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# Bible Backgrounds

Research and Commentary from Dr. Craig Keener

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## Posts

- [Blog](https://craigkeener.com/blog/)
- [Remember the Poor](https://craigkeener.com/remember-the-poor/) - Craig's article, Remember the Poor: A Biblical Mandate the Church Cannot Ignore, written for (the especially Assemblies of God) Influence magazine, was awarded first place for biblical exposition in the 2026 EPA (Evangelical Press Association) awards for 2025 articles. https://influencemagazine.com/en/Practice/Remember-the-Poor
- [They Survived War and Infidelity — But This Is What Tested Their Faith](https://craigkeener.com/they-survived-war-and-infidelity-but-this-is-what-tested-their-faith/) - Cassian Bellino interviews us on Impossible Love. For Spotify, see Spotify
- [Women, keep silent in church?](https://craigkeener.com/women-keep-silent-in-church/) - Message at Vlad Savchuk's Hungry Generation Church, July 12, 2026
- [CBN interviews Craig on suffering, demons](https://craigkeener.com/cbn-interviews-craig-on-suffering-demons/)
- [The Creed](https://craigkeener.com/the-creed/) - A friend (Verónica Danko) did this so well (her singing and composition and use of AI tools) that I thought to include her video rather than one of my (sometimes talking head) videos this time.
- [Bar exam](https://craigkeener.com/bar-exam/)
- [Shooting star](https://craigkeener.com/shooting-star/)
- [Testimony of a young Pentecostal and scholarship](https://craigkeener.com/testimony-of-a-young-pentecostal-and-scholarship/) - Mostly Spanish with English subtitles, though some the other direction, and some silent sections for the questions:
- [Cultural Backgrounds Bible Spanish Version](https://craigkeener.com/cultural-backgrounds-bible-spanish-version/) - Interview regarding Cultural Backgrounds Bible Spanish Version (Biblia de Transfondo Cultural). (The study Bible is also available in English.)
- [The Story of Everything](https://craigkeener.com/the-story-of-everything/) - If you love science and consider its theological implications today, this movie (The Story of Everything) will encourage you. (Science was one of my first loves. I wanted to be an astrophysicist when I was younger.) Following is the movie's home trailer. The film is showing in theaters now.
- [The tomb is empty](https://craigkeener.com/the-tomb-is-empty/) - The Holy Sepulchre is one of my favorite places on earth. But it is holy precisely because Jesus is not there--he is risen and is Lord of the universe!
- [Edifying interdenominational discussion](https://craigkeener.com/edifying-interdenominational-discussion/) - Mutually encouraging interdenominational discussion with Filipino Catholic preacher Adrian Milag (plus some friendly pushback)
- [Pentecostal interview for Latin America, with both Spanish and English](https://craigkeener.com/pentecostal-interview-for-latin-america-with-both-spanish-and-english/)
- [Does Paul Allow Divorce & Remarriage?](https://craigkeener.com/does-paul-allow-divorce-remarriage/) - Craig Keener on 1 Corinthians 7:15: Interview with Kirk Miller on Logos
- [Paul Supported the Ministry of Women](https://craigkeener.com/paul-supported-the-ministry-of-women/) - From the Global Pentecostal Voices Summit 2025, Singapore
- [Paul Taught Mutual Submission](https://craigkeener.com/paul-taught-mutual-submission/) - From the Global Pentecostal Voices Summit 2025, Singapore
- [For Richer, for poorer](https://craigkeener.com/for-richer-for-poorer/) - Chapter 8 in my book on suffering deals with poverty. Here are some highlights. And for those who would call me "liberal" for citing biblical verses about the needs of the poor at the end of the video: like myself, many of my viewers genuinely view Scripture as God's Word, and we hope that you,
- [Suffering: persecution: massacre in Nigeria](https://craigkeener.com/suffering-persecution-massacre-in-nigeria/) - This is the 6-minute version. For the full version, see:
- [Think Biblically Podcast on Suffering](https://craigkeener.com/think-biblically-podcast-on-suffering/) - Interview with Sean McDowell and Scott Rae on the Think Biblically podcast, on my recent book Suffering https://www.biola.edu/blogs/think-biblically/2026/suffering-and-our-spiritual-lives
- [Daily Dose of Greek: Romans 1](https://craigkeener.com/daily-dose-of-greek-romans-1/) - Rob Plummer interviews Craig Keener on Daily Dose of Greek
- [Anybody tempted to doubt that God sometimes does miracles?](https://craigkeener.com/anybody-tempted-to-doubt-that-god-sometimes-does-miracles/) - Neuroscientist Josh Brown's healing story, together with other experiences he has witnessed or researched, should be very convincing. It's the first episode of a recent series on Angel. You'll want S1E1 (episode 1) at www.angel.com/shows/miracle
- [Interview with Matthiew Lavagna on miracles](https://craigkeener.com/interview-with-matthiew-lavagna-on-miracles/) - Or if you prefer it in French, it's here:
- [It’s normal to face opposition for your faith](https://craigkeener.com/its-normal-to-face-opposition-for-your-faith/) - The Bible warns us to expect persecution, though it happens in some places more than others.
- [Should all prophecies be positive?](https://craigkeener.com/should-all-prophecies-be-positive/) - Prophets and suffering: The New Testament urges us to “look to the prophets” for examples of how to deal with suffering. Prophets didn't suffer from delivering only happy news.
- [Apostles and Suffering](https://craigkeener.com/apostles-and-suffering/) - Hey, the apostles suffered too--indeed, a lot! Part of this series on suffering:
- [Revelation intro part 2: Babylon, time frame, emperor cult](https://craigkeener.com/revelation-intro-part-2-babylon-time-frame-emperor-cult/) - Part 2 of the first week of the Revelation course, online because weather prevented in-person meeting (Jan. 27, 2026)
- [Interpreting Revelation (Revelation intro part 1)](https://craigkeener.com/interpreting-revelation-revelation-intro-part-1/) - Interpreting Revelation (Revelation intro part 1). Our first in-person Revelation class of the semester (Jan. 27, 2026) had to meet via Zoom. This was the first part of our content for the evening.
- [Inside the Asbury Outpouring: interview with Daniel Kolenda](https://craigkeener.com/inside-the-asbury-outpouring-interview-with-daniel-kolenda/)
- [Governors and kings during New Testament times](https://craigkeener.com/governors-and-kings-during-new-testament-times/) - The first week of my New Testament introduction course often introduces some New Testament background. This includes a survey of Judea's governors and Roman emperors in the first century, to provide a sort of timeline for events encountered in the New Testament. The reason this session is recorded is because we could not meet in
- [A charismatic view of suffering?](https://craigkeener.com/a-charismatic-view-of-suffering/) - Suffering and baptism in the Spirit in Mark's introduction
- [Suffering and Revival](https://craigkeener.com/suffering-and-revival/)
- [How much is Jesus worth? Matthew 26:6-16](https://craigkeener.com/how-much-is-jesus-worth-matthew-266-16/)
- [Differing with John MacArthur on 1 Cor 14](https://craigkeener.com/differing-with-john-macarthur-on-1-cor-14/) - From a much earlier interview with Daniel Kolenda
- [JUDGMENT!](https://craigkeener.com/judgment/) - JUDGMENT on Pharaoh in Exodus: Sometimes we like judgment, and sometimes we don't. It tends to depend on who's getting judged!
- [Theologian toilet paper](https://craigkeener.com/theologian-toilet-paper/)
- [Water to blood](https://craigkeener.com/water-to-blood/)
- [Syncretism in missiology 101](https://craigkeener.com/syncretism-in-missiology-101/)
- [Grading on a curve?](https://craigkeener.com/grading-on-a-curve/)
- ["Let them eat cake" hermeneutics](https://craigkeener.com/let-them-eat-cake-hermeneutics/)
- [Theodicy regarding judgment](https://craigkeener.com/theodicy-regarding-judgment/)
- [Clean bill of health](https://craigkeener.com/clean-bill-of-health/)
- [Stalemate-marriage counseling 103](https://craigkeener.com/stalemate-marriage-counseling-103/)
- [The Emperor has no clothes](https://craigkeener.com/the-emperor-has-no-clothes/)
- [Imitating Pastor John](https://craigkeener.com/imitating-pastor-john/)
- [Clap your hands-or not](https://craigkeener.com/clap-your-hands-or-not/)
- [Ramesside dynasty](https://craigkeener.com/ramesside-dynasty/)
- [Yes, there IS a Christian genocide in Nigeria](https://craigkeener.com/yes-there-is-a-christian-genocide-in-nigeria/) - I am not interested in defending the partisan right or left, and that's not what this is about. The suffering in northern Nigeria didn't start recently—it's been going on for decades. I have interviewed many friends from northern Nigeria, plus I depend on reports I received already when I taught there in the 1990s. In
- [David was a wack job](https://craigkeener.com/8220-2/)
- [The elephant in the room](https://craigkeener.com/8217-2/)
- ["Suffering Pentecostally": interview with George Wood (Influence)](https://craigkeener.com/suffering-interview-with-george-wood-influence/) - https://influencemagazine.com/en/Podcast/Suffering-Pentecostally
- [Suffering interview with Kerby Anderson](https://craigkeener.com/suffering-interview-with-kerby-anderson/) - Interview on Point of View radio, on my Suffering book, starts in minute 23
- [Matthew’s passion narrative](https://craigkeener.com/matthews-passion-narrative/) - Because Craig had a cold he lectured on video instead of in front of a class. So this was his survey of much of Matthew 26-28.
- [The Early Church, Revival, and the Spirit-Empowered Life](https://craigkeener.com/the-early-church-revival-and-the-spirit-empowered-life/) - Miranda Nelson interviewed me for a couple hours on Spirit Talk Theology
- [Wrapping up Revelation (and a NT class)](https://craigkeener.com/wrapping-up-revelation-and-a-nt-class/) - I had to record the last class of the semester because I had a cold. We were supposed to finish the Book of Revelation and then synthetically tie together some themes that run through the NT (by way of illustration or samples). Craig's voice was not loud enough to project to the classroom so he
- [The historical reliability of the New Testament](https://craigkeener.com/the-historical-reliability-of-the-new-testament/) - Interview with Matthieu Lavagna (in English after the French introduction)
- [Christ versus Caesar at Jesus's birth](https://craigkeener.com/christ-versus-caesar-at-jesuss-birth/)
- [In the imperative mood](https://craigkeener.com/in-the-imperative-mood/)
- [Media desensitization](https://craigkeener.com/media-desensitization/)
- [Biodegradable](https://craigkeener.com/biodegradable/)
- [He made a mess at the church picnic, and now ...](https://craigkeener.com/he-made-a-mess-at-the-church-picnic-and-now/)
- [Church smell groups](https://craigkeener.com/church-smell-groups/)
- [Unique dissertation](https://craigkeener.com/unique-dissertation/)
- [Hybrid AI kids](https://craigkeener.com/hybrid-ai-kids/)
- [Cain or Abel?](https://craigkeener.com/cain-or-abel/)
- [Pharaonic professor](https://craigkeener.com/pharaonic-professor/)
- [Frog plague](https://craigkeener.com/frog-plague/)
- [Acts, miracles, and mission (Acts 1:8)](https://craigkeener.com/acts-miracles-and-mission-acts-14/) - My message in Asbury Seminary's chapel service, Nov. 4, 2025, on Acts 1:4. The top link is the audio of the sermon; the second is the video link of the sermon. But even better is the third link on the page (scroll down), for the entire service—where our son David, along with Lena (a seminarian
- [Getting deep in Bible study](https://craigkeener.com/getting-deep-in-bible-study/)
- [Christian Nationalism or the Left?](https://craigkeener.com/christian-nationalism-or-the-left/) - There are problems with both "Christian Nationalism" and "the Left." Neither of these are new. The church had to confront both right-wing nationalism and left-wing values in its cultures in the first century.
- [Background and genre in Bible interpretation](https://craigkeener.com/background-and-genre-in-bible-interpretation/) - Presentation at Father's House for Ignition Northwest
- [Matthew chapters 13-16](https://craigkeener.com/matthew-chapters-13-16/) - I posted this originally for my U.S. Matthew class because I was scheduled to be in Asia one week. It picks up after the beginning of Matt 13 (and the introduction to parables) because those appear in the previous session.
- [Matt 11.7-13.11](https://craigkeener.com/matt-11-7-13-11/) - I posted this video originally for my Matthew class because I was scheduled to be outside the US one week. The reason for starting and stopping where it does is where I ran out of time the preceding week ...
- [Romans (designed for a NT survey class)](https://craigkeener.com/romans-designed-for-a-nt-survey-class/) - I teach Romans a little differently every semester but I originally posted this video for my NT class for a week when I'd be out of the country
- [Samples on Acts](https://craigkeener.com/samples-on-acts/) - Samples for my NT class for a session when I was scheduled to be giving a lecture in Singapore). I had left off in the middle of Acts 2 the preceding week.
- [Suffering" Its Meaning for the Spirit-Filled Life](https://craigkeener.com/suffering-its-meaning-for-the-spirit-filled-life/) - I have been really looking forward to this book, a fitting complement to my earlier book on miracles. Here I give information about places where the church is persecuted, where Christians flee war and gang violence, etc., and talk about what the Bible says about these matters. (P.S., in the picture I'm smiling because the
- [Why Christians should trust Scripture](https://craigkeener.com/why-christians-should-trust-scripture/) - Presentation at the Father's House during Ignition Northwest
- [What Psalms 147-150 teach us about praising God!](https://craigkeener.com/what-psalms-147-150-teach-us-about-praising-god/)
- [Apostles Today](https://craigkeener.com/apostles-today/)
- [Ps 103-107 (RAPID survey)](https://craigkeener.com/ps-103-107-rapid-survey/)
- [Context in Bible interpretation](https://craigkeener.com/context-in-bible-interpretation/) - Presentation at the Father's House for Ignition Northwest
- [Screen shot](https://craigkeener.com/screen-shot/)
- [Crypto economics](https://craigkeener.com/crypto-economics/)
- [The Tudor dynasty](https://craigkeener.com/the-tudor-dynasty/)
- [Pop theology (and genies!)](https://craigkeener.com/pop-theology-and-genies/)
- [Annette with Voice of the Martyrs](https://craigkeener.com/annette-with-voice-of-the-martyrs/) - While Annette and Tim Forster were visiting us from Voice of the Martyrs, I invited Annette to share a few words about VOM and examples from a couple countries. VOM works with 40,000 indigenous frontline workers in some 70 nations. We connected in view of my 2025 book about Suffering:
- [Is there anti-Semitism in the New Testament?](https://craigkeener.com/is-there-anti-semitism-in-the-new-testament/)
- [Jesus warns a compromising church: Pergamum in Revelation 2:12-17](https://craigkeener.com/jesus-warns-a-comprising-church-pergamum-in-revelation-212-17/)
- [What God can do through one person](https://craigkeener.com/what-god-can-do-through-one-person-2/)
- [Beloved Disciple](https://craigkeener.com/beloved-disciple/) - Jesus said, “I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep.”—John 10:14-15 I had such a wonderful experience of intimacy with Jesus, starting around maybe my second or third year
- [Archbishop Benjamin Kwashi on genocide against Christians in northern Nigeria](https://craigkeener.com/archbishop-benjamin-kwashi-on-genocide-against-christians-in-northern-nigeria/) - Craig interviews retired Anglican Archbishop Ben Kwashi on his experience and on the massacres of Christians in northern Nigeria. Archbishop Kwashi has long worked for peace, reconciliation, justice, truth and is always centered in the gospel of Christ. He and his wife Gloria have adopted more than seventy children, many of them orphans because of
- [Pray for God to help Haiti and Haitian deportees](https://craigkeener.com/pray-for-god-to-help-haiti-and-haitian-deportees/) - The US State Department says that Haiti is unsafe for travel (Level 4). For how unsafe, see the following news report from on the ground: massive murder, massive rape (even of young children; the capital is under 80 percent gang control): So why are governments talking about sending vulnerable people back there??? Countries deported 200,000
- [Seminary Now teaser on Acts](https://craigkeener.com/seminary-now-teaser-on-acts/)
- [Seminary Now is producing a course based on my Acts commentary](https://craigkeener.com/seminary-now-is-producing-a-course-based-on-my-acts-commentary/)
- [The Reliability of the New Testament](https://craigkeener.com/the-reliability-of-the-new-testament/) - Reason & Theology podcast
- [The Book of Revelation](https://craigkeener.com/the-book-of-revelation/) - Jude 3 Project interview with Lisa Fields
- [The seals of judgment in Revelation 6](https://craigkeener.com/the-seals-of-judgment-in-revelation-6/) - Revelation warns of judgments on humanity
- [The church that made Jesus want to puke—Revelation 3:14-22](https://craigkeener.com/the-church-that-made-jesus-want-to-puke-revelation-314-22/) - The church in Laodicea thought it had everything in its favor--money, fashion, health. Well, almost everything--they knew their water tasted gross. Come explore Jesus's message to the church in Laodicea.
