Do you miss the days not too long ago when the hot social media topics were egalitarianism and...
exegesis
Why Did Jesus Weep?
'Jesus wept' knowing that he would raise Lazarus from the dead just moments later — setting an...
Watch Your Mouth! James’ Counsel for the Verbally Challenged – Part 1
I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than looseness of the bowels - John Calvin If...
How to Use a “For” Clause: 1 Timothy 2:12 and Egalitarianism
Did Paul mean in 1 Timothy 2:12 that he is really prohibiting women from teaching or exercising authority over men on a permanent basis? Let's do some grammar work. 12 I do not allow a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; instead, she is to remain quiet. 13...
Bridging the Knowledge Gap in New Testament Textual Criticism
Textual criticism is the art and science of finding the original wording of a given biblical text when conflicts between manuscripts ("variants") arise. Much has been written concerning King James Onlyism and its variations’ impact upon unity in the local church, and...
From Whose Interpretation Comes No Prophecy? (2 Peter 1:20)
2 Peter 1:20 is a difficult verse to interpret, as it has many things going on which don’t easily translate into English. Moreover, one’s own theological leanings and the choices of Bible translators may cause an average reader immediately to prefer a certain...