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John’s Warning Concerning the World
Post Series on 1 John 2:15-27: John's Warning Concerning the World (1 John 2:15-17) The reasons we sin...
Envisioning the Beloved Society
Post Series on 1 John 2:7-14: Envisioning the Beloved Society (1 John 2:12-14) John summarizes...
Love as the Litmus Test of Genuine Faith
Post Series on 1 John 2:7-14: Love as the Litmus Test of Genuine Faith (1 John 2:9-11) John's words in...
How Jesus Made the Old Commandment New
Post Series on 1 John 2:7-14: How Jesus Made the Old Commandment New (1 John 2:7-8) John's...
Reforming the Lives of Wanton Libertines (Like Me)
Post Series on 1 John 1:5-2:6: How Can God be...
How Can God be Faithful, but Still Just?
Post Series on 1 John 1:5-2:6: How Can God be Faithful, but Still...
Reforming the Speech of Pharisaical Hypocrites (Like Me)
Post Series on 1 John 1:5-2:6: Reforming the Speech of Pharisaical Hypocrites (Like Me) - 1 John 1:6-10 How Can God be Faithful, but Still Just? - 1 John...
God is Light, and in Him is no Darkness Whatsoever
Post Series on 1 John 1:5-2:6: God is Light, and in Him is no Darkness Whatsoever - 1 John 1:5 How Can God be Faithful, but Still Just? - 1 John...
The Fear of Jesus
Mark weaves a magnificent and profound play on words in the last few verses of his account of Jesus' calming the storm: And he [Jesus] awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, "Peace! Be still!" And the wind ceased and there was a great calm. He said to them,...
Ezekiel’s Dry Bones and the Christian Doctrine of Bodily Resurrection
Christian exegetes have wrestled with the connection of Ezekiel's Valley of Dry Bones and the doctrine of the bodily resurrection since they first preached on Ezekiel 37 from the light of Christ's own bodily resurrection. While early exegetes drew a very quick line...
Jesus’ Mother and Brothers
Although I have often read the story of Jesus' identifying his mother and brothers as "Whoever does the will of God" (Matt. 12:46-50; Mark 3:31-35; Luke 8:19-21), I have never noticed until now that Mark offers a unique preface to the story in his gospel. After Jesus...
A Vow to “My People”
In Ezekiel 37:1-14, YHWH promises to raise his people from their graves, just as he miraculously raises the dry bones in the sight of Ezekiel. In v. 11-13, the words YHWH uses to vow his dedication to this task are touching: Then he said to me, "Son of man, these...