Mar 3, 2020 | Posts
Tucked away neatly within two places in scripture (Joshua and Judges) we are introduced to a character that seldom receives much spotlight. Perhaps it is due to the slow progress of land allotments discussed in Joshua 15 or perhaps overshadowed by the gory events that...
Mar 3, 2020 | Posts
Pornography, often expressed in the more caustic four lettered version (PORN), has become the proverbial elephant in the room. However, I think elephant is a bit too generous and, to be more accurate, I think we ought to just call it the Monster in the...
Mar 3, 2020 | Exegesis
Three stories that are central to the Book of Genesis; namely, 12:10-20, 20:1-18, and 26:6-11, all tell a similar story that has stood out as a source of consternation for many readers. Essentially, the stories involve a patriarch that is visiting (passing through) a...
Mar 3, 2020 | Posts
Paul’s contrast between Adam and Christ (first and last) is an appeal for us to have an “image-change.” Hence, in Christ, we are a “new creature” (II Cor. 5:17). Without the new birth experience, we remain in the image of the 1st Adam and fail to rise to the image of...
Mar 3, 2020 | Posts
I’m sure the critics and the warmongers entered this article with an expectation of brotherly carnage. You know, “biting and devouring” one another until we have stripped one’s reputation down to the bone? Sorry to disappoint, but that is not the purpose of this...