More to the Story: The Life of Joseph
The Testament of Joseph is an extra-biblical ancient Jewish text in which the patriarch Joseph recounts his life. Here are a few interesting things from that account that —if true—would provide an even greater encouragement to us
Pre-Pentecost Prophets (Bible list)
This is a working list of "Pre-Pentecost Prophets" I have been compiling over the past few years. This includes any person (or group of people) who — before the day of Pentecost — is referred to as 1) a prophet, 2) a prophetess, 3) a false prophet/false prophetess, 4) an oracle, 5) a seer, 6) or are indicated to have been believed to be authoritatively speaking to people on God's behalf.
Does James Contradict Paul's Teaching On “Faith Alone”? (Part 3)
Perhaps one of the clearest one-liners in the Bible (concerning salvation) can be found in Paul’s letter to the Romans:
“For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.” (Romans 3:28)
Sounds clear, right? I think it is. What, then, do we do with this verse in James 2?
Does James Contradict Paul's Teaching On “Faith Alone”? (Part 2)
Perhaps one of the clearest one-liners in the Bible (concerning salvation) can be found in Paul’s letter to the Romans:
“For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.” (Romans 3:28)
Sounds clear, right? I think it is. What, then, do we do with this verse in James 2?
Does James Contradict Paul's Teaching On “Faith Alone”? (Part 1)
Perhaps one of the clearest one-liners in the Bible (concerning salvation) can be found in Paul’s letter to the Romans:
“For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.” (Romans 3:28)
Sounds clear, right? I think it is. What, then, do we do with this verse in James 2?
Did Paul Write Hebrews?
Last Sunday I preached on the introduction to the book of Hebrews. In my studies I did a bunch of research on determining the author of this famous NT epistle. Honestly, we can’t be certain. But over the centuries there has been considerable discussion on whether or not Paul wrote Hebrews. Here are some of my notes on reasons for and against Pauline authorship of Hebrews.
A possible harmonization of the resurrection accounts.
Sunday morning of the resurrection, a small group of women had been waiting until after the Sabbath to buy/prepare spices/ointments for Jesus’ body (Matthew 28:1, Mark 16:1-2, Luke 23:56). Not having had a funeral, nor adequate time to mourn for Jesus—due to the abrupt and unexpected nature of His midnight capture, rapid “kangaroo court” and subsequent crucifixion (all during a holiday, no less)—they head to the tomb…