A group of homosexual activists recently published what they called the “Queen James Bible”—an edition of Scripture with eight verses edited in order to prevent “homophobic interpretations.” The implication is that if these eight verses are tweaked, the Bible doesn’t have anything to say condemning homosexuality or limiting marriage to the covenant union of one […]
Marriage from Genesis to Revelation Read Post »
When we think of biblical locations associated with gospel outreach to the Gentiles, we may well think first to Jerusalem, where Peter’s preaching at Pentecost was heard by people of many nations in their own languages (Acts 2), and where the Jerusalem Council determined that non-Jewish converts would not need to be circumcised to be
God’s Missionary School at Joppa Read Post »
What was Jacob’s Ladder doing on a Communist stamp? Wasn’t Yugoslavia one of those eastern European nations sharing the Soviet Union’s hostility to the Bible? Yet there lies Jacob, sleeping below a group of four angels making their way up and down the rungs. This 1970 stamp, issued deep in the Cold War, was part
The Old Testament on Stamps Read Post »
Despite the holiday season, the Newtown school killings brought a nation to its knees in shock and sadness. Dear little ones lost their lives in a senseless act of mass homicide. Only the most callous individual would not grieve over the loss of life, the heartbreak the parents feel, and the stolen potential of those
Surprise at Newtown’s Massacre Rests on a Faulty Anthropology Read Post »
Most people know that “Jesus” means “Yah Saves” and that “Peter” means “Rock,” but what about those name clusters we find at the end of the epistles? What do their names signify? For instance, Paul greeted 27 different people in the last chapter of Romans. Let’s sample a dozen or so to show how we
Early Church Names Read Post »
It’s fun to study surnames, or last names, as distinguished from Christian names, or first names. Back in history, when things got crowded, they had to add second names to sort out all the people named John or James or Mary or Ruth. So they turned to four contextual features—location (as in Lois Hill); parentage
What’s in an Old Testament Name? Read Post »
