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The paper is a summary including results of a dissertation that investigates the role of the Spirit in Luke 4:18-19 and in select DSS by reconsidering the argument by some pneumatologists that the role of the Spirit in Luke differs from other NT writings by upholding what is claimed to be a Jewish notion of … Read more
James W. Barker, in Writing and Rewriting the Gospels (Eerdmans, 2025), has challenged the view that the Gospel of John developed independently from the Synoptic Gospels. By arguing that John was written with full literary awareness of Matthew, Mark, and Luke and is meant to be read in light of them, Barker opens a fresh … Read more
The Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed is a beautiful cathedral with high stain-glass windows through which shines the light of God. Outside the stone walls are the heterodox, and the non-Christian. Inside stands the church of the living God, trinitarian worshippers who gaze at the divine light flooding through the multicolored windows into the cathedral’s many quarters. Purpose. … Read more
The self-designation of “The Son of Man” used by Jesus Christ in the gospels has been one of the most debated and unsettled problems of the New Testament scholarship. The author plans to look into a few challenging questions of whether the term was used by Jesus Christ or being designated by his disciples, in … Read more
As evangelicals, we have a problem. We live in a political climate of entrenchment and extremes in which party lines are more important than people, and unfortunately ecclesial practice often looks little different. In churches and Christian institutions across the US, confessions and statements of faith function not simply as a guiding word but as … Read more
In his most explicit teaching on church discipline, Jesus appealed to the Old Testament law of two or three witnesses to establish a matter (Matthew 18:16). Paul argued that an accusation could not be brought against an elder unless the accusation was brought by two or three witnesses (1 Timothy 5:19). References to the law … Read more
Many biblical theologies go wrong when they fail to take account of the genre of the Bible and privilege one of its many genres—whether narrative, law, or hymn—over the others. I have spent much of the last decade writing The Genres and Formulas of the Hebrew Bible: A Glossary which will be coming out in … Read more
In a world that is fracturing, with dominating powers here and there, everyone longs for a true leader. Jesus being the King of kings and the Lord of lords demonstrates to be the ultimate Leader of the world. Does His leadership come from His divine identity? Or is it the humanity of Jesus that makes … Read more
This paper will argue that until recently the terms sex and gender have been virtually synonymous when referring to the classification of human beings as male or female. Further, this understanding should be retained or recovered rather than adopting an understanding that splits sex and gender into two non-overlapping concepts. This synonymous understanding runs counter … Read more
This paper defends the position that baptism is the act by which a person makes his public profession of faith and, therefore, should be the prescribed action for confession in an evangelistic presentation—rather than praying a prayer, as is common in witnessing tools like the Four Spiritual Laws or the Three Circles. It seeks to … Read more