What Must I Do to Be Saved?
Podcasts are the best.
I especially like listening to The Rewatchables, which is a podcast where a group of 2-4 people discuss their favorite “rewatchable” movies.
During the last episode I listened to they were talking about Ghost. (A movie I haven’t seen before… I know, I know, I should make it a point to watch it.) Since the movie is about someone’s loved one being killed and then returning as a ghost it didn’t take long for the conversation to come to a discussion about the afterlife.
Jesus and the Father Are One
Of all the things Jesus said to get himself in trouble with the religious leaders of his day (“Your sins are forgiven”, “Before Moses was, I am”, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath”, etc.) what he said in John 10:30 might have been the topper.
‘The Gospel’ According to Romans 1:16
Nestle-Aland Greek New Testament, 28th Edition
Οὐ γὰρ ἐπαισχύνομαι τὸ εὐαγγέλιον, δύναμις γὰρ θεοῦ ἐστιν εἰς σωτηρίαν παντὶ τῷ πιστεύοντι,
In Defense of the New Living Translation... And English Translations in General
Several years ago I watched a pretty intense and illuminating debate on the Trinity between two people who (obviously) did not share the same belief. One believed the God who revealed himself within the Scriptures revealed himself as triune (i.e., the Trinity). The other manifestly believed he did not. For him, God is “one”—case closed (i.e., Unitarian).
Passion Week: Saturday - The "In-Between"
The man who, on Sunday, rode into Jerusalem being hailed as the Messiah and King was now, on Saturday, in the grave…or so it seemed.
Passion Week: Friday - The Beginning of the End
If the beginning of the end wasn’t when Jesus rode into Jerusalem as a king, it most assuredly was when Judas brought a crowd to arrest him. From that point forward Jesus would no longer walk freely throughout the land with his disciples. From here on out he’d be bound, either by chains or by nails to a cross.
Passion Week: Thursday - Our Last Time Together... Like This
For several years Jesus had been with his disciples almost all the time. There was little he did without them.
Passion Week: Wednesday - The Scheme
What do you do with a person who says and does things that invite others to believe that he is not only the king, but God in the form of a human being? If you don’t like his message of kingship and divinity, you come up with a plan to end all this nonsense by getting rid of him.
Passion Week: Tuesday - The Wisdom of Man vs. The Wisdom of God
What happens when someone like Jesus comes into a city being hailed as king, and then goes to the temple demanding things be different? Debates happen.
Passion Week: Monday - God Is the One in Charge
The day after Jesus made his triumphal entry into Jerusalem he went to the heart of the city. He went to the temple.