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Christian Exegesis at its Best

I cannot remember a time when I have relied as exclusively on a single commentary for a sermon I prepared as I did this week with Phillip Cary’s masterful work Jonah in the Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible series (Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2008). In...

Confessing This Jesus-Christ-Come-In-Flesh Jesus

Post Series on 1 John 4:1-6: Testing the Spirits in a World of Twitter (1 John 4:1) Confessing This Jesus-Christ-Come-In-Flesh Jesus (1 John 4:2-3) On The Discernment of the Saints (1 John 4:4-6) After John urges his beloved readers to “test the spirits”...

Reforming the Lives of Wanton Libertines (Like Me)

Post Series on 1 John 1:5-2:6: God is Light, and in Him is no Darkness Whatsoever – 1 John 1:5 Reforming the Speech of Pharisaical Hypocrites (Like Me) – 1 John 1:6-10 How Can God be Faithful, but Still Just? – 1 John 1:9 Reforming the Lives of...

How Can God be Faithful, but Still Just?

Post Series on 1 John 1:5-2:6: God is Light, and in Him is no Darkness Whatsoever – 1 John 1:5 Reforming the Speech of Pharisaical Hypocrites (Like Me) – 1 John 1:6-10 How Can God be Faithful, but Still Just? – 1 John 1:9 Reforming the Lives of...

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 Reforming the Speech of Pharisaical Hypocrites (Like Me) – 1 John 1:6-10 How Can God be Faithful, but Still Just? – 1 John 1:9 Reforming the Lives of...

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....

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