Category: New Testament

And when a great crowd was gathering and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable, “A sower went out to sow his seed. And as...

Juntándose una gran multitud, y los que de cada ciudad venían a él, les dijo por parábola: « El sembrador salió a sembrar su semilla; y mientras...

Why didn't Saul of Tarsus find the evidence for the Resurrection convincing?

We need to talk about the human heart. Confusion abounds. Perhaps we should start with the Scriptures. The Hebrew word rendered ‘heart’ in English...

When I first started to learn how to pray on my own, I thought that I had to kneel when I prayed. Most of the people I had read about who were...

If you connect a few historical dots, you may (as I did) find yourself thinking that Paul was friends with the son of Simon of Cyrene, the man who...

No. In the New Testament, prophecy is described as a revelation for a particular moment (1 Cor. 14:30). Preaching and teaching[1] is an exposition...

One privilege of teaching at Biola is watching students awaken to the power of loving God with their minds. Because our minds are part of our...

When Jesus hung on the cross, did he forgive those who crucified him? Technically, no. Jesus prayed that the Father would forgive his persecutors....

One popular but less-likely theory for why we celebrate Christmas on December 25 is that Christians piggy-backed their Christmas celebration on the...

Was the Apostle Paul effective as a public speaker or not? Was Paul’s facility in rhetoric strong or weak? New Testament scholars disagree on how...

There is a third way to interpret (and translate) Romans 8:28 than is found in most English translations, but most people don’t know it. Some...

The topic of Paul’s thorn in the flesh (2 Cor. 12:7) is, on the one hand, like a puzzle to be solved — what could have caused Paul such agony? —...

There are a lot of interesting claims about historical background to the New Testament that float around, especially on social media. I tell my...

My good friend Jon Lunde does a lot of counseling with people who are going through many kinds of challenges. Through the years, he has learned...

This is the third post in a three-part series on the top ten myths about “The Ten Commandments.” Read Part 1 and Part 2 . In the first two...

This is the second post in a three-part series on the top ten myths about the Ten Commandments. Part 1 was posted last week and Part 3will be...

In a former post , I tried to answer the question of whether Paul was a literal tentmaker. In this post, I ask whether Paul was a figurative...

In today’s post (part 1), I will try to answer the question of whether Paul literally sewed tents. It turns out that this is a disputed question....

There must be something in the water of the Sea of Galilee. Otherwise, how can you explain why so many people allegorize stories from the life of...

Faith and Reason were brothers. More than that, they were friends — indeed, best friends. Faith and Reason loved each other deeply and did...

Have you ever been present when God’s manifest presence breaks into a prayer time, a sermon, a worship service or a Bible study? This happened...

Isaiah is a remarkable book, renowned for its rhetorical power, vivid imagery, sweeping historical vision, stinging rebuke of injustice and...

When I was a child and younger adult, I struggled with anxiety a lot. Being a pastor didn’t help (Haha!). A wonderful wife, a few good friends and...

A few years ago, I was asked by the editor of a publishing company to dream up a volume that contained some of the greatest critical hits...