- [What God can do through one person](https://craigkeener.com/what-god-can-do-through-one-person/)
- [Baptismal pause](https://craigkeener.com/baptismal-pause/)
- [3000-point font](https://craigkeener.com/3000-point-font/)
- [The academic's pen is mightier than the sword](https://craigkeener.com/the-academics-pen-is-mightier-than-the-sword/)
- [Grandfather clause](https://craigkeener.com/grandfather-clause/)
- [Out of Service](https://craigkeener.com/out-of-service/)
- [Video course on Acts](https://craigkeener.com/video-course-on-acts/) - Although I have 23 hours of free lectures on Acts on my YouTube channel, a newer, more official course with Seminary Now is launching with much better video graphics, based on my 4-volume Acts commentary
- [Demons and those who hate them](https://craigkeener.com/demons-and-those-who-hate-them/) - Interview with Craig’s PhD student Emily Reina Kerkhof
- [Philadelphia—a suffering church (Revelation 3:7-13)](https://craigkeener.com/philadelphia-a-suffering-church-revelation-37-13/)
- [Sardis—the DEAD church (Revelation 3:1-6)](https://craigkeener.com/sardis-the-dead-church-revelation-31-6/)
- [Genocide against Christians now—Northern Nigeria](https://craigkeener.com/genocide-against-christians-now-northern-nigeria/)
- [The Lord is my Shepherd—Psalm 23](https://craigkeener.com/the-lord-is-my-shepherd-psalm-23/)
- [In passing the torch, Nadab and Abihu got burned](https://craigkeener.com/in-passing-the-torch-nadab-and-abihu-got-burned/)
- [Head coverings: does the Bible make them mandatory?](https://craigkeener.com/head-coverings-does-the-bible-make-them-mandatory/)
- [Does the Bible always forbid remarriage after divorce?](https://craigkeener.com/does-the-bible-always-forbid-remarriage-after-divorce/)
- [False prophetess in Thyatira—Revelation 2:18-29](https://craigkeener.com/false-prophetess-in-thyatira-revelation-218-29/)
- [Be faithful to death: the church in Smyrna in Revelation 2:8-11](https://craigkeener.com/be-faithful-to-death-the-church-in-smyrna-in-revelation-28-11/)
- [Christians living in a hostile world—1 Peter—Craig's Remnant Radio interview](https://craigkeener.com/christians-living-in-a-hostile-world-1-peter-craigs-remnant-radio-interview/)
- [Regain your first love: the church in Ephesus—Revelation 2:1-7](https://craigkeener.com/regain-your-first-love-the-church-in-ephesus-revelation-21-7/)
- [Psalm 33](https://craigkeener.com/psalm-33-2/) - Psalm 33 is an invitation to praise the One who made the world and us
- [Concerns about some current U.S. policy trajectories](https://craigkeener.com/concerns-about-some-current-u-s-policy-trajectories/) - I’m expressing concerns about three U.S. policies right now. Feel free to skip ahead to #1 if you wish, but I need to introduce this post with my caveat to what follows. I usually stay out of politics, even in the U.S. (my home country); government policies are changing so quickly that this post may
- [U.S. deportation policy right now sucks](https://craigkeener.com/u-s-deportation-policy-right-now-sucks/) - A lot of political matters are debatable, but some things are just wrong. Among our associates we know of more than one person in the U.S. legally who has now been ordered to leave the U.S.—even though each is married to a U.S. citizen. To maintain a normally functioning marriage, the U.S. citizen now must
- [Love the stranger—how do we apply Leviticus 19:34?](https://craigkeener.com/love-the-stranger-how-do-we-apply-leviticus-1934/)
- [Missionary language deficiency](https://craigkeener.com/8144-2/)
- [When the cartoonist wasn't sure what to draw ...](https://craigkeener.com/when-the-cartoonist-wasnt-sure-what-to-draw/)
- [Environmentalist social media scandal](https://craigkeener.com/environmentalist-social-media-scandal/)
- [Topical preaching](https://craigkeener.com/topical-preaching/)
- [Stinky breath (Job 19:17)](https://craigkeener.com/stinky-breath-job-1917/)
- [Stop for pedestrians](https://craigkeener.com/stop-for-pedestrians/)
- [Cattle-lyst for change](https://craigkeener.com/cattle-lyst-for-change/)
- [Plastic people](https://craigkeener.com/plastic-people/)
- [The need of many Nigerian Christians](https://craigkeener.com/the-need-of-many-nigerian-christians/) - In my forthcoming book on suffering, I note, “Based on concrete sources, Global Christian Relief reports that in 2024, nearly ten thousand (9,814) Nigerians were murdered because they were Christians.[i]” Possibly over 3 million Nigerians are displaced. A significant proportion of these are Christians displaced by jihad. Often displaced in camps with poor sanitation and
- ["Dying"—my son's testimony](https://craigkeener.com/dying-my-sons-testimony/) - In early 2024 my son David, though in his 20s, was diagnosed with liver failure (because of a genetic disease we did not know about) and had to deal with the prospect of death. He wrote a song, released just a few days ago, about his struggle, which he introduced in this way: "I began
- [Take a head count ... but don't count on it ...](https://craigkeener.com/take-a-head-count-but-dont-count-on-it/)
- [Once saved, always ...](https://craigkeener.com/once-saved-always/)
- [Take a peek ... any peak ...](https://craigkeener.com/take-a-peek-any-peak/)
- [Pulpit? or pulp it?](https://craigkeener.com/pulpit-or-pulp-it/)
- [Waitlisted? Or weightlifted?](https://craigkeener.com/waitlisted-or-weightlifted/)
- [Filing cabinets](https://craigkeener.com/filing-cabinets-2/)
- [What is the Gospel?](https://craigkeener.com/what-is-the-gospel-2/) - NAE interview regarding the background and some implications of the gospel (and, why the gospel of the kingdom and the gospel of Christ are the same gospel!) See also Craig's article at St Andrews Encyclopedia of Theology.
- [Jack tumbling down the hill—a dull boy](https://craigkeener.com/jack-tumbling-down-the-hill-a-dull-boy/)
- [Excellent student](https://craigkeener.com/excellent-student/)
- [Phoeniciology professor](https://craigkeener.com/phoeniciology-professor/)
- [ImPECKable credentials](https://craigkeener.com/impeckable-credentials/)
- [Lactose intolerant](https://craigkeener.com/lactose-intolerant/)
- [Sheepfolding](https://craigkeener.com/sheepfolding/)
- [Church Hirearchy](https://craigkeener.com/church-hirearchy/)
- [Psalm 33](https://craigkeener.com/psalm-33/) - Psalm 33 is an invitation to praise the One who made the world and us
- [Resurrection interview with Esau McCaulley](https://craigkeener.com/resurrection-interview-with-esau-mccaulley/)
- [Ryley Heppner podcast interview regarding reliability of the Gospels](https://craigkeener.com/ryley-heppner-podcast-interview-regarding-reliability-of-the-gospels/) - Ryley Heppner podcast interview regarding reliability of the Gospels (also some of Craig’s background)
- [Jesus stands among the churches (Rev. 1:9-20)](https://craigkeener.com/jesus-stands-among-the-churches-rev-19-20/)
- [GOD introduces the Book of Revelation (Rev 1:4-8)](https://craigkeener.com/god-introduces-the-book-of-revelation-rev-14-8/)
- [Do we need Bible translations? Anything else?](https://craigkeener.com/do-we-need-bible-translations-anything-else/)
- [Chris Mikkelson interview on miracles](https://craigkeener.com/chris-mikkelson-interview-on-miracles/) - Chris actually has witnessed way more than I; his introduction of me includes some hyperbole, but the discussion went really well!
- [SECTICIDE](https://craigkeener.com/secticide/)
- [Sounding board](https://craigkeener.com/sounding-board/)
- [Behind on writing references](https://craigkeener.com/behind-on-writing-references/)
- [Bear with me!](https://craigkeener.com/bear-with-me/)
- [Interview with Zach Miller on ancient and biblical views of fate, predestination, and free will](https://craigkeener.com/interview-with-zach-miller-on-ancient-and-biblical-views-of-fate-predestination-and-free-will/)
- [Missional Holiness in Isaiah 6](https://craigkeener.com/missional-holiness-in-isaiah-6/)
- [Ancient Taboos: The Woman with the Issue of Blood | Mark 5 explained](https://craigkeener.com/ancient-taboos-the-woman-with-the-issue-of-blood-mark-5-explained/)
- [Ancient Epilepsy Cures: Bizarre Remedies & the Power of Jesus](https://craigkeener.com/ancient-epilepsy-cures-bizarre-remedies-the-power-of-jesus/)
- [Too Strange for Scripture: The Shepherd of Hermas](https://craigkeener.com/too-strange-for-scripture-the-shepherd-of-hermas/)
- [Romance in the Bible: Song of Solomon](https://craigkeener.com/romance-in-the-bible-song-of-solomon/)
- [Psalms: Prayer in the Bible](https://craigkeener.com/psalms-prayer-in-the-bible/) - Letting your hair down with God
- [Proverbs: A book of wise sayings](https://craigkeener.com/proverbs-a-book-of-wise-sayings/) - Proverbs: A book of wise sayings, and a few suggestions on how to use them most wisely
- [Signs of the Kingdom—Matthew 11:2-5](https://craigkeener.com/signs-of-the-kingdom-matthew-112-5/) - I discussed other topics at Taylor University as well but this was the one for chapel ...
- [Abishag, King David's bed partner (1 Kings 1)](https://craigkeener.com/abishag-king-davids-bed-partner-1-kings-1/)
- [A dirty story in the Bible?—Judah and Tamar (Genesis 38)](https://craigkeener.com/a-dirty-story-in-the-bible-judah-and-tamar-genesis-38/)
- [Let the dead bury their dead—Luke 9:57-62](https://craigkeener.com/let-the-dead-bury-their-dead-luke-957-62/)
- [Jesus’s Resurrection (Part 3): Refuting Skeptical Objections](https://craigkeener.com/jesuss-resurrection-part-3-refuting-skeptical-objections/)
- [Jesus’s Resurrection (Part 4): Grand Finale](https://craigkeener.com/jesuss-resurrection-part-4-grand-finale/)
- [What’s the Biblical Evidence for Jesus’s Resurrection?](https://craigkeener.com/whats-the-biblical-evidence-for-jesuss-resurrection/)
- [Dying-and-rising gods? Or end-time Jewish resurrection?](https://craigkeener.com/dying-and-rising-gods-or-end-time-jewish-resurrection/) - Part 1 of several interviews about Jesus's resurrection. Craig edits his information better when he writes than when he speaks extemporaneously, but you should nevertheless find it informative!
- [Old Testament Law in light of the New Testament](https://craigkeener.com/old-testament-law-in-light-of-the-new-testament/) - How do Jesus, Paul, and other NT voices teach us to understand the OT law?
- [Applying Old Testament laws](https://craigkeener.com/applying-old-testament-laws/) - Extrapolating ethics from OT laws can be tricky. Here are some considerations to take into account when seeking to apply OT laws.
- [Israel’s laws in their ancient context](https://craigkeener.com/israels-laws-in-their-ancient-context/) - Israel's civil laws in Exodus and Deuteronomy fit a particular cultural milieu. Subsequent videos will explain how we can learn from them today, but it's essential to take their original function into account.
- [The Tabernacle in Exodus: what's the point?](https://craigkeener.com/the-tabernacle-in-exodus-whats-the-point/)
- [Relevance theory](https://craigkeener.com/relevance-theory/)
- [Crosscultural miscommunication?](https://craigkeener.com/crosscultural-miscommunication/)
- [Instructions for how to use gifts or how to quit?](https://craigkeener.com/instructions-for-how-to-use-gifts-or-how-to-quit/)
- [All Scripture for all time?](https://craigkeener.com/all-scripture-for-all-time/)
- [Does prophecy compete with Scripture?](https://craigkeener.com/does-prophecy-compete-with-scripture/)
- [We are Christ's ambassadors—2 Corinthians 5:18-21](https://craigkeener.com/we-are-christs-ambassadors-2-corinthians-518-21/)
- [Who's the Rose of Sharon?](https://craigkeener.com/whos-the-rose-of-sharon/)
- [Defining values](https://craigkeener.com/defining-values/)
- [A rampaging scribe](https://craigkeener.com/a-rampaging-scribe/)
- [A novel thesis](https://craigkeener.com/a-novel-thesis/)
- [Origin of polyester](https://craigkeener.com/origin-of-polyester/)
- [A profound statement](https://craigkeener.com/a-profound-statement/)
- [Debunking heretics](https://craigkeener.com/debunking-heretics/)
- [Filing cabinets](https://craigkeener.com/filing-cabinets/)
- [Jericho march](https://craigkeener.com/jericho-march/)
- [Core courses](https://craigkeener.com/core-courses/)
- [Straight face](https://craigkeener.com/straight-face/)
- [Classtrophobia](https://craigkeener.com/classtrophobia/)
- [Different opinions about classes](https://craigkeener.com/different-opinions-about-classes/)
- [What a letdown!](https://craigkeener.com/what-a-letdown/)
- [Levi's genes](https://craigkeener.com/levis-genes/)
- [CAPital punishment](https://craigkeener.com/7935-2/)
- [Duck-billed platterpus](https://craigkeener.com/duck-billed-platterpus/)
- [Back to square one](https://craigkeener.com/back-to-square-one/)
- [Mary Christmas](https://craigkeener.com/mary-christmas/)
- [iPhone mythography](https://craigkeener.com/iphone-mythography/)
- [Environmental ethics: species extinction](https://craigkeener.com/environmental-ethics-species-extinction/)
- [Alphabetical Bible](https://craigkeener.com/alphabetical-bible/)
- [Infants in arms](https://craigkeener.com/infants-in-arms/)
- [Be imitators of God—Ephesians 5:1 in context](https://craigkeener.com/be-imitators-of-god-ephesians-51-in-context/)
- [How long did it take Peter to walk to work?](https://craigkeener.com/how-long-did-it-take-peter-to-walk-to-work/)
- [Faith comes by hearing the word?—Romans 10:17 in context](https://craigkeener.com/faith-comes-by-hearing-the-word-romans-1017-in-context/)
- [Why did the devil say, "If you're God's Son," and why did Jesus quote Deuteronomy?—Matthew 4:3-4](https://craigkeener.com/why-did-the-devil-say-if-youre-gods-son-and-why-did-jesus-quote-deuteronomy-matthew-43-4/)
- [I can do ALL things through Christ—Philippians 4:13 in context](https://craigkeener.com/i-can-do-all-things-through-christ-philippians-413-in-context/)
- [Where there is no vision, the people perish—Proverbs 29:18](https://craigkeener.com/where-there-is-no-vision-the-people-perish-proverbs-2918/)
- [Just weights and measures—Proverbs 11:1](https://craigkeener.com/just-weights-and-measures-proverbs-111/) - Be fair; don't cheat!
