Spreading the Word

Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,  Matthew 28:19  NASB Go – I am sure you are aware that even in the Greek text, this is not a command.  There’s a footnote to this in the NASB that reads, “Or Having gone (Gr…

Engineered Accidents

So she left and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.   Ruth 2:3  NASB And she happened – Once before we examined this odd Hebrew construction, the verb qārâ + noun miqreh,…

The Long Run

Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,  Matthew 28:19 NASB Make disciples – You hand out “Four Spiritual Laws” tracts at the beach.  You give a Gospel stories in comic book fashion to some kids at day camp.  You volunteer for…

Eschatological Evangelism

Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,  Matthew 28:19 NASB Go – Mount up!  Take off!  Sail away!  Just make sure that you get the message out to everyone.  God doesn’t want anyone to be lost.  He has a wonderful plan…

Jewish Evangelism?

Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Matthew 28:19 NASB Go – John Piper wrote the introduction to Avi Snyder’s book, Jews Don’t Need Jesus . . . and Other Misconceptions. In his introduction, Piper says, “Before I knew this book…

Just Asking

“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,” Matthew 28:19 NASB In the name of – Recently Uriel be Mordechai came to my home to teach a group of readers about the impact of the p46 document (papyrus #46…

Fire Escape

Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Matthew 28:19 NASB Go – An article by Greg Laurie[1] uses the image of your neighbor’s house on fire to spur you toward evangelism. Laurie asks, “Wouldn’t you do something to…

Authorized Signature

Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Matthew 28:19 NASB In the name – Do you know what “in the name of” means in Hebrew vernacular? Be careful. We are likely to think that “in the name of”…

Oswald Revisited

Go, ye therefore, and teach (disciple) all nations,  . . .”  Matthew 28:19 cited in Oswald Chambers, My Utmost For His Highest Teach (disciple) – My Utmost For His Highest is the most popular daily devotional in the world.  For good reason.  Oswald Chambers lived a life of righteous devotion to his Savior and his…

Trinitarian Questions

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.  Matthew 28:19  ESV In the name of  – A few weeks ago we looked at the textual evidence for the trinitarian formula found in this verse (see May 30).  What…