...
July 17, 2022
Paul, Then and Now
I had to privilege of reviewing the new book by Matthew V. Novenson, entitled Paul,...
July 06, 2022
Which Bible Do Evangelicals Use?
I suppose I’m sort of an insider to questions on which Bible a person should...
June 2022
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Becoming Seven Times Worse than Before: Understanding Matthew 12:43–45
Jesus’s parable about the return of seven spirits is situated after Matthew’s version of blaspheming...
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May 30, 2022
If Scripture Commands Us to “Walk in the Spirit,” How Do We Do This?
One of the Apostle Paul’s repeated sayings is for believers to walk in the Spirit:...
May 22, 2022
Can a Christian Be Demon Possessed?
I was recently asked this question, which is apparently still a live one. There are...
April 2022
April 30, 2022
How to Experience Personal Renewal: 10 Ways
Nehemiah 8–9 gives us some good biblical principles to follow on the subject of spiritual...
April 14, 2022
Do You Criticize the Way Other People Worship?
Worship, renewal, and revivals are not without controversies. Ever since the Great Awakening, and likely...
April 03, 2022
Vice Lists in Paul’s Letters: 5 Observations
The Apostle Paul’s letters contain a number of vice lists. These lists specify vices (sins)...
March 2022
March 26, 2022
5 Problems and Dangers Related to End-Time Speculations
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has sparked on a new round of speculations about the...
March 11, 2022
On Hospitality towards Ukrainians and All People: Lessons from Scripture and Dio Chrysostom
A couple of million people have now fled Ukraine due to the Russian invasion. This...
February 2022
February 27, 2022
What would Righteousness Look Like for Paul’s Original Roman Audience?
We often read into the Bible our own assumptions. This means that we may have...
February 16, 2022
Do Miracles Still Happen? 7 Questions and Answers on Miracles
From Moses parting the Red Sea, to Jesus healing lepers, to the Lady Fatima making...
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January 30, 2022
What was Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh?
In 2 Corinthians 12:7–8 Paul speaks of receiving a “thorn in the flesh.” This problem...
January 16, 2022
Top 10 Commentaries on 2 Corinthians
Second Corinthians is one of Paul’s most complex letters. Biblical interpreters may need to consult...
January 11, 2022
In Christ We Trust: Roman Fides and Christian Faith
Christians are not the only ones who value faith. The Romans considered faith—fides in Latin—to...
January 01, 2022
Don’t Stop Believing: Faith for the New Year
I start this post while watching Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve and seeing a...
December 2021
December 12, 2021
The Gospel According to Spider-Man: There IS a Way Home
The new Spider-Man movie, No Way Home, has come upon us. This film opens up the...
December 11, 2021
Four More Misconceptions about 1 Corinthians
We already read about five misconceptions in 1 Corinthians from my earlier post. Here are...
December 02, 2021
5 Misconceptions about First Corinthians
We often hear Paul’s second largest letter, 1 Corinthians, read at wedding ceremonies. Its famous...
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November 21, 2021
Who is the God of this Age? Five Views of 2 Corinthians 4:4
In 2 Corinthians 4:4 the apostle Paul says: The “god of this age” has blinded...
November 01, 2021
Why Should I Read the Bible Intertextually? Five Reasons
What do I mean by reading the Bible intertextually? And what is intertextuality? The term...
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October 15, 2021
Does the Bible Have a GPS? Professor Robert Mullins Shares His Insights from Atlas of the Biblical World
I had the recent privilege of interviewing Dr. Robert A. Mullins, Professor and Chair of...
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“Put on the Full Armor of God”: Applying Ephesians 6:10-18
Apart from standing firm against malicious forces, we must also put on the armor of...
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Four Views on Fate and Freewill: Christian Perspectives
Four different voices that give us insight on fate and freewill are Boethius, John of...
September 08, 2021
Ephesians 6:10-18, Spiritual Attacks, and the Good Fight of Faith
In Ephesians, the community in Christ is to engage in a spiritual battle and put...
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August 27, 2021
Thomas Aquinas on Mercy: Should I Forgive One Person but not the Other?
The great 13th century Dominican philosopher Thomas Aquinas writes about Jacob’s election over Esau prior...
August 14, 2021
St. Augustine vs. St. Augustine: Grace and Foreknowledge in Romans 9
Apart from his celebrated works, Confessions and The City of God, Saint Augustine of Hippo...
August 01, 2021
Chosen Prior to Faith or Chosen by Foreknown Faith? A Look at the Early Church Fathers on Romans 9
Does Romans 9 teach that God chooses individuals irrespective of their faith? Or is it...
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