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Discussion of Rom 1:18-23 (especially philosophic questions)
The interviewers titled it: Craig Keener Reacts: “Everyone Knows God” (Romans 1:18-23)
Rocky and the Thunderboys
When Jesus assigns his three closest disciples the names Rocky (Simon now called Petros, the rock) and Thunderboys…
Any Hope for Peter? Following Jesus in Mark 8:27-38
Peter messes up big-time before he becomes a fisher of people. Is there any hope for him? (Or…
Spiritual war—Ephesians 6:10-24
Life in this world involves a lethal spiritual war waged between God (whose triumph is certain) and Satan,…
Children and slaves in Ephesians 6:1-9
The second and last installment on Eph 5:21-6:9, household codes in Ephesians. Paul sometimes gets a bad rap…
What does Paul mean by submission in Ephesians 5?
Paul’s emphasis in Ephesians 5:22-33 is marital unity. He frames Ephesians 5:21-6:9 with Jesus’s transcultural teaching of mutual…
Born in Bethlehem (Luke 2:4)
The place where Jesus may have been born. Early tradition may have preserved the right site for Jesus’s…
The Spirit-filled life in Ephesians 5:18-21
Being filled with the Spirit moves us to worship God, thank God, and look out for one another.…