- [A word out of context???](https://craigkeener.com/a-word-out-of-context/)
- [Seek first and all will be added—Matthew 6:33](https://craigkeener.com/seek-first-and-all-will-be-added-matthew-633/)
- [Knocking at the door—Revelation 3:20](https://craigkeener.com/knocking-at-the-door-revelation-320/)
- [John 3:16 in context?](https://craigkeener.com/john-316-in-context/)
- [So about the Bible's flat earth ...](https://craigkeener.com/so-about-the-bibles-flat-earth/) - Some people dismiss the Bible as teaching a flat earth
- [Worship as a setting for hearing from God](https://craigkeener.com/worship-as-a-setting-for-hearing-from-god/)
- [How to stay on track with the Spirit's voice](https://craigkeener.com/how-to-stay-on-track-with-the-spirits-voice/)
- [There’s gonna be a fourth one now](https://craigkeener.com/theres-gonna-be-a-fourth-one-now/)
- [Hearing God's voice: you'll minister together someday](https://craigkeener.com/hearing-gods-voice-youll-minister-together-someday/)
- [Who's Ezekiel's cherub in God's garden?](https://craigkeener.com/whos-ezekiels-cherub-in-gods-garden/) - Ezekiel 28 in context
- [Lucifer is ... who???](https://craigkeener.com/lucifer-is-who/) - Isaiah 14 in context
- [Sabbath keeper](https://craigkeener.com/sabbath-keeper/)
- [Paleontologists and amateur theologians](https://craigkeener.com/paleontologists-and-amateur-theologians/)
- [Netbreak (not network)](https://craigkeener.com/netbreak-not-network/)
- [Proverbs 23:2 out of context](https://craigkeener.com/proverbs-232-out-of-context/)
- [Tech Ethics case study 5](https://craigkeener.com/tech-ethics-case-study-5/)
- [Leaving a LEGacy](https://craigkeener.com/leaving-a-legacy/)
- [Shoe counseling](https://craigkeener.com/shoe-counseling/)
- [Romans 10:9-10 in context](https://craigkeener.com/romans-109-10-in-context/) - What if you CAN'T confess with your mouth? Why does Paul address the heart and the mouth? Addressed in two 1-minute videos:
- [Let the weak say, "I'm strong"—Joel 3:10](https://craigkeener.com/let-the-weak-say-im-strong-joel-310/) - This one kind of gets quoted out of context too. The next short in this video series on out-of-context verses.
- [WHICH is "the day that the Lord has made"?](https://craigkeener.com/which-is-the-day-that-the-lord-has-made/) - Sunday? Saturday? All of the above? Or something else?
- [When you sing, "Lift Jesus Higher!"—oops!](https://craigkeener.com/when-you-sing-lift-jesus-higher-oops/)
- [Who's the thief who comes to steal, kill and destroy?](https://craigkeener.com/whos-the-thief-who-comes-to-steal-kill-and-destroy/) - Next in the series on verses in or out of context, a short on John 10:10!
- [What's the Lord's army in Joel 2:9?](https://craigkeener.com/whats-the-lords-army-in-joel-29/)
- [Empowerment of the Spirit in Acts (English with Portuguese translation)](https://craigkeener.com/empowerment-of-the-spirit-in-acts-english-with-portuguese-translation/) - Starting at 2.48:
- [666 and other scary end-time ideas](https://craigkeener.com/666-and-other-scary-end-time-ideas/) - Remnant Radio interview: Some popular End Times/Revelation views circulating in Christian pop culture. Is "www" the same as 666? (Nope.) Are barcodes or Elon Musk's Neuralink chip the mark of the beast? (Also nope.) YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/5jF2YGtDdeg -Rumble: https://rumble.com/v5cl38z-answering-end-times-questions-with-dr.-craig-keener.html Top Podcasts (and others not listed): -Apple Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/181805/15649926 Answering End Times Questions With Dr. Craig Keener - The Remnant
- [Cessationism; spiritual gifts; and apostles for today?](https://craigkeener.com/cessationism-spiritual-gifts-and-apostles-for-today/) - Podcast in Brazil, with the intro in Portuguese but the rest (starting at 2.10) in ENGLISH with PORTUGUESE SUBTITLES
- [Women in ministry](https://craigkeener.com/women-in-ministry-3/) - Podcast in Brazil, with the intro in Portuguese but the rest (starting at 2.20) in ENGLISH with PORTUGUESE SUBTITLES. The subject is especially women in ministry, with some on spiritual gifts (31.53) (“liderança feminina e dons espirituais”)
- [Answering questions on the Book of Revelation (Spanish and English)](https://craigkeener.com/answering-questions-on-the-book-of-revelation-spanish-and-english/)
- [Reliability of Scripture interview (English and Spanish)](https://craigkeener.com/reliability-of-scripture-interview-english-and-spanish/)
- [Articles on miracles; Acts 1-2](https://craigkeener.com/articles-on-miracles-acts-1-2/) - For those of you with library access to journal articles: the first article below is an academic one on miracles, based on Craig's paper at Biola University last year: https://doi.org/10.1177/19397909241274415 The second is an article on Acts 1-2, based on Craig's second paper for the Holy Spirit conference at Biola University last year: https://doi.org/10.1177/19397909241274418
- [Pharaoh seeks new water filter](https://craigkeener.com/pharaoh-seeks-new-water-filter/)
- [Spouse bubbles](https://craigkeener.com/spouse-bubbles/)
- [Clark Kent gets contacts](https://craigkeener.com/clark-kent-gets-contacts/)
- [Freshman roommate?](https://craigkeener.com/freshman-roommate/)
- [Hearing God’s voice part 7: “Tongues and prophecy”](https://craigkeener.com/hearing-gods-voice-part-7-tongues-and-prophecy/)
- [Moving Mount Olivet](https://craigkeener.com/moving-mount-olivet/)
- [Cessationism and supersessionism](https://craigkeener.com/cessationism-and-supersessionism/)
- [Who are "the least of these" in Matthew 25?](https://craigkeener.com/who-are-the-least-of-these-in-matthew-25/) - Many say that the least of these in Matthew 25 are the poor. There is good reason to think this is biblical theologically; after all, Proverbs 19:17 says that one who is gracious to the poor lends to the Lord, and the Lord will repay them. So certainly what we do for the poor God
- [Let your yea be yea and your nay be nay](https://craigkeener.com/let-your-yea-be-yea-and-your-nay-be-nay/)
- [Revolting American Protestants](https://craigkeener.com/revolting-american-protestants/)
- [Hosea adjusts southern prophet's grammar](https://craigkeener.com/hosea-adjusts-southern-prophets-grammar/)
- [Interest rates rising](https://craigkeener.com/interest-rates-rising/)
- [Rust vs. lust](https://craigkeener.com/rust-vs-lust/)
- [Aliens become citizens](https://craigkeener.com/aliens-become-citizens/)
- [Emperor penguins](https://craigkeener.com/emperor-penguins/)
- [Humbling others](https://craigkeener.com/humbling-others/)
- [AI husband](https://craigkeener.com/ai-husband/)
- [Genetically programmed fruit labels](https://craigkeener.com/genetically-programmed-fruit-labels/)
- [Hearing God's Voice with Dr. Craig Keener Part #10](https://craigkeener.com/hearing-gods-voice-with-dr-craig-keener-part-10/) - God teaching us through the mind, and knowing God
- [Introduction to the question of Spiritual Gifts in less than 10 minutes](https://craigkeener.com/introduction-to-the-question-of-spiritual-gifts-in-less-than-10-minutes/) - Filmed by Seminary Now
- [Are the miracle accounts credible? (in 7.24 minutes) (with Seminary Now)](https://craigkeener.com/are-the-miracle-accounts-credible-in-7-24-minutes-with-seminary-now/)
- [Video courses on sale](https://craigkeener.com/video-courses-on-sale/) - --I give my own videos online for free, but some are taped with others at greater length and part of a larger collection. My video course is one of the videos at @SeminaryNow for a limited time! If you want access to 80+ streaming courses, you can save $60. If you do this, choose *annual
- [Hearing God's Voice with Craig Keener Part #9](https://craigkeener.com/hearing-gods-voice-with-craig-keener-part-9/) - The difference between false prophets and not hearing God’s voice fully accurately
- [Jesus, Atheism, & Ancient History](https://craigkeener.com/jesus-atheism-ancient-history/) - Glossa House interview with Michael Halcomb
- [Hearing God's Voice with Craig Keener Part #8](https://craigkeener.com/hearing-gods-voice-with-craig-keener-part-8/) - Hearing God's Voice with Dr. Craig Keener Part #8: Nuancing prophecy (conditional prophecies, etc.)
- [Different views about the Millennium through history](https://craigkeener.com/different-views-about-the-millennium-through-history/) - Are you amillennial? Or maybe, a millennial? Don't confuse postmillennial with posttribulational premillennial. And is this really a POST? Here I briefly summarize some views and some reasons their advocates offer in support of them.
- [“Open your mouth and I will fill it!”](https://craigkeener.com/open-your-mouth-and-i-will-fill-it/) - Does Psalm 81:10 REALLY mean you should normally preach without preparing your message? Not exactly ...
- [The Gift of the Holy Spirit (with Chosen People Ministries)](https://craigkeener.com/the-gift-of-the-holy-spirit-with-chosen-people-ministries/)
- [Hearing God’s voice part 6: “The End of Cessationism”](https://craigkeener.com/hearing-gods-voice-part-6-the-end-of-cessationism/) - Does cessationism cease?
- [Hearing God’s voice part 5: Led by the Spirit](https://craigkeener.com/hearing-gods-voice-part-5-led-by-the-spirit/)
- [Greedy denominations](https://craigkeener.com/greedy-denominations/)
- [Wreckless driver](https://craigkeener.com/wreckless-driver/)
- [Looking good for his age](https://craigkeener.com/looking-good-for-his-age/)
- [Second mile](https://craigkeener.com/second-mile/)
- [The Adam bomb](https://craigkeener.com/the-adam-bomb/)
- [Pew spikes](https://craigkeener.com/pew-spikes/)
- [Weird interview with “Blurry Creatures”](https://craigkeener.com/weird-interview-with-blurry-creatures/)
- [Jesus the Game Changer](https://craigkeener.com/jesus-the-game-changer/)
- [Hearing God’s voice part 4: When you don’t hear anything](https://craigkeener.com/hearing-gods-voice-part-4-when-you-dont-hear-anything/)
- [Luke 1:5-13](https://craigkeener.com/luke-15-13/) - Luke emphasizes that Jesus’s story is rooted in the story of God’s earlier acts for his people. Luke’s first account after his preface (1:1-4) evokes the story of Abraham and Sarah, an aged couple without children. While some may have associated their condition of childlessness with judgment, Luke is clear that Zechariah and Elizabeth, like
- [Hearing God’s voice part 3](https://craigkeener.com/hearing-gods-voice-part-3/)
- [Hearing God’s voice part 2](https://craigkeener.com/hearing-gods-voice-part-2/)
- [Trusting God's love for us](https://craigkeener.com/trusting-gods-love-for-us/) - God’s voice: trust his love for us (a short for Back Porch Theology)
- [Hearing God’s voice part 1](https://craigkeener.com/hearing-gods-voice-part-1/)
- [Gen 10-11 and Acts 2: list of nations followed by Babel](https://craigkeener.com/gen-10-11-and-acts-2-list-of-nations-followed-by-babel/) - A short, for Back Porch Theology
- [God created us in his image to be his children](https://craigkeener.com/god-created-us-in-his-image-to-be-his-children/) - A short for Back Porch Theology
- [We need God's help to hear Scripture fully](https://craigkeener.com/we-need-gods-help-to-hear-scripture-fully/) - Portuguese and English (in Brazil): needing God’s help in hearing Scripture (Craig’s part starts at 2:25)
- [How Craig became a Christian](https://craigkeener.com/how-craig-became-a-christian/) - Excerpted from That You May Know Him Podcast:
- [Overthinkers Podcast asks Craig about miracles](https://craigkeener.com/overthinkers-podcast-asks-craig-about-miracles/) - The Overthinkers Podcast: “Are Miracles Real?”: Do miracles happen today? Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson talk to Dr. Craig Keener, author of the book "Miracles Today", to discuss whether miracles are real and answer modern objections. https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/are-miracles-real-with-dr-craig-keener/id1510271421?i=1000652433251
- [Spiritual gifts, women in ministry and other random but controversial topics](https://craigkeener.com/spiritual-gifts-women-in-ministry-and-other-random-but-controversial-topics/) - That You May Know Him Podcast: “An Epic Conversation with Dr. Craig Keener on Spiritual Gifts (& other topics)”
- [Messy-potamia](https://craigkeener.com/messy-potamia/)
- [Litter-ary criticism](https://craigkeener.com/litter-ary-criticism/)
- [Bible with trigger warnings](https://craigkeener.com/bible-with-trigger-warnings/)
- [Flat-earthers and dozing bulls](https://craigkeener.com/flat-earthers-and-dozing-bulls/)
- [The Bible versus tradition—Jesus, the heart and the stomach (Mark 7:1-23)](https://craigkeener.com/the-bible-versus-tradition-jesus-the-heart-and-the-stomach-mark-71-23/) - The Bible versus tradition—Jesus, the heart and the stomach (Mark 7:1-23). Prepared for my graduate-level Mark class when I needed to be away: When treating Mark 7.19 for a Mark video, I neglected to report an alternative understanding:
- [Tale of two banquets, treading on waves—Mark 6:23-56](https://craigkeener.com/tale-of-two-banquets-treading-on-waves-mark-623-56/) - The grisly banquet of Herod Antipas contrasts starkly with the immediately following banquet of Jesus. (The lesson picks up in the middle of the Herod story because this was recorded for my graduate-level Mark class, starting where we had left off the previous week.) Also note the addendum afterward Jesus didn't heal EVERYBODY: Briefly qualifying
- [Vol. 3 of Acts is back in stock](https://craigkeener.com/vol-3-of-acts-is-back-in-stock/)
- [Apollos Watered](https://craigkeener.com/apollos-watered/)
- [Preaching and Pentecostalism panel discussion](https://craigkeener.com/preaching-and-pentecostalism-panel-discussion/) - Panel discussion at the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary of Evangel University
- [Women in ministry in the New Testament](https://craigkeener.com/women-in-ministry-in-the-new-testament/) - The Assemblies of God Network of Women Ministers evening with Craig at AGTS at Evangel University
- [“My God, why have you forsaken me?” (Mark 15:34)](https://craigkeener.com/my-god-why-have-you-forsaken-me-mark-1534/)
- [How reliable are the Gospels? Some factors to consider](https://craigkeener.com/how-reliable-are-the-gospels-some-factors-to-consider/) - Posted by Besorah on the LAMB network. There were some internet connection problems that day on CK's end but most of the sound came through adequately.
