Jesus shows us how to respond when sorrow presses heavily upon the soul. His experience in Gethsemane provides a pattern of faithful endurance that remains profoundly relevant for believers today.
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Council on Dispensational Hermeneutics to Focus on ‘Israel, War, and Antisemitism’
The 19th Annual Council on Dispensational Hermeneutics will be held at The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry headquarters in Westville, N.J., on Wednesday and Thursday, September 16 and 17.
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How to Deal With Depression: Lessons from the Man of Sorrows (Part 1)
Three questions deserve careful consideration: Is depression always sinful? What causes depression? How should Christians respond?
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Revelation 7
John pauses his story before the seventh “seal” judgment to show us two groups of people—what they have seen, felt, and experienced up to this point.
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Honor True Widows: 1 Timothy 5:3-16 with Implications for the Church’s Social…
Paul transitions from the families’ responsibility to care for widows to the church’s responsibility. He begins with the command to enroll true widows, further clarifying who those widows are.
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The “Purpose – Outcome” Model: Teleology & Eschatology
This forward movement in scriptural narrative is twinned with an inherent purpose or teleology. Neither the eschatology nor the teleology in Scripture must ever be separated from our reading of the Bible as biblical theology.
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Why Creation Matters, Part 11: Pauline Epistles 1
Paul notably includes Creation theology in two of his sermons, both addressed to practicing pagans. The first is in the city of Lystra, in modern Turkey, on his first missionary journey.
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Does Reinterpretation Precede Rebellion? A Hermeneutical Examination of Genesis 3:1–7
It has become common in some devotional and homiletical circles to summarize Genesis 3 with the maxim, “before there is rebellion, there is reinterpretation.” Does Genesis 3:1–7 actually portray a distinct, prior act of reinterpretation?
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Choosing Music for Corporate Worship (Part 2)
The apostle Paul finishes his sentence about singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with the phrase: “submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ” (v. 21). When we intergenerationally submit to one another, with reverence for Christ, our personal pride and preference issues fade into the background as we consider others as better than ourselves.
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