Tag: Jesus Christ
Institution of the Lord’s Supper and the Upper Room Discourse
Updated: Cultural and Grammatical-Literary Background: We should carefully assess the historical narrative of the institution of the Lord’s Supper (Matthew 26:26-29) from…
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Friday Phraseology: Liberalism
Liberalism (theological): Movement in Protestant *theology since the nineteenth century that is dominated by the goal of modifying Christianity so as to…
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Free e-Book Giveaways: Cold-Case Christianity by Jim Wallace
Davic C. Cook Books is giving away the Cold-Case Christianity by Jim Wallace. He was a former L.A. County homicide detective and former atheist…
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Don’t Know How to Share the Gospel? Tell People, “Come and See.”
This excerpt is from my sermon series called, Experiencing Jesus: Unexpectedly Finding the Expected Messiah. We invite our unbelieving family and friends…
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Exegetical and Theological Issues: Mark 4:10-12
10 As soon as He was alone, His followers, along with the twelve, began asking Him about the parables. 11 And He was saying to them, “To you has been…
Read MoreMartin Luther King Jr. On Loving Your Enemies
Now there is a final reason I think that Jesus says, "Love your enemies." It is this: that love has within it…
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“That They were Preaching and Teaching…”: Understanding the Difference
He lived there two whole years at his own expense and welcomed all who came to him, proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about…
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Early Footsteps of the Man of Galilee: Place Where Christ Prayed, Garden of Gethsemane
People believe that Christ prayed along the wall, which is just outside the garden. A lamp is always on there. If tradition…
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Sabbatum Excerpt: N.T. Wright on God’s Overflowing Divine Love in Jesus’ Death
And as we watch the events of Jesus’s final days unfold, we cannot simply look on and register them as an odd…
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Biblical Nuggets: Antitheses
Antitheses: In the New Testament studies, we find Jesus' six contrasting teaching on the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5:21-48 to the…
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