Everyone is looking for power. Political campaigns play to the power of fear and hope; advertising agencies rely on the power of appetite, both wielding power by the means of words.But churches hav…
On the night of his arrest, Jesus spoke to his close followers about two testifying actions, both of which would focus on him. One of them as the testimony of the Paraclete, the Spirit of truth. Th…
The system for biblical interpretation that is known as dispensationalism exercises a rather widespread influence in American evanglicalism. An indication of this influence today is the sales figur…
This book presents the essential texts that deal with the figure of Judas, including New Testament writings, Gnostic documents, and other early and later Christian literature. These are the earlies…
The very core of the good news of Chrsitianity is the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus. Paul states the central message of the church's earliest proclamation: I handed on to you as a first…
Bible students must face the fact that the dates and the order of events pertaining to Christ's earthly ministry cannot be entirely determined with indisputable accuracy. For this reason some New T…
One need not undertake a very close reading of the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke to recognize that they have much in common. But what are the origins of their literary relationship? The ninetee…
The occasion and the purpose of his work. The church of Jesus Christ is a church of the word of God, that word which has gone forth and continues to go forth through him, that word which he himself…
The purpose of this HARMONY is to weave together the material in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, into one continuous account that includes everything but does not repeat anything, and, so far as pos…