The Human Heart and Unbelief: A Biblical Perspective

Richard Bargas

“Therefore many of the Jews who came to Mary, and saw what He had done, believed in Him. But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them the things which Jesus had done. Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the Sanhedrin together, and were saying, ‘What are we doing? For this man is doing many signs. If we let Him go on like this, all will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.’” (John 11:45–48, LSB)

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In the Beginning Was the Word: Where Did John Learn That?

Filings

“John draws on a rich stream of biblical and Jewish reflection on the Word of God and his Wisdom, a tradition rooted in creation and Israel’s wisdom literature. When we trace this pattern of theological reasoning, John 1 begins to look like the culmination of certain threads of thought that theologians had emphasized over the centuries.” - Wyatt Graham

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Yes, Jesus Was Crucified With Nails

Filings

“There are several problems with García’s claims. The most obvious is that the Bible indeed says that Jesus was crucified with nails. Thomas reasonably expected to see nail imprints on Jesus’ hands and feet, and Jesus showed them to Thomas: ‘look at my hands’ (John 20:27).” - C.Leaders

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The Preeminence of Christ the Logos in John’s Prologue

Paul Henebury

Although it is not an annunciation story, it is proper to include here some thoughts about how John begins his Gospel. John self-consciously invokes the creation narrative, but he introduces the “only begotten Son” (Jn. 1:18), Jesus Christ (Jn. 1:17), as the Logos or “Word” as a Principal in the making of the world:

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. (John 1:1-3)

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