Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church by Nijay K. Gupta (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2023). Imagine my surprise when preaching on Mary (Jesus’ mother), or Tabitha, or the importance of the presence of women in the Acts 1:14 prayer sessions, and then being told by those listening that they had never heard any sermons on these women before! It was a definite moment of confusion on my part....
Hope in Times of Fear: The Resurrection and the Meaning of Easter by Rev. Dr. Timothy Keller (New York: Viking, 2021). Does a study in the resurrection ever need an introduction? Not really, because the resurrection is meant to be so central to the Christian faith that it’s always worth exploring. Therefore, I want to encourage you to check out the new book Hope in Times of Fear: The Resurrection and the Meaning of Easter...
Friday January 22 marked the 48th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade. It’s kind of a confusing (and sad) fact, because for all of the conservative presidents that have been voted into office and for all of the conservative justices that have been appointed to the Supreme Court by those elected presidents, not much has changed. Granted, abortions are numerically declining within the United States, but for all the single-issue voting rhetoric, again, nothing much has...
Recently, my wife and I had the opportunity to stay at an Airbnb cabin for a little romantic getaway. It was an amazing opportunity for the two of us to focus on just us and the presence of our relationship. If there was one unique feature of the trip, it was this: we were so far back in the valleys and the woods of central Missouri, there was literally no cell service. And by no...
Throughout this summer I’ve been noticing various social media posts that attempt to describe Jesus as transcending all nationalities and ethnicities. I’m guessing the point of these posts is that Jesus ought to be acknowledged as ‘above’ our current racial tensions. In these posts, Jesus is defined as a pan-global figure and therefore beyond any debatable skin color. Any emphasis on nationality and ethnicity ought to be removed because Jesus is to be interpreted as...
The State of New Testament Studies: A Survey of Recent Research Scot McKnight and Nijay K. Gupta, editors. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2019. 496 pages. With the fall 2020 semester right around the corner, getting up to speed with the immense area of New Testament studies might seem like a daunting task. Thankfully, Scot McKnight and Nijay Gupta have assembled an up-to-date resource that will help guide students into the ever-expanding wealth of biblical research...
Here we are isolated from one another in our homes and apartments in an effort to stem the spread of COVID-19. Naturally, there’s been lots of questions back and forth of how to stem the virus and what should remain open and what should be closed until a later date. Then comes the questions of what to do with our worship services. Do the services keep going (similar to the times of the plague in...
If there’s one unifying factor for our divided planet, it’s that people all around the world love celebrations of joy. People in every nation love to join in celebrating so many joyous occasions. We love births, weddings, graduations, promotions, anniversaries – basically any reason to celebrate our life achievements in great joy and togetherness. What ALL people equally dislike is bad news. And Ash Wednesday is bad news for too many people. Rather than celebrating a...
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