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Psalm 16 and the Prophecy of Messiah
In Acts 2 the apostle Peter is preaching to the Pentecost crowds who have been drawn to the apostles by their miraculous speaking in the foreign languages represented by the Jews there from other countries
Continue reading...What Jesus Teaches Us About Conflict Among Christians
It seems like Jesus purposely built of team of disciples who would argue, with him and with each other. His was the original DEI hire. Diversity, equity, and inclusion characterized the twelve men he selected
Continue reading...Was Jesus Woke?
Of course not. In order to be woke you have to have been asleep, unaware of “important societal facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice).” https://www.merriam-webster.com/...
Continue reading...Psalm 110: A Direct Messianic Prophecy or Indirect?
In the Septuagint and Latin Vulgate, it is Psalm 109 You Are Priest Forever: Psalm 110 And the Melchizedekian Priesthood of Christ, Matthew Emadi, Southern Baptist Journal of Theology (Spring 2019), pp.
Continue reading...John 1:1 and the Jehovah’s Witnesses
The concerned aunt in my church wanted someone to interact with her niece about her niece’s conversion to Jehovah’s Witnesses, and I was the one she wanted to interact with her. I agreed, and what
Continue reading...Sermon: Mirroring Jesus’ Overcoming of Temptation
What has been your experience with temptation? Are you currently being tempted to sin? We’ve all been tempted to disobey the Lord and to doubt the Lord. We’ve all yielded to temptations and experienced
Continue reading...Devotional: Everyone Is Looking for Jesus
35 Before daybreak the next morning, Jesus got up and went out to an isolated place to pray. 36 Later Simon and the others went out to find him. 37 When they found him, they said, “Everyone is looking
Continue reading...I Thought Jesus Didn’t Come to Judge the World, So What About John 12:31?
Question: In John 12:31 Jesus says “Now is the judgement of this world.” I don’t understand how that can be the case when Jesus repeatedly said that his first time coming to the earth was not for
Continue reading...What Does Jesus Mean in John 12:26 that We Will Be With Him
Question: Part of John 12:26 says “where I am, there shall also my servant be”. I understand the context of this verse however, I don’t quite understand what is meant by this part. My understanding
Continue reading...In John 12:16, What Are the Things “They” Did to Jesus?
Question: In John 12:16 John is relating how the disciples were unaware at the time that Jesus was fulfilling the scriptures. The last part of this verse is translated “and that they had done these things
Continue reading...What Is the Analogy Jesus Is Using in John 11:9,10
Question: John 11:9-10 is confusing and I would appreciate it if you could help me understand it. I have read several commentaries which say that Jesus was referring to his allotted time to work. In his
Continue reading...Does John 8:15 Contradict John 8:26?
Question: John 8:15 appears to contradict John 8:26. I have read several commentaries which assert that in John 8:15 Jesus was saying he does not judge as the Pharisees do, but that is not what the verse
Continue reading...Is There a Contradiction Between John 8:14 and John 5:31?
Question: John 8:14 appears to contradict John 5:31. I have read several commentaries which assert that in John 5:31 Jesus was referring to his testimony as a man in relation to the laws of the time; whereas
Continue reading...Garden of the Gods: The Garden of Burial and Resurrection
Only John of all the Gospel writers mentions that Jesus’ burial site was in a garden. At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had
Continue reading...The Mountains of God: Golgotha
“While the Gospels merely identify Golgotha as a “place”, Christian tradition has described the location as a hill or mountain since at least the 6th century. It has thus often
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