“Therefore this is what the Lord of armies says: ‘Because you have not obeyed My words, behold, I will send and take all the families of the north,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land and against its inhabitants and against all these surrounding nations; and I will [a]completely destroy…
“But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son,[a] but only the Father.” Matthew 24:36 NIV No one knows – Theological paradigms are just as resistant to challenge as any other paradigm, perhaps even more so. In the history of science we often find great thinkers making…
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz concerning Judah and Jerusalem, which he saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Isaiah 1:1 NASB Vision – Today you’ll read this short analysis. You will see it with your eyes. But if I were to have a vision, you wouldn’t see it at all unless…
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written: “But the righteous one will live by faith. Romans 1:16-17 NASB From faith to faith –…
the Jews rose up together against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat, saying, “This man is inciting the people to worship God contrary to the law.” Acts18:12b-13 NASB Contrary to the law – How do you read this verse? These are orthodox Jews claiming that Paul’s message encourages men to worship a false God. Were…
As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain people not to teach false doctrines any longer or to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. Such things promote controversial speculations rather than advancing God’s work—which is by faith. 1 Timothy 1:3-4 NIV Command – Sometimes Paul is more like a…
But false prophets also appeared among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves. 2 Peter 2:1 NASB Heresies – “Don’t call me a heretic until I am one.” That’s usually my approach to slanderous claims about what I believe and…
“All the earth will worship You, and will sing praises to You; they will sing praises to Your name.” Selah. Psalm 66:4 NASB Worship – Okay, I don’t like to be controversial (at least not too much), but some things just eat at you. I’ve spent a good deal of my academic life investigating the influence of…
Every once in awhile I get an email that questions my commitment to the divinity of the Messiah, usually in the form of “if he believes such and such, then he must not believe that Jesus is God” or something like that. The last one was an accusation that I have adopted rabbinic Judaism and…
