The confession “Jesus is Lord” has been described as “the earliest Christian confession.” 1 One can scarcely be absolutely certain, ...

As you likely do not know, every morning I read one very short essay in a small religiously conservative Daily Devotional magazine publish...

There is more than one God being worshipped around the world, so answering this question will depend on knowing which God one is referring-t...

Or perhaps he didn’t say it after all. In Luke 14:1–6 there is a certain disagreement in the manuscript tradition between manuscripts. The q...

It sounds like a trick question, right? Nevertheless, I will attempt to show you that it is quite serious. When Jesus died by crucifixion at...

In this most outlandishly stated, mind-boggling, aphorism Jesus says “Love your enemies.” 1 Such a statement prompts me to ask, Now wait a ...

My title begs for definitions. By Paul I mean to designate the author of the seven undisputed first-century letters attributed to him: Roman...

I was chatting with a friend about someone I knew who was at the extremity of life and described him/her as a person of devout religious fai...

Here are three examples of an aphorism: But many that are first will be last and the last first (Mark 10:31). It is easier for a camel to go...

There is a rhetorical question, often asked: Why would anyone want to kill someone who wandered around the community telling charming storie...

Last Sunday morning as the minister was reading the text I was following along in the Greek and was immediately struck by a statement in Luk...

Proverbs are traditional pithy sayings that briefly and memorably express some general truth about life in the world. Proverbs are distillat...

How in the world did that happen, do you suppose? Well, as with all good stories, there are several different accounts in the New Testament....