Bible Passages

Many missionaries bump into a God they weren’t expecting—a God who doesn’t interact with their lives how they thought he would. They’re not bouncing down the street gathering disciples like the Pied Piper. No, they’re struggling to learn the language. They’re realizing their day-to-day responsibilities are different than the job description.

“There have been many attempts to explain the Christmas Star scientifically, and three will be mentioned here.” - AiG

Readers of John who are unaware of Mark, can still find a coherent account of Jesus’ life and ministry in John. But the pointers are included for those aware of Mark to see how and where John is adding to Mark’s account and providing a fuller picture of the life of Jesus Christ.

Archaeologists from Trinity Southwest University, a Christian higher educational institution in Albuquerque, New Mexico, have claimed civilisation in the Dead Sea region was destroyed 3,700 years ago following a meteor explosion in the atmosphere.

“The function of the literary imagination is to incarnate meaning in concrete images, characters, events, and settings rather than abstract or propositional arguments…. Literature and theology are complementary ways of putting us in possession of Christian doctrine. Neither is complete in itself.” - Ref21

Is It Wrong for Men to Have Long Hair?

“John—in his typical black-and-white style—asserts that loving the Father and loving the world are mutually exclusive. You can’t love both simultaneously.”

Bill Mounce: My point is that all translation requires interpretation, and none truly show the underlying structure. If you don’t know Greek well enough to read Greek, then you don’t know when the translations are having to be (properly) interpreted.

GTY: The parable of the Good Samaritan “was a story told to a religious nonbeliever, a self-righteous man, as an evangelistic effort to bring him to the true sense of his sinfulness and his need for mercy.”