- [Response to last year's "Cessationism" movie](https://craigkeener.com/response-to-last-years-cessationism-movie/) - OK, I'm running behind on posts (major time constraints, especially during the academic year), so I wouldn't make a great film critic! But for what it's worth, here's what one charismatic scholar (namely, CK) thought of the Cessationism movie. (The picture of me on the front is obviously photoshopped. Why would CK be wearing a
- [The Spirit and our devotional life](https://craigkeener.com/the-spirit-and-our-devotional-life/) - 1 hour, in English with Portuguese translation
- [Did Christmas Really Happen?](https://craigkeener.com/did-christmas-really-happen/) - Part 1 (on Influence podcast): Audio
- [Christobiography (Russian, Ukrainian, with English subtitles)](https://craigkeener.com/christobiography/) - podcast in English + Russian, and English + Ukrainian
- [Translation, language and background](https://craigkeener.com/translation-language-and-background/) - A clip from Craig's video series on NT background for http://seminarynow.co/keener-vm
- [Worship and the Spirit](https://craigkeener.com/worship-and-the-spirit/) - 9 minutes on worship and the Spirit (in English and Portuguese)
- [Spirit-guided prayer/Uma oração guiada pelo Santo Espírito](https://craigkeener.com/spirit-guided-prayer-uma-oracao-guiada-pelo-santo-espirito/) - 5-minute clip in English and Portuguese
- [Why study Bible background?](https://craigkeener.com/why-study-bible-background/) - This clip is from the course on New Testament background with http://seminarynow.co/keener-vm
- [Our life is not ours/A nossa vida não é nossa!](https://craigkeener.com/our-life-is-not-ours-a-nossa-vida-nao-e-nossa/) - In English and Portuguese
- [Culture and miscommunication](https://craigkeener.com/culture-and-miscommunication/) - A clip from Craig's video series on New Testament background for http://seminarynow.co/keener-vm
- [The right kind of humanism](https://craigkeener.com/the-right-kind-of-humanism/) - Genesis 1:26-27 ...
- [A Day in the City](https://craigkeener.com/a-day-in-the-city/) - Asbury NYC, meeting at Chinese Alliance Church, “A Day in the City” (Craig starts at 32.18 on Acts 1—2 at:
- [Is There Evidence for Miracles Today?](https://craigkeener.com/is-there-evidence-for-miracles-today/) - Interview with Jamie Bambrick
- [Discussion of Rom 1:18-23 (especially philosophic questions)](https://craigkeener.com/discussion-of-rom-118-23-especially-philosophic-questions/) - The interviewers titled it: Craig Keener Reacts: "Everyone Knows God" (Romans 1:18-23)
- [“Not I but Christ”: Gal 2:20](https://craigkeener.com/not-i-but-christ-gal-220/) - Interview with Eric Gilmour:
- [Miracles, Gifts, and Witch Doctors](https://craigkeener.com/miracles-gifts-and-witch-doctors/) - Unrefined podcast: “Miracles, Gifts, and Witch Doctors” (interviewing Craig)
- [Rocky and the Thunderboys](https://craigkeener.com/rocky-and-the-thunderboys/) - When Jesus assigns his three closest disciples the names Rocky (Simon now called Petros, the rock) and Thunderboys (James and John, the Boanerges), he’s naming them in faith according to their callings, not what they are already. (See Mark 3:16-17. Some take “sons of thunder” as a statement of their fiery temperament; I think more
- [Women in ministry, presentation for Brazil](https://craigkeener.com/women-in-ministry-presentation-for-brazil/) - In both English and Portuguese I was invited to make this presentation (via videoconference) in July 2023
- [Text criticism](https://craigkeener.com/text-criticism/)
- [How Craig ended up at Asbury Seminary](https://craigkeener.com/how-craig-ended-up-at-asbury-seminary/) - From Craig's Asbury professor profile (4 minutes; below)
- [Anti-aging cream](https://craigkeener.com/anti-aging-cream/)
- [Any Hope for Peter? Following Jesus in Mark 8:27-38](https://craigkeener.com/any-hope-for-peter-following-jesus-in-mark-827-38/) - Peter messes up big-time before he becomes a fisher of people. Is there any hope for him? (Or for us?) 19.37 minutes
- [Studying Scripture Well and Debunking Our Understanding of Favorite Bible Verses](https://craigkeener.com/studying-scripture-well-and-debunking-our-understanding-of-favorite-bible-verses/) - Win Today with Christopher Cook interviews Dr. Craig Keener on Studying Scripture Well and Debunking Our Understanding of Favorite Bible Verses
- [Cessationism vs. continuationism, and heresy hunting](https://craigkeener.com/cessationism-vs-continuationism-and-heresy-hunting/) - Interview with Will Hart and Iris Global:
- [How Craig became a Bible scholar, etc.](https://craigkeener.com/how-craig-became-a-bible-scholar-etc/) - Interview on God is Not a Theory podcast
- [Goliath's armor bearer](https://craigkeener.com/goliaths-armor-bearer/)
- [Healing miracles](https://craigkeener.com/healing-miracles/) - A lecture Craig gave for Every Nation's international conference in Cape Town, South Africa in Oct. 2023 (30 minutes; below)
- [Trojan horse](https://craigkeener.com/trojan-horse/)
- [Made the cut](https://craigkeener.com/made-the-cut/)
- [Makeup test (don't make up excuses!)](https://craigkeener.com/makeup-test-dont-make-up-excuses/)
- [Altarcation](https://craigkeener.com/altarcation/)
- [Cow hygiene](https://craigkeener.com/cow-hygiene/)
- [Salt water or fresh?](https://craigkeener.com/salt-water-or-fresh/)
- [Sexist surcharges](https://craigkeener.com/sexist-surcharges/)
- [Ante-Nicene Fathers?](https://craigkeener.com/ante-nicene-fathers/)
- [Elvis's autograph while waiting in line](https://craigkeener.com/elviss-autograph-while-waiting-in-line/)
- [Vegetarians and theological tarians](https://craigkeener.com/vegetarians-and-theological-tarians/)
- [From atheist to Bible scholar](https://craigkeener.com/from-atheist-to-bible-scholar/) - Andy Mason interviews Craig (below) P.S., I would've pursued astrophysics as well as Bible if I had time. (If I had time, I would've become a scholar of Hebrew Bible as well as New Testament. But there's only so much time ...
- [Donkey's jawbone](https://craigkeener.com/donkeys-jawbone/)
- [The Precursor](https://craigkeener.com/the-precursor/)
- [Text criticism meets autocorrect](https://craigkeener.com/text-criticism-meets-autocorrect/)
- [C. S. Lewis in Purgatory](https://craigkeener.com/c-s-lewis-in-purgatory/)
- [Autocorrect and periscopes](https://craigkeener.com/autocorrect-and-periscopes/)
- [Pastored or pastured?](https://craigkeener.com/pastored-or-pastured/)
- [Multirapturism](https://craigkeener.com/multirapturism/)
- [Spoiler alert!](https://craigkeener.com/spoiler-alert/)
- [Hymns for baby boomers](https://craigkeener.com/hymns-for-baby-boomers/)
- [Children and slaves in Ephesians 6:1-9](https://craigkeener.com/children-and-slaves-in-ephesians-61-9/) - The second and last installment on Eph 5:21-6:9, household codes in Ephesians. Paul sometimes gets a bad rap that has more to do with the way he has been exploited by some interpreters for their own agendas. The video is below: The video does take for granted (without feeling the need to explain) that submission
- [AI = artificial intelligence?](https://craigkeener.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/)
- [What does Paul mean by submission in Ephesians 5?](https://craigkeener.com/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 submission, but expresses the principle for his culture in ways relevant to them. What does that mean for us in a different culture (e.g., we rightly denounce slavery) 2000 years later?
- [Stats and denominational biases](https://craigkeener.com/stats-and-denominational-biases/)
- [Women in ministry dialogue session](https://craigkeener.com/women-in-ministry-dialogue-session/) - Craig presents his understanding of Paul's approach to women in ministry and then takes questions (from some AG ministers)
- [Baaaa humbug](https://craigkeener.com/baaaa-humbug/)
- [Christianity isn’t a Western religion](https://craigkeener.com/christianity-isnt-a-western-religion/)
- [Born in Bethlehem (Luke 2:4)](https://craigkeener.com/born-in-bethlehem-luke-24/) - The place where Jesus may have been born. Early tradition may have preserved the right site for Jesus's birth in Bethlehem. Already, when Hadrian desecrated holy sites in the early second century, some people in Bethlehem apparently believed they knew the site of Jesus's birth.
- [Dog eat cat world](https://craigkeener.com/dog-eat-cat-world/)
- [The Spirit-filled life in Ephesians 5:18-21](https://craigkeener.com/the-spirit-filled-life-in-ephesians-518-21/) - Being filled with the Spirit moves us to worship God, thank God, and look out for one another. 1 hour, 10 min.
- [Innovative creativity in dissertation writing (there are REASONS why some things have never been written on)](https://craigkeener.com/innovative-creativity-in-dissertation-writing-there-are-reasons-why-some-things-have-never-been-written-on/)
- [1-3 John in 4.5 minutes](https://craigkeener.com/1-3-john-in-4-5-minutes/)
- [A backstory to the 2023 Asbury Revival](https://craigkeener.com/a-backstory-to-the-2023-asbury-revival/) - I hadn’t written about a key backstory to the February outpouring at Asbury because I hadn’t known it. But racial justice was an important element in the events leading up to the outpouring. I did mention the dream I had a few years earlier, where surmounting racial prejudice would be a key test of the
- [Rowed a boat](https://craigkeener.com/rowed-a-boat/)
- [1-2 Peter in 11 minutes](https://craigkeener.com/1-2-peter-in-11-minutes/)
- [Spirit Hermeneutics (in both English and Brazilian Portuguese)](https://craigkeener.com/spirit-hermeneutics-in-both-english-and-brazilian-portuguese/)
- [Are the Biblical Gospels Historically Reliable?](https://craigkeener.com/are-the-biblical-gospels-historically-reliable/) - Agora Café | Dr. Roedolf Botha interviews Dr. Craig Keener in South Africa: Are the Biblical Gospels Historically Reliable?
- [Spiritual war—Ephesians 6:10-24](https://craigkeener.com/spiritual-war-ephesians-610-24/) - Life in this world involves a lethal spiritual war waged between God (whose triumph is certain) and Satan, for people's eternal destinies. Like it or not, we are participants in this war, on the ground level. How can we best be prepared? Let's work our way through Ephesians 6:10-24 to see.
- [God has not rejected his people—Romans 11](https://craigkeener.com/god-has-not-rejected-his-people-romans-11/) - Debates in the world about the nation of Israel have reignited Christians’ debates about the role of the Jewish people in the end-time. A fuller treatment would require examining passages from Deuteronomy to the biblical prophets, as well as hermeneutical discussions that focus on continuity or discontinuity between the OT and NT. As a NT
- [Flaky skin or flaky theology](https://craigkeener.com/flaky-skin-or-flaky-theology/)
- [Sermon reruns](https://craigkeener.com/sermon-reruns/)
- [James in 15 minutes](https://craigkeener.com/james-in-15-minutes/)
- [The Lord’s Supper in 1 Corinthians](https://craigkeener.com/the-lords-supper-in-1-corinthians/)
- [Teething to tithing](https://craigkeener.com/teething-to-tithing/)
- [Ephesians 5:3-17: wisdom, light and behavior](https://craigkeener.com/ephesians-53-17-wisdom-light-and-behavior/)
- [Pride before the fall](https://craigkeener.com/pride-before-the-fall/)
- [Engaged in class](https://craigkeener.com/engaged-in-class/)
- [LIVING like we're new in Christ—Ephesians 4:18—5:2](https://craigkeener.com/living-like-were-new-in-christ-ephesians-418-52/) - Paul elaborates what it means to live like we're new in Christ, concluding that it means, not least, living like Christ (forgiving, loving ...)
- [Spiritual Gifts in 1 Corinthians 12—14](https://craigkeener.com/spiritual-gifts-in-1-corinthians-12-14/)
- [Social media and elections](https://craigkeener.com/social-media-and-elections/)
- [Women in ministry](https://craigkeener.com/women-in-ministry-2/) - People on different sides of the issue usually start from different passages. Here I look at the passages in Paul used on either side. Guess what my conclusions might be???
- [First to finish, last to die](https://craigkeener.com/first-to-finish-last-to-die/)
- [New in Christ!—Ephesians 4:17-24](https://craigkeener.com/new-in-christ-ephesians-417-24/) - Paul tells those who trust Jesus how to live by their new identity in Christ
- [Background commentary on Kindle sale](https://craigkeener.com/background-commentary-on-kindle-sale/) - A friend just brought this to my attention so I thought I should bring it to yours. Not sure how long this lasts but at the MOMENT the background commentary is on Kindle for about $3. I don't normally "advertise" here but this was too good an opportunity to ignore, especially for those in parts
- [Tempting?](https://craigkeener.com/tempting/) - The traditional site of the Mount of Temptation. Viewed from Jericho. In Matt 4:8, the devil tempted Jesus at a mountain. Although Matthew does not specify the mountain, Jesus may have been tempted in the wilderness near the Jordan, where he was baptized, and not far from Jericho and the Dead Sea.
- [Israel and replacement theology](https://craigkeener.com/israel-and-replacement-theology/) - Interview with Will Hart (as always, click following YouTube image for video)
- [You're gifted to build up Christ's body in love—Ephesians 4:1-17](https://craigkeener.com/youre-gifted-to-build-up-christs-body-in-love-ephesians-41-17/) - Christ established unity for us in him, and as diverse members of his body we serve each other with our respective gifts to grow into fulness of unity in him
- [Are the speeches in Acts made up?](https://craigkeener.com/are-the-speeches-in-acts-made-up/) - Sean McDowell connected me with Nahoa, the smart young interviewer who interviews me regarding the authenticity of speeches in Acts, asking really good questions.
- [Where Jordan met the lake](https://craigkeener.com/where-jordan-met-the-lake/) - Close to where the River Jordan meets Lake of Galilee
- [Interview with Craig in Spanish](https://craigkeener.com/interview-with-craig-in-spanish/)
- [God's love for you revealed in Ephesians 3](https://craigkeener.com/gods-love-for-you-revealed-in-ephesians-3/) - 1 hr, 24 min, 21 sec. Paul was paying a hard price for his ministry to reach other people, but God's love revealed in Christ left him no other option ... [P.S., one spoken "typo" at the end: it should be "How much greater is His mercy and love than His wrath," not, "How much
- [The traditional site of Samuel's tomb (1 Samuel 25:1)](https://craigkeener.com/the-traditional-site-of-samuels-tomb/) - 1Sam. 25:1 ¶ Now Samuel died; and all Israel assembled and mourned for him. They buried him at his home in Ramah. ¶ Then David got up and went down to the wilderness of Paran. 1Sam. 28:3 ¶ Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his
- [Antibody](https://craigkeener.com/antibody/)
- [Not outsiders anymore!—Ephesians 2:11-22](https://craigkeener.com/not-outsiders-anymore-ephesians-211-22/) - Ephesians explains how Christ has shattered all barriers of history and ethnicity that could keep us from God—and one another.
- [Putting Craig in a tomb](https://craigkeener.com/putting-craig-in-a-tomb/) - This model tomb gives you the sense that you would often have to bend over to enter and exit. Rock-cut tombs were common for those who could afford them, but poorer people were often buried simply in shallower dirt graves.
