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…
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Paul and Silas in Prison: Why Their Chains Broke
People often remember Acts 16 as the night Paul and Silas sang and their chains fell off. Luke tells a fuller story: after an…
The Gift of Tongues: What the Bible Actually Teaches
What does the Bible mean by the gift of tongues, and how should a church respond when someone claims to have it? This subject…
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…
Polycarp: A Biblical Examination of an Early Christian Pastor
Polycarp lived close enough to the apostolic generation that his name carries real historical weight, but what can the surviving evidence actually prove? I…
Codex Vaticanus: What It Is and Why Textual Tradition Matters
Codex Vaticanus is one of the first manuscripts people mention when the wording of the New Testament is debated. Its age deserves attention, but…
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…
Original Sin: What Does the Bible Teach?
What do we mean when we say that people are born with “original sin”? Scripture clearly teaches that Adam's fall changed the human condition,…
Timothy in the Bible: How a Young Disciple Became a Faithful Servant
Timothy appears in Acts as a disciple who already had a good report, but how did that young man become the coworker Paul trusted…
Tongues of Fire at Pentecost: What Happened in Acts 2?
What were the tongues that looked like fire at Pentecost? Acts 2 describes something people could see, followed by languages people could understand. We…
Ananias and Sapphira: What Happened in Acts 5?
The account of Ananias and Sapphira has unsettled readers for a long time, and I think it should. Acts 5 does not tell the…
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…