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This is the third and final instalment of a trilogy on the book, Paul, Then...

In this instalment, I begin my interview with Dr. Matthew Novenson. My previous post provides...

I had to privilege of reviewing the new book by Matthew V. Novenson, entitled Paul,...

I suppose I’m sort of an insider to questions on which Bible a person should...

Jesus’s parable about the return of seven spirits is situated after Matthew’s version of blaspheming...

One of the Apostle Paul’s repeated sayings is for believers to walk in the Spirit:...

I was recently asked this question, which is apparently still a live one. There are...

Nehemiah 8–9 gives us some good biblical principles to follow on the subject of spiritual...

Worship, renewal, and revivals are not without controversies. Ever since the Great Awakening, and likely...

The Apostle Paul’s letters contain a number of vice lists. These lists specify vices (sins)...

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has sparked on a new round of speculations about the...

A couple of million people have now fled Ukraine due to the Russian invasion. This...

We often read into the Bible our own assumptions. This means that we may have...

From Moses parting the Red Sea, to Jesus healing lepers, to the Lady Fatima making...

In 2 Corinthians 12:7–8 Paul speaks of receiving a “thorn in the flesh.” This problem...

Second Corinthians is one of Paul’s most complex letters. Biblical interpreters may need to consult...

Christians are not the only ones who value faith. The Romans considered faith—fides in Latin—to...

I start this post while watching Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve and seeing a...

The new Spider-Man movie, No Way Home, has come upon us. This film opens up the...

We already read about five misconceptions in 1 Corinthians from my earlier post. Here are...

We often hear Paul’s second largest letter, 1 Corinthians, read at wedding ceremonies. Its famous...

In 2 Corinthians 4:4 the apostle Paul says: The “god of this age” has blinded...

What do I mean by reading the Bible intertextually? And what is intertextuality? The term...

I had the recent privilege of interviewing Dr. Robert A. Mullins, Professor and Chair of...

Apart from standing firm against malicious forces, we must also put on the armor of...

Four different voices that give us insight on fate and freewill are Boethius, John of...

In Ephesians, the community in Christ is to engage in a spiritual battle and put...

The great 13th century Dominican philosopher Thomas Aquinas writes about Jacob’s election over Esau prior...

Apart from his celebrated works, Confessions and The City of God, Saint Augustine of Hippo...

Does Romans 9 teach that God chooses individuals irrespective of their faith? Or is it...