- [Greek gramma](https://craigkeener.com/greek-gramma/)
- [God saved us in Christ—Ephesians 2:1-10](https://craigkeener.com/god-saved-us-in-christ-ephesians-21-10/) - The Apostle Paul elaborates on what God, acting in love for us, has done for us in Christ. We often recognize neither the desperation of our previous condition nor the amazing privilege we have now in Christ!
- [Being as conservative as possible (or even more)](https://craigkeener.com/being-as-conservative-as-possible-or-even-more/)
- [Spanish (and English) lecture on Bible interpretation and the Spirit](https://craigkeener.com/spanish-and-english-lecture-on-bible-interpretation-and-the-spirit/) - For the Bible Society of Argentina
- [Portuguese (and English) interview for Brazil](https://craigkeener.com/portuguese-and-english-interview-for-brazil/) - Craig trying to answer whatever his very smart interviewers ask
- [Multiverse hypothesis](https://craigkeener.com/multiverse-hypothesis/)
- [Paul's prayer for his readers—Ephesians 1:15-23](https://craigkeener.com/pauls-prayer-for-his-readers-ephesians-115-23/) - Paul tells believers what he's praying for them--for them to understand their destiny and place in Christ, who has already won the victory!
- [From the land of Jordan and of Hermon (Psalm 42:6)](https://craigkeener.com/from-the-land-of-jordan-and-of-hermon-psalm-426/) - What has the Jordan to do with Mount Hermon? Anybody thirsty?
- [Named for (which?) Bible character](https://craigkeener.com/named-for-which-bible-character/)
- [Bail out on Ba'al](https://craigkeener.com/bail-out-on-baal/)
- [Craig’s conversion from atheism](https://craigkeener.com/craigs-conversion-from-atheism/) - Asbury's Keener questions (6 minutes). (Note: Craig didn't have anything to do with the spelling online ...)
- [Studies in Acts](https://craigkeener.com/studies-in-acts/) - One of my academic books is a collection of studies on the biblical Book of Acts. For the week of Sept. 12 through Sept. 19 the ebook version is FREE at https://wipfandstock.com/9781532684111/between-history-and-spirit/ (if you prefer the Kindle version, it is $2.99), using the checkout code KEENER23
- [Psychotherapists figure out why Craig draws strange cartoons](https://craigkeener.com/psychotherapists-figure-out-why-craig-draws-strange-cartoons/)
- [Chosen by love for adoption—Ephesians 1:1-14](https://craigkeener.com/chosen-by-love-for-adoption-ephesians-11-14/) - 1 hour, 7 minutes
- [Debaiting with Peter](https://craigkeener.com/debaiting-with-peter/)
- [Does the New Testament twist the Old Testament?](https://craigkeener.com/does-the-new-testament-twist-the-old-testament/) - 13.07 min, on One for Israel
- [Time of reflection](https://craigkeener.com/time-of-reflection/) - Facing up to yourself. Merely mirrorly
- [Old Testament Law and Grace](https://craigkeener.com/old-testament-law-and-grace/) - Asbury's Keener questions (6.08 minutes)
- [Postmillennial typology](https://craigkeener.com/postmillennial-typology/)
- [What is baptism in the Holy Spirit?](https://craigkeener.com/what-is-baptism-in-the-holy-spirit/) - Asbury's Keener questions, 13.47 minutes
- [Plagiarizing only the best!](https://craigkeener.com/plagiarizing-only-the-best/)
- [What's the Difference Between Looking and Lusting?](https://craigkeener.com/whats-the-difference-between-looking-and-lusting/) - Asbury's Keener questions session (3.17 minutes)
- [Glimpse of Heaven](https://craigkeener.com/glimpse-of-heaven/) - Our son David is a worship leader. With his friends, he produced this beautiful song about the experience of the Holy Spirit, called "Glimpse of Heaven." We're grateful for David and his friends being worshipers of God. The worship team includes Vineyard, CMA, and other members. Please circulate his video further if you like it.
- [Shocking current news](https://craigkeener.com/shocking-current-news/)
- [What is turning the other cheek?](https://craigkeener.com/what-is-turning-the-other-cheek/) - Asbury's Keener questions (1 minute, 50 seconds)
- [Student exercises](https://craigkeener.com/student-exercises/)
- [Answering some objections to the Bible](https://craigkeener.com/answering-some-objections-to-the-bible/) - In Spanish and English (1.33 hours)
- [Culture & Miscommunication](https://craigkeener.com/culture-miscommunication/) - 3.26 minutes
- [Judgment call](https://craigkeener.com/judgment-call/) - By now, most people in my country (the U.S.) are aware of the havoc wreaked by climate change. For those who object to that terminology, we can at least agree that the U.S. is now among the parts of the world being hit by weather crises. Other threats loom on the horizon as well. Many
- [Refugee, migrant policy](https://craigkeener.com/refugee-migrant-policy/)
- [Son of God, God the Son](https://craigkeener.com/son-of-god-god-the-son/) - Eric Gilmour (Sonship International) interviews Craig about JESUS, 31.13 minutes
- [Do We Still Need the Old Testament Laws?](https://craigkeener.com/do-we-still-need-the-old-testament-laws/) - 8.13 minutes
- ["I Wouldn't Call it Allegorizing" - Bible Backgrounds S1E12](https://craigkeener.com/i-wouldnt-call-it-allegorizing-bible-backgrounds-s1e12/) - On the final episode of this season of Bible Backgrounds, Dr. Craig Keener goes deep into the context of multiple New Testament passages that "quote" the Old Testament. Dr. Keener brings alive the OT allusions that appear in Matthew, Galatians and elsewhere, providing needed context and background to those works. 0:00 Intro 0:22 Quoting the
- [Ramifications in the bush](https://craigkeener.com/ramifications-in-the-bush/)
- [How reliable was the memory of the Gospel writers?](https://craigkeener.com/how-reliable-was-the-memory-of-the-gospel-writers/) - 18.38 minutes
- [Bible, Translation, & Language](https://craigkeener.com/bible-translation-language/) - 2.34 minutes
- [Prophecy](https://craigkeener.com/prophecy/) - Faithful Politics interviews Craig on questions such as: Let's say you were a person of faith and one that believes in divine words from God. If you had a word directly from the divine would you share it? What method would you use to make sure you had it right? Is there anyway to know?
- [Tertullian and Aristotle](https://craigkeener.com/tertullian-and-aristotle/)
- [Who Wrote 2 Thessalonians?](https://craigkeener.com/who-wrote-2-thessalonians/) - 1.31 minutes
- [Eric Huffman interviews Craig on the book Miracles Today](https://craigkeener.com/eric-huffman-interviews-craig-on-the-book-miracles-today/)
- [Very reliable](https://craigkeener.com/very-reliable/)
- [Who Wrote to Colossians?](https://craigkeener.com/who-wrote-to-colossians/) - 2 minutes
- [Portland bonus on revival](https://craigkeener.com/portland-bonus-on-revival/) - In Portland they asked Craig to speak about the Asbury Outpouring before speaking about historical reliability of the Gospels (11.18 minutes):
- [Heavily armed Edom](https://craigkeener.com/heavily-armed-edom/)
- [Can we really trust the Gospels? part 2](https://craigkeener.com/can-we-really-trust-the-gospels-part-2/) - Craig's lecture in Portland, 54.59 minutes
- [Asbury outpouring documentary](https://craigkeener.com/asbury-outpouring-documentary/) - The documentary includes interviews with Craig, Robert Coleman, and many others (courtesy of RedeemTV).
- [What is the "gospel"?](https://craigkeener.com/what-is-the-gospel/) - The New Testament gospel, or ‘good news’, is especially the announcement of Jesus’ saving death and resurrection. The New Testament explains that it is ‘according to the scriptures.’ This means that this good news must be understood in light of the backstory of God’s saving acts in history. It also means that it must be
- [New AI scandal: pastor charged with battery!](https://craigkeener.com/new-ai-scandal-pastor-charged-with-battery/)
- [Can we really trust the Gospels?](https://craigkeener.com/can-we-really-trust-the-gospels/) - part 1, 49.31 min: Craig's lecture for Portland (held at Portland Seminary's campus)
- [Miracles in global mission](https://craigkeener.com/miracles-in-global-mission/) - The interview with Craig on this topic is Week 4 on the Rethink Mission Podcast
- [Goliath wore a coat of ... mail](https://craigkeener.com/goliath-wore-a-coat-of-mail/)
- [Why not just get personal revelation instead of having teachers?](https://craigkeener.com/why-not-just-get-personal-revelation-instead-of-having-teachers/) - º1.5 min’s on why we need teachers and not just personal “revelation”:
- [What is a word of knowledge?](https://craigkeener.com/what-is-a-word-of-knowledge/) - There are different views, but here's Craig's take (3.56 minutes):
- [Who wrote Mark’s Gospel?](https://craigkeener.com/who-wrote-marks-gospel/) - There are different views, but here is Craig's (4.53 min):
- [Craig answers questions](https://craigkeener.com/craig-answers-questions/) - ºCraig answers questions about the passion narrative and other Bible questions (at Image Church in Seattle—1.47 hours):
- [Why do miracles happen more in some parts of the world than others? (in 6 minutes)](https://craigkeener.com/why-do-miracles-happen-more-in-some-parts-of-the-world-than-others-in-6-minutes/)
- [Leviticus 11:9-10](https://craigkeener.com/leviticus-119-10/)
- [The Asbury outpouring](https://craigkeener.com/the-asbury-outpouring/) - Craig's thoughts on the "Asbury revival" (based on direct observations). Also Craig's interview with JD at Rise on Fire Ministries (1 hr) Craig's interview with Micael Grenholm in Sweden: Asbury Revival – Background, Impact, and Why the Critics are Wrong (52.23 min) and Jen Miskov, discussing the cross (8-9 minutes)
- [Free course on New Testament background](https://craigkeener.com/free-course-on-new-testament-background/) - Seminary Now filmed Craig for a course on NT backgrounds (about 200 minutes). See the trailer (1.24 min). They have made half the course (the first five sessions) available for free as a sample of their work.
- [Church government(s): Who’s right?](https://craigkeener.com/church-governments-whos-right/) - The New Testament offers some guidance for church government, but different churches have developed it in different ways. Craig tries to summarize some different views and (for what it might be worth) his own thoughts.
- [Genesis](https://craigkeener.com/genesis/) - For a series of some of Craig's devotions/Bible studies on Genesis, see https://ctrendsmag.com/author/craig-keener/
- [Prayer for US colleges and God's special timing](https://craigkeener.com/prayer-for-us-colleges-and-gods-special-timing/) - The outpouring of the Spirit at Asbury's campus that started on Feb. 8, 2023, was humanly unplanned, but God's timing seems beyond coincidence. On Feb. 23, had long been scheduled as the host campus for the Collegiate Day of Prayer, with a simulcast for prayer for colleges (see https://collegiatedayofprayer.org/). I offer just a few comments
- [Asbury Outpouring: some of the backstory and personal encounters](https://craigkeener.com/asbury-outpouring-some-of-the-backstory-and-personal-encounters/) - (31.23 min)
- [Answering critics of the Asbury revival](https://craigkeener.com/answering-critics-of-the-asbury-revival/) - Answering critics of the Asbury revival, especially a particular one (28.26 minutes)
- [The "Asbury Revival" I never saw THIS before](https://craigkeener.com/the-asbury-revival-i-never-saw-this-before/) - 5.33 minutes reflection on the Feb. 2023 Asbury revival
- [Colossians in 5.5 minutes](https://craigkeener.com/colossians-in-5-5-minutes/)
- [The outpouring at Asbury University: Responding to a critic](https://craigkeener.com/the-outpouring-at-asbury-university-responding-to-a-critic/) - After I finished the rough draft of this post, I learned that a post I made on my personal Facebook page yesterday was misconstrued as me “calling for” an end to the public phase of what is happening. This misinterpreted my amazed description of the size of what is happening and what I perceived as
- [Debate about reality of miracles](https://craigkeener.com/debate-about-reality-of-miracles/) - One doctor had dismissed my work on miracles (Miracles Today) in a critique that I don’t think anyone who actually reads my book would consider an accurate representation. Busy with other projects, I had planned to just ignore it but finally agreed to join one debate. I was joined in support of miracles by Josh
- [Remains of ancient shops just outside (west of) Jerusalem's Temple proper](https://craigkeener.com/remains-of-ancient-shops-just-outside-west-of-jerusalems-temple-proper/) - Souvenirs, anybody? Pilgrims probably bought sacrificial pigeons in the outer court of the Temple, but the stalls for shops here in the Tyropoean Valley undoubtedly did great business, especially during festivals. 30 seconds
- [Slavery, marriage in Ephesians 5:21-6:9](https://craigkeener.com/slavery-marriage-in-ephesians-521-69/)
- [A New Humanity](https://craigkeener.com/a-new-humanity/) - Craig and Médine address the theme of a new, united humanity in Ephesians (for a conference about Gal 3:28):
- [Craig's wife Médine confronts a justice issue](https://craigkeener.com/craigs-wife-medine-confronts-a-justice-issue/) - As MLK Day invites us to think about justice, I am reposting this invitation to consider one aspect of working for justice. Médine addresses ethnic and gender challenges here:
- [Acts introduction (1 minutes, 20 seconds)](https://craigkeener.com/acts-introduction-1-minutes-20-seconds/) - This short Acts introduction is also an invitation to listen to as much as you would like of the free 23-hour audio course on Acts at BiblicalTraining or on Craig Keener's YouTube channel.
- [Seasoned pastor](https://craigkeener.com/seasoned-pastor/)
- [Midterm elections?](https://craigkeener.com/midterm-elections/)
- [Why they think Peter was celibate](https://craigkeener.com/why-they-think-peter-was-celibate/)
- [Standardized professors](https://craigkeener.com/standardized-professors/)
- [The Calm Church](https://craigkeener.com/the-calm-church/) - Apparently no kids allowed ...
- [Hair-splitting theologian](https://craigkeener.com/hair-splitting-theologian/)
- [Introverted professors at a conference](https://craigkeener.com/introverted-professors-at-a-conference/)
- [Religious devoted politician](https://craigkeener.com/religious-devoted-politician/)
- [Reception history](https://craigkeener.com/reception-history/)
- [Alphabetical attendance lists](https://craigkeener.com/alphabetical-attendance-lists/)
- [Professor faces firing squad](https://craigkeener.com/professor-faces-firing-squad/)
- [Protesting HERmeneutics](https://craigkeener.com/protesting-hermeneutics/)
- [Jesus and the shepherds—Luke 2:1-14](https://craigkeener.com/jesus-and-the-shepherds-luke-21-14/) - The elite initially ignored him. God chose to reveal him to the nobodies of the day. Because God isn't impressed with human status. He wants our hearts to honor him.
- [Conspicuous consumption Christmas](https://craigkeener.com/conspicuous-consumption-christmas/)
- [Extra time for retired professors](https://craigkeener.com/extra-time-for-retired-professors/)
- [Why us profs can be absent-minded](https://craigkeener.com/why-us-profs-can-be-absent-minded/)
- [Political graffiti](https://craigkeener.com/political-graffiti/)
- [Ministerial gynophobia](https://craigkeener.com/ministerial-gynophobia/)
- [Overrealized eschatology](https://craigkeener.com/overrealized-eschatology/)
- [Apollonius of Tyana](https://craigkeener.com/apollonius-of-tyana/)
- [Blanking out on a test](https://craigkeener.com/blanking-out-on-a-test/)
- [Room and board](https://craigkeener.com/room-and-board/)
- [Time to SUM UP!](https://craigkeener.com/time-to-sum-up/)
- [Tuition waver](https://craigkeener.com/tuition-waver/) - When you ask for a waiver and they give you a waver
- [Mayflower Compact](https://craigkeener.com/mayflower-compact/) - OK, just a little late for Thanksgiving ...
