Eutychus

At least three times in the last year, I have heard from Christians who are concerned that they shouldn't have a Christmas tree, or mayb...

One of my students sent me a question about the translation of Romans 9:5 (pictured above in Codex Sinaiticus, a manuscript from AD 350). T...

Today in my undergraduate class on Paul's letters, we talked about the "I" in Romans 7:13-25 . Those of you who have done som...

Question: What is the difference between grace and mercy? When I was growing up in church, I used to hear the saying, "Mercy is when y...

Question: What's the difference between water baptism and baptism by/ in/of/ with the Holy Spirit? If one is baptized in the Holy Spiri...

Q: How many churches can you belong to? I haven't seen any statistics, but people who study the church have noticed that a growing numb...

I grew up hearing and reading the Bible during the transition from KJV to NASB and NIV. In my church setting, the transition was mostly wel...

The second ETS lecture I attended today was by Andrew Naselli, a doctoral student at Trinity. His paper was "Paul's Use of Isaiah 4...

In my last post , I explained that the "good eye" and "bad eye" of Matthew 6:22-23 likely refers to generosity and stin...

The following is a short article that I was asked to write for the January 2009 edition of New Hope magazine. It's aimed at a lay magazi...

Keoki asked a question concerning my earlier post on the American Revolutionary War. Suppose for a moment that the American Revolution was ...

In honor of Independence Day, I want to continue the Just War series, but in a slightly different direction. Based on just war theory, what...

The following is an answer to a question I received by email: What does... Romans 13:1-7 mean? It seems to conflict with our beliefs in fre...

I was a guest on Keli'i Akina's radio show, YFC for Parents, as I mentioned last week. The first week aired this evening, and both s...

Today I had the pleasure of being a guest on a local radio show, YFC for Parents. I have known Keli'i Akina, the host, since my days in ...

Yesterday my students asked me about an unusual (to say the least) proverb that seems to advocate getting drunk. Proverbs 31:6-7 says "...

In my last post , I asked you why Luke included the story of Eutychus in Acts 20:7-12. To be honest, I think Luke included the tale partly b...