Not many people know that I had always wanted to be a soldier. In my youth, I trained for combat and was later stationed in Israel for many years. ...
During a teaching session about 1 Corinthians 8, I was surprised to learn that a respected African brother and theologian viewed the existence of ancestors quite differently from me. ...
About a year ago, the worship leader at our church shared with me a number of songs that she made and even performed in church. She was so excited ...
In evangelical Christianity, you often hear people asking whether you are “born again.” For those of us who are a part of that world, we know more or less ...
My local church has a “communion service” once-a-month. The person officiating the segment will often something like, “This isn’t just a religious ritual for us.” The words betray our ...
How should a Christian interpret the great stories of the Old Testament? During my theological training, I was indoctrinated against the sins of moralising or spiritualising them. We were ...
Recently a friend and her husband divorced, ripping the family apart and throwing everything into chaos. The two oldest children were over 18 years of age so were already ...
Introduction: No Birth Like This One Who among you can tell me the story of how the wealthiest man, Elon Musk, was born? Or what about King Charles III—how ...
Setting the Scene: From River to Prison There is this enigmatic event early in Matthew’s Gospel. Jesus made a journey from Galilee to the Jordan River where his cousin ...
Few interpretive questions are as important as whether the apostles handled the Old Testament (OT) responsibly. If they read Christ into the OT instead of correctly discerning Him in ...
