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April 2022

April 12, 2022

The Bible and its Interpretation: biblicism and evangelicalism #5

My opening presentation in my course on biblical interpretation always includes examples of interpretations which...

April 05, 2022

The Bible and Truth: Biblicism and Evangelicals #4

Jesus said, “you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free” (John...

March 2022

March 18, 2022

Luke Devotional Guide: #2 Luke 3:1-6:49

Monday: Read Luke 3:1-4:13 As we noted, the Gospel of Luke was written by Luke,...

March 01, 2022

Ukraine: “Wars and rumors of wars”: a sign of the times, or a sign of all times? A Christian response

So here we go again. Prophetic pundits have seized the opportunity to grab the limelight....

February 2022

February 22, 2022

Blessed are the poor! Really? Doesn’t Jesus mean: “the poor in Spirit?”

As some of you know, I have been blessed to be teaching a number of...

February 14, 2022

Revelation and the 3rd seal: Covid-19 revisited

Amidst the fervor of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting chaos that many societies are...

February 04, 2022

Gospel of Matthew #2 Devotional Guide

Week 2 [1] Monday: Read Matt 6:1-34 Well, I am not sure there is a more...

February 01, 2022

The Bible is our only guide? Really? The Bible and evangelicalism #1

In my last post, I noted that evangelicalism is a diverse movement that spans a...

October 2021

October 12, 2021

Where are all the prophetic voices? part 1 of 2

Let me begin by noting that the Church is a marvelous thing. The Church has...

October 07, 2021

America’s Racist past pt2: The Bible, injustice, and race#12; Justice#37

I have been taking the long road toward answering the question, “Is there systemic...

August 2021

August 03, 2021

Why the question of systemic racism matters: The Bible, injustice, and race#4; Justice#29

There is no question that throughout American history Christians were instrumental in the propagation of...

July 2021

July 13, 2021

Is Racism really a problem? It is time to remove our blinders! The Bible, justice and race#1; Justice#26.

In Acts 6, Luke, the author of the book of Acts, tells us that,...

July 12, 2021

Racism: What is the problem? The Bible, injustice, and race#2; Justice#27.

“Racism does not exist because I am not a racist.” We have all heard it....

July 05, 2021

Gender and Justice: Women-Injustice#14; Justice#25

"Church is not the place for me." This is what many non-churched persons think after...

June 2021

June 28, 2021

Misogyny and the Bible: Does the NT teach that women must be silent in the church? An examination of 1 Cor 14:34-35: Women-Injustice#13; Justice#24

Christians and the Bible are misogynistic: so the claim goes. And the proof is found...

June 24, 2021

Does the NT teach the subordination of women? An examination of 1 Cor 11:2-16 (part 3): Women-Injustice#12; Justice#23

There is no question that 1 Cor 11:2-16 appears to teach that women are...

June 22, 2021

Does the NT teach the subordination of women? An examination of 1 Cor 11:2-16 (part 2): Women-Injustice#11; Justice#22

There is no question that 1 Cor 11:2-16 appears to teach that women are subordinate...

June 17, 2021

Does the NT teach the subordination of women? An examination of 1 Cor 11:2-16 (part 1): Women-Injustice#10; Justice#21

1 Corinthians 11:2-16 and 14:34-35 are two passages cited by those who affirm male headship...

June 15, 2021

Does the NT teach the subordination of women? An examination of 1 Cor 11:2-16 (part 1): Women-Injustice#10; Justice#21

1 Corinthians 11:2-16 and 14:34-35 are two of the more common passages cited by those...

June 11, 2021

Does the NT teach the subordination of women? An examination of 1 Pet 3:1-6, 7; Women-Injustice#9; Justice#20

Over the last several posts I have argued that the NT elevates the role of...

June 09, 2021

Male headship in the church today can often be nothing more than an unbiblical system of Apartheid: Women-Injustice#8; Justice#19

“The world that human beings create is indeed “man-made.” The system that human beings construct...

June 04, 2021

The prominence of Women in the New Testament: Women-Injustice#7; Justice#18

I have been arguing that in the New Creation male and female are equal in...

June 02, 2021

Aiming towards a biblical theology of gender: Women-Injustice#6; Justice#17

Genesis 3 in the New Creation I argued in the last post on women and...

May 2021

May 18, 2021

Understanding the events on the ground between the Israelis and the Palestinians and what we should do about it.

Our hearts break today because peace remains absent in the Middle East. While the powers...

May 12, 2021

Does Genesis teach the subordination of women? (Gen 2:18-25; 3:16) Women-Injustice#5; Justice#16

There is little question that in the account of the creation of humanity in Gen...

May 05, 2021

Does the Bible teach that women are to be subordinate to men? Women-Injustice#4; Justice#15

In the last several posts I have argued that discrimination towards women may well constitute...

April 2021

April 20, 2021

Women, Injustice, and the Bible: Women-injustice#3; Justice#14

In my first two posts on women and injustice (“women, injustice, and the Bible #1”...

March 2021

March 30, 2021

Women, Injustice, and the Bible: Women-Injustice#1; Justice#12

I suspect that most everyone would agree that women face unfair treatment on a global...

February 2021

February 25, 2021

Doing justice today: what does it look like? Understanding Empire: Justice#8

My wife and I have always enjoyed the Sherlock Holmes movies. We recently decided to...

January 2021

January 26, 2021

The Poor you will always have: Justice#6

“For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me”...