What does Christ want his followers to do? There’s more than one answer to that question, but I have been struck by one thought in particular: spread the gospel. Mark Consider Mark 3:13-15: Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him. He appointed twelve that
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“The greatest literary problem in the New Testament is: What is the matter with the Gospel of Mark? Something happened to the end of it.” (Croy, 11) Three of the four Gospels have happy endings. Jesus appears to his disciples after his resurrection then he gives them the Great Commission (Matthew) or he ascends
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How great is God? How exalted is the Most High? My previous post highlighted God’s humility. This post will focus on God’s greatness. This topic takes us far beyond the limits of human understanding. David writes, “Great is the LORD and most worthy of praise; his greatness no one can fathom” (Ps 145:3 NIV). Other
There are many amazing things about the God of the Bible. One striking characteristic is humility. God is humble—extremely humble. I don’t mean God has feelings of inferiority or God is low in rank. I mean God is not the least bit proud or arrogant. God doesn’t think, “I’m too good for them” or “they
Jesus and Divine Christology by Brant Pitre is a tour de force through New Testament scholarship. Pitre begins by presenting a conflict among New Testament scholars. On the one hand, the majority of historical Jesus scholars have concluded that Jesus did not view himself as divine. On the other hand, the majority of early Christology
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