John 15:18: “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.” When pro-Hamas protesters use the phrase “From the River to the Sea,” it implies the complete elimination of Israel and the…
Ezekiel 36:15: “I will not let you hear anymore the reproach of the nations, and you shall no longer bear the disgrace of the peoples and no longer cause your nation to stumble, declares the Lord God.” One of…
Matthew 7:13-14 “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that…
Ezekiel 38:10-11 “…and you will devise an evil scheme and say, ‘I will go up against the land of unwalled villages.” It’s often more intuitive to focus on the minutiae and miss the big picture of significant events. The…
2 Peter 3:9-10 “The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. But the day of the Lord will…
2 Timothy 3:16 “All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable…” What the Bible says about itself The Bible claims both to offer salvation and to be the inspired word of God; “…you have known the sacred writings which are…
Galatians 1:8-9 (ESV): “But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed…” Introduction In the last post, we explored many of the…
Galatians 1:8-9 (ESV): “But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again:…
One of the documents I created for a Pastoral selection process in which I was engaged was an early questionnaire developed to elicit some of the candidate’s principal theological viewpoints. It occurred to me that these same questions, or many…
“In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas.” These words translated variously as “in essentials unity, in non-essentials liberty, and in all things charity,” or “unity in necessary things; liberty in doubtful things; charity in all things,” have…
