Month: January 2012
9 posts
I will remove your lampstand from its place — Revelation 2:6
That the letters to the seven churches of Revelation often betray characteristics of the cities in which these…
The rich man and Lazarus — Luke 16:19-31
This story resembles a rabbinic story of uncertain date, except that there the rich man did a good…
Miracles: the credibility of the New Testament accounts (video)
Today Dr. Keener was interviewed by George P. Wood of AGTV about his book Miracles: The Credibility of…
The Word became flesh — John 1:1-14
The Greek term translated “word” was also used by many philosophers to mean “reason,” the force which structured…
Separation of church and state — Romans 13
In Romans 13 Paul depicts relations with the state within a particular kind of situation. What happens, however,…
Paul’s perspective on the flesh in the book of Romans
Neoplatonic and gnostic dualism absorbed by later Christianity denied that the body was good, and many scholars today,…
Overcoming prejudice: the Roman centurion in Matthew 8:5-13
The Gentile mission was at most peripheral to Jesus’ earthly ministry: he did not actively seek out Gentiles…
You will know them by their fruits – Matthew 7:16-20
The false prophets in Matthew 7:15 claim to have prophesied, exorcised and effected miracles by Jesus’ name (v.…
God does miracles only when we need them — Matthew 14:13-21
The miracle of the “feeding of the five thousand” in Matthew 14:13-21 is greater than the manna of…