Bible Study Lessons
I have been wrestling with Bible challenges since high school. It started with an innocent question from my English teacher: “Do angels have wings?” I thought about it for a few seconds, then answered “yes.” Several years later, however, I concluded “no.” Then in one of my first posts on this site, I wrote a … Read more
The kingdom of God is one of the most exciting and intriguing topics in the Bible. My previous post focused on the “kingdom of heaven” in Matthew. Since Matthew’s “kingdom of heaven” is synonymous with the “kingdom of God,” I thought it would be best to include the remaining New Testament references to God’s kingdom … Read more
The Gospel of Matthew has a special emphasis on the kingdom of God, which he usually calls “the kingdom of heaven.” What do we know about this kingdom? Nature Joyful: a huge feast (8:11) and the place where Jesus will drink new wine with his disciples (26:29) Pure: at the end of the age a … Read more
I spent too much time making this video, but the topic has been incredibly important in biblical studies during the last 240 years.
The apostle Paul was extremely bright. Some even think he was a genius. For two thousand years people have been reading his letters and working hard to understand them. In the past five centuries, German, English, and American scholars have expended a great deal of effort digging into Paul’s writings. Thanks to N. T. Wright … Read more