- [Exporting hard cessationism](https://craigkeener.com/exporting-hard-cessationism/)
- [Nebuchadnezzar gets stumped](https://craigkeener.com/nebuchadnezzar-gets-stumped/)
- [Pharaoh in denial](https://craigkeener.com/pharaoh-in-denial/)
- [Where did Mary Magdalene attend church?](https://craigkeener.com/where-did-mary-magdalene-attend-church/) - OK, that title isn't quite accurate (though "church" and "synagogue" both translate terms applied to the congregation of God's people in the Pentateuch). But archaeologists have discovered not just a busy fish packaging industry (with plenty of contact with Capernaum and other small fishing centers), but also synagogues in Magdala. Maybe Jesus met Mary when
- [Lazarus's tomb](https://craigkeener.com/lazaruss-tomb/) - The traditional tomb of Lazarus in Bethany (2 minutes). Lazarus was buried in Bethany--maybe twice, since the first time apparently didn't take (John 11). The village is still named for Lazarus to this day (Azarya), and this is the tomb that tradition says belonged to Lazarus.
- [Pillars of the community](https://craigkeener.com/pillars-of-the-community/) - Peter, James and John are called pillars in Galatians 2:9. What's THAT about??? (1 minute)
- [Knowing God's will](https://craigkeener.com/knowing-gods-will/) - Romans 12:1-6 explains how God provides us wisdom to make good decisions in light of his purposes. (12 minutes)
- [Taking Jesus for granted: Capernaum](https://craigkeener.com/taking-jesus-for-granted-capernaum/) - Don't take Jesus for granted, like Capernaum did! (Matthew 11:21-23//Luke 10:13-15) (half a minute)
- [John was not a bruised reed](https://craigkeener.com/john-was-not-a-bruised-reed/) - John the Baptist was not a bruised reed. But maybe Herod was ... Craig comments on some reeds at the Jordan River.
- [Beside still waters?](https://craigkeener.com/beside-still-waters/) - Beside still waters (or at least, fairly still ones) at Jerusalem's zoo. Unfortunately, we were not able to obtain an interview with the big fish that swallowed Jonah. Rumor has it that it got stuck in the Tigris River somewhere after vomiting out the prophet.
- [Palm trees (John 12:13; Rev 7:9)](https://craigkeener.com/palm-trees-john-1213-rev-79/) - Very short (21 seconds), but just for anybody who, like me, unfortunately lives somewhere too cold to see palm trees very often!
- [In the wake of destruction](https://craigkeener.com/in-the-wake-of-destruction/) - Ruins from the Temple's tragic destruction in the year 70 (32 seconds)
- [A concise survey of 2 Corinthians](https://craigkeener.com/a-concise-survey-of-2-corinthians/) - 33 minutes
- [A concise survey of Ephesians](https://craigkeener.com/a-concise-survey-of-ephesians/) - Looking especially at relationships in Ephesians (with a digression on spiritual warfare), 37 minutes
- [Letdown: How do you let somebody down through a roof?](https://craigkeener.com/letdown-how-do-you-let-somebody-down-through-a-roof/) - You can't do that very easily through most kinds of roofs, but it would work in ancient Galilee. This scene is from Nazareth Village, one of the most educational sites for Christians to visit in Israel.
- [Slavery in the US and Bible interpretation](https://craigkeener.com/slavery-in-the-us-and-bible-interpretation/) - 10 minutes
- [Sheep heed the shepherd's voice (John 10:3-5)](https://craigkeener.com/sheep-heed-the-shepherds-voice-john-103-5/) - Craig interviews real live sheep at Nazareth Village! (But these ones don't say much.) (22 seconds)
- [1 Corinthians in 1 hour (with focus on spiritual gifts)](https://craigkeener.com/1-corinthians-in-1-hour-with-focus-on-spiritual-gifts/) - If you prefer a shorter version, minus spiritual gifts, here is a survey of 1 Corinthians 1-10, 15-16 (29.3 minutes). (Other videos tackle 1 Cor 11-14 in greater detail.)
- [What does the Pool of Siloam in John 9:7 have to do with the Feast of Tabernacles in John 7???](https://craigkeener.com/what-does-the-pool-of-siloam-in-john-97-have-to-do-with-the-feast-of-tabernacles-in-john-7/)
- [Concise survey of the Book of Revelation (1.5 hours)](https://craigkeener.com/concise-survey-of-the-book-of-revelation-1-5-hours/) - 1.5 hours may not seem like TOTALLY concise but at the master's and PhD level Craig teaches it as a 40-hour course, and given the fact that he needs to survey so MANY different VIEWS on this one book ...
- [Stone water pots in John 2:6](https://craigkeener.com/stone-water-pots-in-john-26/) - Why did the water pots, set aside for the ritual of purification, have to be made of stone?
- [Philippians in 5 minutes](https://craigkeener.com/philippians-in-5-minutes/)
- [Getting stoned—in the ancient sense](https://craigkeener.com/getting-stoned-in-the-ancient-sense/) - Stephen died by stoning (Acts 7:58-59), Paul got stoned (Acts 14:19; 2 Cor 11:25), and some people wanted to stone Jesus (John 10:32-33). People picked up stones to throw at Moses and David. Filmed in Israel at a traditional site for Emmaus. (1 minute)
- [Tabgha](https://craigkeener.com/tabgha/) - Peter and his fellow fishermen probably fished near here. (Less than one minute)
- [1-2 Thessalonians in 9 minutes](https://craigkeener.com/1-2-thessalonians-in-9-minutes/) - Some background and survey
- [Some trees are easier to climb than others (10 seconds)](https://craigkeener.com/some-trees-are-easier-to-climb-than-others-10-seconds/) - This tree is not a sycamore fig tree, like Zaccheus's tree in Jericho. It's just an illustration of how some trees are easier to climb than others ...
- [From the pinnacle of the Temple](https://craigkeener.com/from-the-pinnacle-of-the-temple/) - Satan urged Jesus to cast himself down (Matt 4:5//Luke 4:9). Even though the drop to the valley is less steep today than it was in Jesus's day, you can get the sense that you wouldn't land softly (20 seconds)
- [At the Temple's Western Wall](https://craigkeener.com/at-the-temples-western-wall/) - As I prayed there, I was reminded of Jesus's warning about the Temple's destruction, and felt more of its deeply tragic weight. No earthly institution, even those initially devoted to God, is permanent. We await the fullness of God's own kingdom. (1.25 minutes, no sound)
- ["Look what impressive stones!" (Mark 13:1)](https://craigkeener.com/look-what-impressive-stones-mark-131/) - "Look what impressive stones!" (Mark 13:1). Jesus's disciples were impressed with the Temple's magnificent engineering, as are many of us today. Many of the stones in the Western retaining wall remain, though the Temple proper was destroyed. (15 seconds)
- [The Temple's destruction](https://craigkeener.com/the-temples-destruction/) - "Not one stone on another" (Mark 13:2) may contain an element of hyperbole, but the destruction of the Temple was colossal and heartbreaking.
- ["Not one stone on another": except maybe a few](https://craigkeener.com/not-one-stone-on-another-except-maybe-a-few/) - Some stones from the southern course of the Temple (40 seconds)
- [Head coverings: do you have to wear a hat to church?](https://craigkeener.com/head-coverings-do-you-have-to-wear-a-hat-to-church/)
- [Hebrews in 11 minutes](https://craigkeener.com/hebrews-in-11-minutes/)
- [Life of Servanthood](https://craigkeener.com/life-of-servanthood/)
- [Médine and Craig's story](https://craigkeener.com/medine-and-craigs-story/) - Audio of interview at (YouTube and Vimeo)
- [Revelation: A Vision of Hope](https://craigkeener.com/revelation-a-vision-of-hope/) - interview with Tim Mahoney: This interview was part of the recent discussion on the Book of Revelation while promoting the film titled "The 7 Churches of Revelation: Times of Fire" (25 min’s)
- [What does it mean to be ready for Jesus’s coming?](https://craigkeener.com/what-does-it-mean-to-be-ready-for-jesuss-coming/) - interview with Tim Mahoney: This interview was part of the recent discussion on the Book of Revelation while promoting the film titled "The 7 Churches of Revelation: Times of Fire") (5.41 minutes)
- [Interview with Craig on his conversion, Acts commentary, mutual submission, charismatic manifestations, etc.](https://craigkeener.com/interview-with-craig-on-his-conversion-acts-commentary-mutual-submission-charismatic-manifestations-etc/) - Interview with some professors and ministers in Brazil (In Portuguese and English)
- [Interview #2 with Kim Maas on Revelation](https://craigkeener.com/interview-2-with-kim-maas-on-revelation/)
- [Kim Maas interviews Craig about Revelation](https://craigkeener.com/kim-maas-interviews-craig-about-revelation/)
- [Matthew in 55 minutes](https://craigkeener.com/matthew-in-55-minutes/)
- [Mark in 51 minutes](https://craigkeener.com/mark-in-51-minutes/)
- [Jude in 3 minutes](https://craigkeener.com/jude-in-3-minutes/)
- [Apollos Watered interviews about miracles](https://craigkeener.com/apollos-watered-interviews-about-miracles/) - Travis Fleming at Apollos Watered podcast interviews Craig regarding miracles in part 1. Part 2 addresses When miracles don’t happen, disabilities, demons, etc.
- [Romans in 20 minutes](https://craigkeener.com/romans-in-20-minutes/) - A concise survey of Paul's letter to Jesus's followers in Rome, especially highlighting a key theme.
- [John's Gospel in 54 minutes](https://craigkeener.com/johns-gospel-in-54-minutes/)
- [Rough cut: wait, don't ask me THAT!](https://craigkeener.com/rough-cut-wait-dont-ask-me-that/) - The rough cut is the more entertaining version of Craig's video interview with CBE:
- [How far did Peter have to walk to get to work?](https://craigkeener.com/how-far-did-peter-have-to-walk-to-get-to-work/) - How far did Peter have to walk to get to work? Probably about the minute in this video:
- [Bethshean: Greco-Roman influences in Israel](https://craigkeener.com/bethshean-greco-roman-influences-in-israel/) - Some largely Gentile cities existed in the land of Israel. Although Galilee was oriented especially toward Jerusalem, Jesus had good reason to say, "Do not go on any road [leading to] Gentile" communities (Matt 10:5).
- [Bethsaida](https://craigkeener.com/bethsaida/) - Et-Tell? El-Araj? Somewhere between them, Craig gets lost (but just pretend that he knows exactly where he is ...)
- [What did Peter’s fishing boat look like?](https://craigkeener.com/what-did-peters-fishing-boat-look-like/) - But hopefully it was in better shape back then ...
- [A rocky start: Peter as rock and stumblingblock in Matthew 16](https://craigkeener.com/a-rocky-start-peter-as-rock-and-stumblingblock-in-matthew-16/) - Craig explains Matt 16:13-23 at Caesarea Philippi. When our group was visiting Caesarea Philippi and ran into a tour group where we had friends, they invited Craig to offer some comments on Peter's confession at Caesarea Philippi in Matthew's Gospel.
- [Capernaum’s synagogue](https://craigkeener.com/capernaums-synagogue/) - Jesus taught in a synagogue in Capernaum (Mark 1:21; John 6:59). He also cast out a demon there (Mark 1:23-27), and Jairus may have been synagogue ruler of this synagogue. Meanwhile, most people outside Galilee never heard of Capernaum, much less its synagogue! But archaeology has identified the likely synagogue.
- [Immersion for conversion?](https://craigkeener.com/immersion-for-conversion/) - Although there is debate, the stronger arguments favor the idea that at least some of Jesus's Jewish contemporaries expected gentiles to immerse themselves when converting to Judaism. John the Baptist also used water immersion as a form of purification, prefiguring the greater One’s Spirit immersion (Mark 1:8; Ezek 36:25-27). Craig offers just a few comments
- [Jericho and the parable of the Good Samaritan](https://craigkeener.com/jericho-and-the-parable-of-the-good-samaritan/)
- [The prodigal son wanted to eat carob pods (Luke 15:16). YECH!](https://craigkeener.com/the-prodigal-son-wanted-to-eat-carob-pods-luke-1516-yech/) - Why did the prodigal son want to eat carob pods? How yummy were they?
- [Why did Jesus curse a fig tree when it wasn't yet the season for figs? (Mark 11:13-14)](https://craigkeener.com/why-did-jesus-curse-a-fig-tree-when-it-wasnt-yet-the-season-for-figs-mark-1113-14/) - You can eat paggîm (brebas), but you might not like them! (What Jesus PREFIGures when there aren't any PREFIGS ...)
- [Fruitless trees](https://craigkeener.com/fruitless-trees/) - You don't want to be a fruitless tree or vineyard (Matthew 3:10; Mark 12:2; Luke 3:9; John 15:6). Those who claim to follow Jesus should REALLY follow Jesus and his teaching.
- [Very capeable student](https://craigkeener.com/very-capeable-student/)
- [No Gentiles here!](https://craigkeener.com/no-gentiles-here/) - In Mark 11:17, Jesus reminds hearers that Scripture welcomed all peoples to God's house. In Acts 21, some of Paul's enemies accuse him of having taken a Gentile past the dividing partition in the Temple, beyond which Gentiles were not allowed to cross. Archaeologists long ago found one of the signs warning Gentiles not to
- [Wash your hands before you eat! But for different reasons than in Mark 7 ...](https://craigkeener.com/wash-your-hands-before-you-eat-but-for-different-reasons-than-in-mark-7/) - In Mark 7:1-15, some people strict about ritual hygiene challenge Jesus because some of his disciples didn't wash their hands before eating. What's behind this custom?
- [Herod's palace in the time of Jesus](https://craigkeener.com/herods-palace-in-the-time-of-jesus/)
- [What did they bury Herod the Great in when he died (Matt 2:15)?](https://craigkeener.com/what-did-they-bury-herod-the-great-in-when-he-died-matt-215/) - And what happened to it?
- [The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem](https://craigkeener.com/the-church-of-the-nativity-in-bethlehem/) - This is probably very close to the original site of Jesus's birth. The tradition of the site was apparently already known in the early second century.
- [Via Dolorosa: The road to the cross](https://craigkeener.com/via-dolorosa-the-road-to-the-cross/)
- [Were there olive trees on ... the Mount of Olives?](https://craigkeener.com/were-there-olive-trees-on-the-mount-of-olives/)
- [Trying to throw Jesus over a cliff in Luke 4:29](https://craigkeener.com/trying-to-throw-jesus-over-a-cliff-in-luke-429/) - Some of Jesus's own townspeople got so mad at him that for a little while they wanted to throw him off a cliff (Luke 4:29). Though probably some distance from the synagogue, this is the traditional site of the precipice. (Oops, hey, don't push!)
- [The Mount of Olives and Jesus](https://craigkeener.com/the-mount-of-olives-and-jesus/) - The Gospels have a lot to say about the Mount of Olives, which faced the east side of Jerusalem. In Zechariah 14, God would come there (relevant for Jesus's return in Acts 1). This passage also informs Mark 13//Matt 24; also Mark 8:38 and 1 Thessalonians 3:13.
