The Sabbath: What Does the Bible Teach Christians Today?
Christians can easily talk past each other when the Sabbath comes up because we may not be asking the same question. Are we talking…
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Majority Text and Textus Receptus: Can We Trust the New Testament?
When a Bible footnote says that some manuscripts read differently, I do not think we need to panic or pretend the note is not…
John the Baptist’s Death and His Question for Jesus
Why was John the Baptist imprisoned and killed, and what should we make of the question he sent to Jesus from prison? John’s whole…
Lydia in the Bible: The Woman Whose Heart God Opened
Lydia appears in only a handful of verses, yet Luke gives us enough detail to meet a real woman rather than a religious symbol.…
Apollos in the Bible: An Eloquent Teacher Corrected
Apollos only appears in a handful of New Testament passages, yet Luke gives us enough detail to raise an important question. What happens when…
Christmas and Christianity: Are Its Roots Really Pagan?
Should a Christian celebrate Christmas, or do its later traditions make the whole day pagan? I have heard confident claims on both sides, but…
Bartholomew the Apostle: What We Know From Scripture
Bartholomew is named among the Twelve, but the Bible records very little about him under that name. Can we learn more by identifying him…
Circumcision in the Bible: Covenant, Salvation, and Christ
Why did God command circumcision, and why does the New Testament warn Gentiles not to seek it as a condition of salvation? The answer…
Priscilla in the Bible: Her Service and Ministry
Priscilla never appears alone in the New Testament, yet the six references that name her with Aquila tell us a great deal. What did…
‘Let the Women Keep Silent’: What Does It Mean?
What did Paul mean when he wrote, “Let your women keep silent in the churches”? Some people use that sentence to silence women in…
The Apostle Paul: From Persecutor to Gospel Preacher
When we first meet Saul in Acts, he is helping persecute Christians and then hunting them from house to house. How did that man…
Which Bible Translation Can I Trust?
With so many English Bibles available, which translation can we trust for daily reading, serious study, and teaching? To answer that, we need to…