America's Violation of "You Shall Not Murder": Abortion
Last week John Aloisi posted an informative entry on “Abortion and the Early Church.” With this post, and another to follow, I... Read More
Do I Answer a Fool? Or Do I not?
In Proverbs 26:4 we are commanded not to answer a fool, but in the very next verse we’re commanded to answer a... Read More
How to Read a Psalm
When I have preached on a psalm in a church, some people have mentioned to me that they were familiar with a... Read More
How Long Lord? Will You Forget Me Forever?
I have cried out with these words from Psalm 13:1a on a few occasions. How do I know that it is legitimate... Read More
The Point of the Miracle at the Pool
We just read through John 5 in our Greek refresher course. After working through the miracle story at the beginning of the... Read More
The Genre of the Psalms: Part 2
In yesterday’s post I noted that a familiarity with the basic genres of the Psalms can be a real aid in reading... Read More
The Genre of the Psalms
An aid in reading the Psalms is to be able to arrange them in literary categories or genres. Based on thematic elements... Read More
The Poetic Nature of the Psalms
While the Psalms are familiar to many Christians, understanding them is often difficult. Part of this difficulty relates to the poetic nature... Read More
Could Paul Grant Spiritual Gifts to Christians?
The answer to that question might seem to be “Yes,” if we look at what Paul says in Rom 1:11, “I long... Read More