- [The traditional site of beatitudes](https://craigkeener.com/the-traditional-site-of-beatitudes/)
- [There's room in the baptismal tank for you](https://craigkeener.com/theres-room-in-the-baptismal-tank-for-you/) - There's room in the baptismal tank for everybody (but one at a time, please!) Looking at an ancient miqveh on the Temple Mount
- [Ever wonder about those lamp stands in Revelation?](https://craigkeener.com/ever-wonder-about-those-lamp-stands-in-revelation/) - Each lamp stand was likely a menorah. These would be seven-branched lamps as in the Temple (and as in Zechariah 4:2); though a Hanukkah menorah has more branches
- [The Temple and the Pools of Siloam and Bethesda](https://craigkeener.com/the-temple-and-the-pools-of-siloam-and-bethesda/) - Comments about the Pool of Siloam, to the southern steps of the Temple, to inside the Temple, the Fortress Antonia, and finally to the Pool of Bethesda. (Pretend that Craig didn't initially confuse the Tyropoean Valley with its shops with the Kidron Valley on the east. Hey, it wasn't rehearsed in advance and the museum
- [First-century Jerusalem](https://craigkeener.com/first-century-jerusalem/) - Some contours of Second Temple Jerusalem, from roughly Jesus's day, based on the model in the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.
- [The Holy Sepulchre and the holiest place](https://craigkeener.com/the-holy-sepulchre-and-the-holiest-place/) - My wife Médine and I loved our time at the Holy Sepulchre, remembering what happened there. The site of the Holy Sepulchre is the right site of Jesus's tomb, or very close to it, as various lines of evidence suggest. But my comments in this video are more about the holiest site of all.
- [Médine's podcast on women in Africa and history](https://craigkeener.com/medines-podcast-on-women-in-africa-and-history/) - Craig's wife Médine’s CBE podcast on women in Africa and in history:
- [Craig Keener gets converted](https://craigkeener.com/craig-keener-gets-converted/) - Jana Harmon interviews Craig (“Plato wasn’t enough”): Craig’s testimony of a conversion from atheism (1 hour, audio):
- [Get off my premises!](https://craigkeener.com/get-off-my-premises/)
- [On a side note ...](https://craigkeener.com/on-a-side-note/)
- [Proverbs 18:2](https://craigkeener.com/proverbs-182/)
- [Redact only in moderation](https://craigkeener.com/redact-only-in-moderation/)
- [Advanced degrees](https://craigkeener.com/advanced-degrees/) - Good to keep priorities in the right place ...
- [Hit the books!](https://craigkeener.com/hit-the-books/)
- [Whacky Peter meets Malchus](https://craigkeener.com/whacky-peter-meets-malchus/)
- [Mirror talk leads to poverty](https://craigkeener.com/mirror-talk-leads-to-poverty/)
- [Mixing up the proposals](https://craigkeener.com/mixing-up-the-proposals/)
- [Publish or parish](https://craigkeener.com/publish-or-parish/)
- [How Pauline scholars found out that Paul sent a circular letter](https://craigkeener.com/how-pauline-scholars-found-out-that-paul-sent-a-circular-letter/)
- [What's up with the Gethsemane streaker?](https://craigkeener.com/whats-up-with-the-gethsemane-streaker/) - In Mark 14:51-52, a young man is so eager to get away from those trying to arrest him that when guards grab his cloak he leaves it in their hands and runs off naked. So what's THAT about? Craig gives a 3-minute summary here:
- [Quick dive into Acts](https://craigkeener.com/quick-dive-into-acts/) - Zac at Adherent Apologetics interviews Craig about Acts here (52 minutes):
- [Tribute to Ron Sider](https://craigkeener.com/tribute-to-ron-sider/) - I am mourning today my colleague for 15 years, one of my dearest friends, Ron Sider (blogsite). I first learned of Ron when I was an undergraduate, when I heard Gordon Fee declare that Ron's Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger was one book that every North American Christian should read. Reading 40 chapters
- [Luke's Gospel in one hour](https://craigkeener.com/lukes-gospel-in-one-hour/) - A brief introduction to and survey of some key themes in Luke's Gospel:
- [The Book of Acts in 90 minutes](https://craigkeener.com/the-book-of-acts-in-90-minutes/) - A brief (one and a half hour) introduction to and survey of some key themes in the Book of Acts:
- [Partying with the wrong crowd? Jesus in Luke 14](https://craigkeener.com/partying-with-the-wrong-crowd-jesus-in-luke-14/) - Some religious people didn't like Jesus's usual company at meals, but when he ate with them, they didn't like the way he healed somebody. Jesus, meanwhile, had something to say about their seating arrangements: see my new article here.
- [You're not paranoid if everybody really IS against you—Jeremiah](https://craigkeener.com/youre-not-paranoid-if-everybody-really-is-against-you-jeremiah/) - As a prophet telling people what they didn't want to hear, Jeremiah was not very popular. See my article on Jeremiah 1:4-9 here.
- [Pool of Bethesda (John 5; 1 minute version)](https://craigkeener.com/pool-of-bethesda-john-5-1-minute-version/) - Earlier Craig discussed the Pool of Bethesda from the site of their ruins; here he explains about the Pool using the Second Temple Jerusalem model at the Israel Museum.
- [Under your vine and fig tree?](https://craigkeener.com/under-your-vine-and-fig-tree/) - What was Nathanael DOING under the fig tree? (John 1:48) What's with the expression, "under one's vine and fig tree"? (1 Kgs 4:25; Mic 4:4; Zech 3:10). Apparently olive trees work just as well. Hey, we need SHADE!
- [Do miracles exist today?—Godzillion and one](https://craigkeener.com/do-miracles-exist-today-godzillion-and-one/) - Greg Holder interviews Craig on this topic on the Godzillion and One podcast
- [New Testament background (1.24 min)](https://craigkeener.com/new-testament-background-1-24-min/) - This is an introductory clip for Craig's SeminaryNow course on New Testament background (with as much information as could be fitted into the brief intro ... in 1.24 minutes ...)
- [Johannine Theology: the message of John's Gospel](https://craigkeener.com/johannine-theology-the-message-of-johns-gospel/) - The Logos interview with Craig on Johannine theology (52 minutes)
- [Messianic questions in Jerusalem](https://craigkeener.com/messianic-questions-in-jerusalem/) - Wayne Hilsden, founder of King of Kings Messianic congregation in Jerusalem, interviews Craig on various questions, such as whether Jesus is divine; the nature of Luke-Acts; whether women are allowed to minister; whether Christians must keep the law; baptism; etc. 52 minutes.
- [Replacement Theology?](https://craigkeener.com/replacement-theology/) - Interview with Seth Postell for One for Israel podcast, dealing with replacement theology, the credibility of miracles, and difficult passages in the Gospels, etc. (28 minutes)
- [Is Jesus the Messiah? Can he be God?](https://craigkeener.com/is-jesus-the-messiah-can-he-be-god/) - Seth Postell interviews Craig on One for Israel podcast. 21.14 min
- [The Pool of Bethesda: John 5](https://craigkeener.com/the-pool-of-bethesda-john-5/) - Speaking onsite from the excavations at the Pool of Bethesda. (Thanks to Wayne Hilsden for filming this clip and others in Israel.)
- [Bethphage: the Site (Mark 11:1)](https://craigkeener.com/bethphage-the-site-mark-111/) - Some comments from a site commemorated as Bethphage:
- [Bethphage: where Jesus borrowed a donkey (Mark 11)](https://craigkeener.com/bethphage-where-jesus-borrowed-a-donkey-mark-11/)
- [Peter’s house in Capernaum](https://craigkeener.com/peters-house-in-capernaum/) - In Mark 1:29, Jesus and his chief disciples left Capernaum's synagogue for Peter's house. Given the proximity of the likely sites, this probably did not entail very much exercise!
- [God is a Phaser—or, God often works in stages](https://craigkeener.com/god-is-a-phaser-or-god-often-works-in-stages/) - The eight-century BC prophets such as Isaiah and Amos declared, “The day of the LORD is at hand!” The ultimate day of the Lord did not come in the eighth century BCE, but God foreshadowed that day, as the northern kingdom experienced the judgment of exile from their land. The prophet Joel depicts a locust
- [Silent Night](https://craigkeener.com/silent-night-2/)
- [Just for a degree](https://craigkeener.com/just-for-a-degree/)
- [Craig Keener goes too far with his puns](https://craigkeener.com/craig-keener-goes-too-far-with-his-puns/)
- [Log off!](https://craigkeener.com/log-off/)
- [In vocational ministry](https://craigkeener.com/in-vocational-ministry/)
- [Livestream](https://craigkeener.com/livestream/)
- [Freewheeling preacher](https://craigkeener.com/freewheeling-preacher/)
- [Silence is golden](https://craigkeener.com/silence-is-golden/)
- [You Don't Have to Understand the Mechanics of it - Bible Backgrounds S1E11](https://craigkeener.com/you-dont-have-to-understand-the-mechanics-of-it-bible-backgrounds-s1e11/) - Dr. Craig Keener answers listener questions in this episode. Dr. Keener offers lots of heartfelt responses to tricky theological passages as well as more personal inquiries. From the deaths of Ananias and Sapphira to the authorship of Hebrews, Dr. Keener leaves no proverbial stone unturned! 0:00 Intro 0:42 What are your devotion habits? 3:43 Do
- [Jesus Betrayed Further!](https://craigkeener.com/jesus-betrayed/) - Many details of Jesus’s betrayal and arrest (Mark 14:31-72, including the kiss of death) you may not have known. This is one of the best Remnant Radio video interviews with Craig on Mark. 34.30 minutes.
- ["I'm Not Trying to Avoid It" - Bible Backgrounds S1 E10](https://craigkeener.com/im-not-trying-to-avoid-it-bible-backgrounds-s1-e10/) - Host Dr. Kurt Jaros begins today's discussion by asking for Dr. Craig Keener's take on the controversial Christian debate: Calvinism or Arminianism? In analyzing that question, Dr. Keener turns his gaze to the extremes (hyper-Calvinism and hyper-Arminianism) first, and then begins to look at the semantics of terms like "election" and "God's sovereignty". Specific Biblical
- [Some Thoughts on Russia's invasion of Ukraine](https://craigkeener.com/some-thoughts-on-russias-invasion-of-ukraine/) - That Russia has wanted to preserve its historic ties with Ukraine is understandable, but Putin has chosen a counterproductive way to do it—something akin to a divorced man raping his former spouse while claiming he loves her. Like Assyria or Babylon of old, Putin’s invasion is an act of empire and, by today’s moral standards,
- [Speaking in tongues](https://craigkeener.com/speaking-in-tongues/) - Miss Tytus interviews me about speaking in tongues:
- [Brown bag lunch](https://craigkeener.com/brown-bag-lunch/)
- [Moral relativism](https://craigkeener.com/moral-relativism/)
- [Self-reading books](https://craigkeener.com/self-reading-books/)
- [Don't be devicive](https://craigkeener.com/dont-be-devicive/)
- [The free exercise clause](https://craigkeener.com/the-free-exercise-clause/)
- [Shaping up](https://craigkeener.com/shaping-up/)
- [Prophecy, grace, and keeping Jesus central](https://craigkeener.com/prophecy-grace-and-keeping-jesus-central/) - 1-hour discussion with Randy Clark:
- [Gifts of healing, with Randy Clark](https://craigkeener.com/gifts-of-healing-with-randy-clark/) - Gifts of healings are not limited to apostles and prophets: discussion with Randy Clark, expert practitioner with gifts of healings (Craig starts speaking in min. 16; 53.34 min total):
- [Historical Jesus of the Gospels](https://craigkeener.com/historical-jesus-of-the-gospels/) - Why we need the Gospels for most historical Jesus research: scholars from India interview Craig (102 minutes):
- [Did Jesus Exist?](https://craigkeener.com/did-jesus-exist/) - “Did Jesus Exist?” and some more details almost all scholars agrees on regarding the historical Jesus (plus what Paul thought about slavery). Lisa Fields interviews Craig for The Jude 3 Project. (This is one of Craig's favorite interviews; 58 min.)
- [The Grand Finale](https://craigkeener.com/the-grand-finale/) - Finishing Mark—Mark 15—16 (the Remnant Radio interview; 46.42 min):
- [Christ crucified—Mark 15](https://craigkeener.com/christ-crucified-mark-15/) - Remnant Radio interviews Craig (37.50 min)
- [The Last Suppers (14:1-30)](https://craigkeener.com/the-last-suppers-141-30/) - 27.27 minutes: Remnant Radio interviews Craig on Mark 14:1-30 I say here suppers because I include the meal setting where someone dumps something on Jesus's head...
- [Persecution](https://craigkeener.com/persecution/) - Two-minute clip on a new book I endorsed, by Chee-Chiew Lee, which says it much better than I could:
- [How did Craig become a Christian?](https://craigkeener.com/how-did-craig-become-a-christian/) - Karl Faase interviews Craig for Jesus the Game Changer Season 2 (11 minutes):
- ["It's Not an Easy Situation" - Bible Backgrounds S1E9](https://craigkeener.com/its-not-an-easy-situation-bible-backgrounds-s1e9/) - Did the New Testament writers think that Jesus was coming back in their generation? If Paul believed that, is that what predominantly influenced his views on singleness and marriage? How should we understand Paul's writing on the topic in our modern context? After discussing marriage, the discussion between Dr. Kurt Jaros and Dr. Craig Keener
- [The Rhetoric of "Be Ready" - Bible Backgrounds S1E8](https://craigkeener.com/the-rhetoric-of-be-ready-bible-backgrounds-s1e8/) - Dr. Keener explains his rationale for when he believes the Gospels were written. That explanation has much to do with the destruction in 70 AD, and so the conversation naturally flows into a conversation about the significance of the destruction and the role it plays in our eschatology. When will Jesus return? Dr. Keener assures
- [Theological Innovation? - Bible Backgrounds S1E7](https://craigkeener.com/theological-innovation-bible-backgrounds-s1e7/) - In this episode of Bible Backgrounds, Dr. Keener examines the Christological views of the four Gospel writers. He answers specific questions about the language used by John and Mark, and whether or not they put words in Jesus' mouth. Dr. Keener then investigates the Gospels in light of other ancient biographical writings. 0:00 Intro 0:54
- [The Jesus of History & The Christ of Faith - Bible Backgrounds S1E6](https://craigkeener.com/the-jesus-of-history-the-christ-of-faith-bible-backgrounds-s1e6/) - There are a variety of methodologies and schools of thought for examining history, ancient manuscripts, and the person of Jesus. Dr. Keener outlines many of these views and also dives into development of ancient biography. 0:00 Intro 0:33 Scholarly Conversation on Jesus of History VS the Christ of Faith 1:58 Different Perspective on Looking at
- [Modern Day Persecution & Witness - Bible Backgrounds S1E5](https://craigkeener.com/modern-day-persecution-witness-bible-backgrounds-s1e5/) - Dr. Craig Keener shares with Dr. Kurt Jaros some of his memories from sharing the Gospel with others - including some of his most memorable ministry companions, times the Spirit led him to share with people in ways he didn't fully understand, and even occasions where he was beaten for sharing his faith. Tune in!
