As Genesis is the book of beginnings, Revelation is the book of consummation. The divine program of redemption is brought to fruition, and the holy name of God is vindicated…
“God is love. Love is God. Love God, love one another, because god is love.” In the three letters that bear his name, John comes across either as a doddering…
As we saw last week, many Jewish Christians wondered how much of the old ways should be retained. The writer of Hebrews exhorts them to “press on” beyond their comfort…
Newton’s Third Law (“For every action, three is an equal and opposite reaction.”) applies not just to physics, but to religion as well. At least, that is one way to…
Outside of Jesus, there is no person more central to Christianity than Paul. Apostle, missionary, and former persecutor of the faith, Paul brought the Gospel of Jesus Christ to Gentiles…
“More than ever, believers were added to the Lord, great numbers of both men and women.” [Acts 5:14]. Luke’s words seem to imply everything was easy in those early days;…
In the early church, Easter was celebrated every week—so much had changed with Christ’s resurrection that Sunday, the first day of the week, became the new Sabbath. “Christ is risen.…
In the early church, Easter was celebrated every week—so much had changed with Christ’s resurrection that Sunday, the first day of the week, became the new Sabbath. “Christ is risen.…
The focus of all history, people of every tribe and race, is on a solitary hill outside of Jerusalem where the Son of God is nailed to a cross. As…
Those Pharisees! The very word conjures up images of hypocritical, narrow-minded puffed-up religious losers. But in New Testament times being a Pharisee was a badge of honor. They went out…