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Rocky and the Thunderboys
When Jesus assigns his three closest disciples the names Rocky (Simon now called Petros, the rock) and Thunderboys…
Any Hope for Peter? Following Jesus in Mark 8:27-38
Peter messes up big-time before he becomes a fisher of people. Is there any hope for him? (Or…
Spiritual war—Ephesians 6:10-24
Life in this world involves a lethal spiritual war waged between God (whose triumph is certain) and Satan,…
Children and slaves in Ephesians 6:1-9
The second and last installment on Eph 5:21-6:9, household codes in Ephesians. Paul sometimes gets a bad rap…
What does Paul mean by submission in Ephesians 5?
Paul’s emphasis in Ephesians 5:22-33 is marital unity. He frames Ephesians 5:21-6:9 with Jesus’s transcultural teaching of mutual…
Born in Bethlehem (Luke 2:4)
The place where Jesus may have been born. Early tradition may have preserved the right site for Jesus’s…
The Spirit-filled life in Ephesians 5:18-21
Being filled with the Spirit moves us to worship God, thank God, and look out for one another.…
God has not rejected his people—Romans 11
Debates in the world about the nation of Israel have reignited Christians’ debates about the role of the…