- [Weird Christian Podcast](https://craigkeener.com/weird-christian-podcast/) - “Does God Still Raise the Dead?” Samuel Delgado interviews Craig for The Weird Christian Podcast, presumably because Craig is a weird Christian. Below are both podcast and YouTube links. Podcasthttps://anchor.fm/theweirdchristianpodcast/episodes/54--Craig-Keener---Does-God-Still-Raise-the-Dead--Miracles-Today-e1evcrn YouTube (1.23 hours):
- [Jesus betrayed!—Mark 14](https://craigkeener.com/jesus-betrayed-mark-14/) - The Remnant Radio interview (27.27 minutes): the Last Supper, the betrayal, Gethsemane, the arrest and trial of Jesus
- [Impossible Love - Bible Backgrounds S1E4](https://craigkeener.com/impossible-love-bible-backgrounds-s1e4/) - Dr. Craig Keener recounts falling in love on campus with one of his sisters in Christ. Rife with much miscommunication, misconceptions, and even misfortune and great peril with entire continents between them at times; this story is the basis for Dr. Keener's book, Impossible Love. 0:00 Intro 0:22 A Busy Scholar and a Romance 4:58
- [War and spiritual warfare](https://craigkeener.com/war-and-spiritual-warfare/) - My wife Médine, who was a war refugee for 18 months in Central Africa, can tell you how terrible war is, including for civilians such as herself. (She recounts her experience in our book, Impossible Love.) Andrea Palpant Dilley at Christianity Today asked me to write something about war and demons. Much more could be
- [BAD NEWS PROPHECIES by Jesus—Mark 13](https://craigkeener.com/bad-news-prophecies-by-jesus-mark-13/) - Mark 13 (34.39 minutes) (Remnant Radio interview)
- [Who really owns the vineyard?—Mark 12](https://craigkeener.com/who-really-owns-the-vineyard-mark-12/) - Who really owns the vineyard? And Jesus’s other debates with the elites (Remnant Radio interview, 28.29 min)
- [Existentialist or Rabbi? - Bible Backgrounds S1E3](https://craigkeener.com/existentialist-or-rabbi-bible-backgrounds-s1e3/) - Dr. Craig Keener sits down with Dr. Kurt Jaros and discusses the concepts and professors he was interacting with in his early academic years at Duke University; including the nature of ancient biographies, existentialism, and apologetics. And does a specific friendship Dr. Keener had at school show signs of blossoming into romance? Find out! 0:00
- [Paul and racial reconciliation—Ephesians 2](https://craigkeener.com/paul-and-racial-reconciliation-ephesians-2/) - The video version and audio version of Craig's message at Asbury Seminary chapel on Thursday Feb. 24.
- ["100,000 Index Cards" - Bible Backgrounds S1E2](https://craigkeener.com/100000-index-cards-bible-backgrounds-s1e2/) - Who is Craig Keener? How does a new convert to Christianity become one of the most prolific New Testament scholars today? Dr. Kurt Jaros sits down with Dr. Craig Keener to track his journey. Dr. Keener describes his desire early on to cram the Bible and catch up with his peers. It also led him
- ["On the Road to Total Insanity" - Bible Backgrounds S1E1](https://craigkeener.com/on-the-road-to-total-insanity-bible-backgrounds-s1e1/) - Who is Craig Keener? In this inaugural episode of Bible Backgrounds, host Dr. Kurt Jaros sits down with Dr. Craig Keener to hear his testimony. Dr. Keener began his spiritual journey as an avid atheist who found himself confounded by the writings of Plato. How did Plato and a street evangelist who believed that dinosaurs
- [Answering BJ Oropeza’s seven questions about Miracles](https://craigkeener.com/answering-bj-oropezas-seven-questions-about-miracles/) - A response in writing to BJ Oropeza's seven questions about miracles
- [Discussion on healing](https://craigkeener.com/discussion-on-healing/) - Randy and Josh Clark discuss healing with Craig and Médine (54 min)
- [How does cursing a fig tree relate to cleansing the temple and moving mountains? Mark 11](https://craigkeener.com/how-does-cursing-a-fig-tree-relate-to-cleansing-the-temple-and-moving-mountains-mark-11/) - Why did Jesus curse a fig tree? What does that have to do with making a scene in the temple? How do you cast out mountains? In this video Remnant Radio interviews Craig on Mark 11 (34 min)
- [Examples of raisings from the dead (6.43 min)](https://craigkeener.com/examples-of-raisings-from-the-dead-6-43-min/)
- [Is it biblical for women to pastor? etc.](https://craigkeener.com/is-it-biblical-for-women-to-pastor-etc/) - New interview:
- [Big people, little people, and Jesus in Mark 10 (plus divorce!)](https://craigkeener.com/big-people-little-people-and-jesus-in-mark-10-plus-divorce/) - Remnant Radio interview on Mark 10:
- [Reasonable Faith UK interviews Craig on miracles](https://craigkeener.com/reasonable-faith-uk-interviews-craig-on-miracles/)
- [What Pauline letters say about submission to authority](https://craigkeener.com/what-pauline-letters-say-about-submission-to-authority/) - Sometimes when people read Ephesians 5:22 (“Wives, submit to your husbands”), they forget the context. In fact, without the context, the verse would simply say, “Wives, to your husbands,” because the verb “submit” has to be borrowed from the preceding verse: “Submitting to one another in the fear of Christ” (5:21). Some will respond, “But
- [Deep-seated issues](https://craigkeener.com/deep-seated-issues/) - Something suspicious about that chair ...
- [Bored certified](https://craigkeener.com/bored-certified/)
- [How not to cast out a demon, etc.--Mark 9](https://craigkeener.com/how-not-to-cast-out-a-demon-etc-mark-9/) - Remnant Radio interviews Craig on Mark 9 (30 minutes) here
- [Evidence for Miracles: Craig in dialogue with Michael Shermer, Elijah Stephens](https://craigkeener.com/evidence-for-miracles-craig-in-dialogue-with-michael-shermer-elijah-stephens/) - Justin Brierley of Unbelievable engages Michael Shermer (founding publisher of Skeptic magazine), Craig Keener, Elijah Stephens (1.11 hour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O3YZqFDxbs). A lively but friendly and fair discussion.
- [Spiritual gifts, divorce and other lively topics](https://craigkeener.com/spiritual-gifts-divorce-and-other-lively-topics/) - Randy Clark and Josh Clark interview Craig and Médine about spiritual gifts and about divorce and about our story (42.44 min)
- [Childhood miracles, African student in Paris (Médine)](https://craigkeener.com/childhood-miracles-african-student-in-paris-medine/) - Randy Clark and Josh Clark interview Craig and Médine about miracles in Médine’s childhood and her experience as an international student (54.19 min)
- [Miracles are not opposed to science](https://craigkeener.com/miracles-are-not-opposed-to-science/) - Challenging David Hume, Christianity Today provides an excerpt from my book Miracles Today, here on why science and miracles are not incompatible. God is at work in the world in general ways, which science rightly examines; God also acts in special ways for special purposes.
- [Knowing the Bible and needing revival](https://craigkeener.com/knowing-the-bible-and-needing-revival/) - Dr. Kim Maas interviews Craig Keener: “Being anchored in God’s Word: context, background, and revival” (1 hr, 23 min): podcast
- [Historical reliability of the Gospels (10 min)](https://craigkeener.com/historical-reliability-of-the-gospels-10-min/) - This is an excerpt from an interview with the Israel Bible Center that they have posted:
- [Mark 8: When the disciples were blind (29 min)](https://craigkeener.com/mark-8-when-the-disciples-were-blind-29-min/) - Remnant Radio interviews Craig Keener on Mark 8:
- [Christianity Today interview with Craig: "Miracles outlast the arguments against them"](https://craigkeener.com/christianity-today-interview-with-craig-miracles-outlast-the-arguments-against-them/) - Chris Reese interviews Craig for CT. The interview includes the following paragraph: Believers recognize God’s activity in all creation; existence, life, and DNA are all larger expressions of divine action than most miracle accounts I report. These are so pervasive and happen with such regularity that people consider them “ordinary.” In the Bible, though, God
- [Environmentally friendly alternatives to Kleenex](https://craigkeener.com/environmental-alternatives-to-kleenex/)
- [Mark 7: Pure and Impure (which are YOU???) (31.40 min)](https://craigkeener.com/mark-7-pure-and-impure-which-are-you-31-40-min/)
- [Postmodern page sequence](https://craigkeener.com/postmodern-page-sequence/)
- [Seminary enrollment management—in a jam](https://craigkeener.com/seminary-enrollment-management/)
- [Hire criticism?](https://craigkeener.com/hire-criticism/)
- [Head and not the tail](https://craigkeener.com/head-and-not-the-tail/)
- [Losing one's head, walking on water, and more! Mark 6](https://craigkeener.com/losing-ones-head-walking-on-water-and-more-mark-6/) - The Remnant Radio interview on sending out disciples, John's beheading, contrasting banquets, walking on water ... all in about half an hour!
- [Rapt attention](https://craigkeener.com/rapt-attention/)
- [Doctoring a dissertation](https://craigkeener.com/doctoring-a-dissertation/)
- [Singing to our students](https://craigkeener.com/singing-to-our-students/) - A great new method of communicating our course content.
- [The Climax of Evolution!](https://craigkeener.com/the-climax-of-evolution/) - What a waste of evolution!
- [Recourse!](https://craigkeener.com/recourse/)
- [Copyright or copywrong](https://craigkeener.com/copyright-or-copywrong/)
- [Hot off the press](https://craigkeener.com/hot-off-the-press/)
- [Complementarian garbage carrier](https://craigkeener.com/complementarian-garbage-carrier/)
- [Covering the book](https://craigkeener.com/covering-the-book/)
- [Running a seminary](https://craigkeener.com/running-a-seminary/)
- [The BACKslider](https://craigkeener.com/the-backslider/)
- [New Apostolic Reformation](https://craigkeener.com/new-apostolic-reformation/) - Craig is one of two charismatic scholars being interviewed by Randy Clark, from somewhat different angles, regarding what some call the New Apostolic Reformation (as well as questions about contemporary apostles, etc.) https://www.facebook.com/GlobalAwakening/videos/unpacking-the-new-apostolic-reformation/1125899351240706/
- [Miracles Today with Kerby Anderson on Point of View Radio Talk Show](https://craigkeener.com/miracles-today-with-kerby-anderson-on-point-of-view-radio-talk-show/) - Kerby Anderson interviews Craig about his new book Miracles Today (the 1-hour interview with Craig starts at 1 hour and 1 minute)
- [Mark 5: What happens when you meet a BIG demon? Plus: Jesus raises the dead](https://craigkeener.com/mark-5-what-happens-when-you-meet-a-big-demon-plus-jesus-raises-the-dead/) - Mark 5:1-20: a whole ARMY of demons; Mark 5:21-43: healing accidentally and raising the dead on purpose. 36 minutes.
- [Mark 4: Jesus’s parables and letting you in on the secret about the kingdom (34 min)](https://craigkeener.com/mark-4-jesuss-parables-and-letting-you-in-on-the-secret-about-the-kingdom-34-min/) - Remnant Radio interview about Mark 4
- [Wake up to be ready for the times ahead](https://craigkeener.com/wake-up-to-be-ready-for-the-times-ahead/) - Normally we post only material from or related to Craig here, merely to avoid setting precedent: we have so many friends, where would we stop? (Craig has to post most of this himself, and because of other obligations barely has time to do that.) Because the following two interviews with Heidi Baker are so important,
- [Peter as the Rock](https://craigkeener.com/peter-as-the-rock/) - An ecumenical dialogue on Peter as the rock, sponsored by the archdiocese of Capiz, Philippines. It is 1.07 hour; my part is brief up front.
- [The Pearl of Great Price](https://craigkeener.com/the-pearl-of-great-price/) - Video interviews with 8 believers from various backgrounds (African, Messianic Jewish, etc.), including Craig and Médine: about what Jesus means to us, and how he has changed us. (The video is one hour.)
- [What does it mean to be ready for Jesus’s coming? (5.41 minutes)](https://craigkeener.com/what-does-it-mean-to-be-ready-for-jesuss-coming-5-41-minutes/) - This interview with Tim Mahoney was part of the recent discussion on the Book of Revelation while promoting the film titled "The 7 Churches of Revelation: Times of Fire"
- [Eschatology, or: Why Jesus's coming is relevant for us today](https://craigkeener.com/eschatology-or-why-jesuss-coming-is-relevant-for-us-today/) - Posting on the last day of 2021, but about a LASTer last day, so to speak: Susan Morales interviews Craig on eschatology: why Jesus’s coming is relevant for us today, and why we should live in light of eternity:
- [Interview on miracles with Tony Costa, Toronto (1.49 hours)](https://craigkeener.com/interview-on-miracles-with-tony-costa-toronto-1-49-hours/)
- [Michael Heiser interviews Craig about miracles](https://craigkeener.com/michael-heiser-interviews-craig-about-miracles/) - Interview with Michael Heiser on the Naked Bible Podcast:
- [On cartoons: watch Craig draw (5 minutes)](https://craigkeener.com/on-cartoons-watch-craig-draw-5-minutes/) - Given the low aesthetic quality of my humor and art (very silly cartoons), it's nevertheless amazing that Asbury interviewed me about it:
- [Mark 3: the third chapter of Mark in 34 minutes](https://craigkeener.com/mark-3-the-third-chapter-of-mark-in-34-minutes/) - Remnant Radio interviews Craig for lots of insights on Mark chapter 3.
- [Swaddling clothes—Luke 2:7](https://craigkeener.com/swaddling-clothes-luke-27/) - “She wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a place for animals, because there was no place available for them in the lodging place”—Luke 2:7 Some of these words (such as lodging place) have developed greater specificity in Christmas traditions (such as an inn). The term often rendered “inn” (but here translated generically
- [Breaking news!](https://craigkeener.com/breaking-news/)
- [God's supernatural work in the world today](https://craigkeener.com/gods-supernatural-work-in-the-world-today/) - Gravity podcast interview with Craig
- [Introduction to the Gospel of Mark, via Remnant Radio](https://craigkeener.com/introduction-to-the-gospel-of-mark-via-remnant-radio/)
- [Mark chapter 2, via Remnant Radio](https://craigkeener.com/mark-chapter-2-via-remnant-radio/)
- [Mark 1:1-4, via Remnant Radio](https://craigkeener.com/mark-11-4-via-remnant-radio/)
- [Médine and Craig recount their adventure story](https://craigkeener.com/medine-and-craig-recount-their-adventure-story/) - Médine and Craig recount their adventure experience on the Thrive podcast; the audio YouTube version is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNl2RBdEqm0
- [Revelation: a Vision of Hope (25 min)](https://craigkeener.com/revelation-a-vision-of-hope-25-min/) - Revelation: A Vision of Hope, an interview with Craig by Tim Mahoney, part of the recent discussion on the Book of Revelation while promoting the film titled "The 7 Churches of Revelation: Times of Fire" (25 min’s)
- [Losing the First Love--Revelation 2:1-17 (14 minutes)](https://craigkeener.com/losing-the-first-love-revelation-21-17-14-minutes/) - Losing the First Love: Rev 2:1-17: Interview with Tim Mahoney, part of the recent discussion on the Book of Revelation while promoting the film titled "The 7 Churches of Revelation: Times of Fire")
- [Christmas episode](https://craigkeener.com/christmas-episode/) - Preston Sprinkle interviews Craig for a Christmas episode for his podcast.
- [Defence secretary](https://craigkeener.com/defence-secretary/)
- [Claiming verses out of context, and: dental hygiene](https://craigkeener.com/claiming-verses-out-of-context-and-dental-hygiene/)
- [Mount Carmel's caramel?](https://craigkeener.com/mount-carmels-caramel/)
- [First place](https://craigkeener.com/first-place/)
- [De-grading](https://craigkeener.com/de-grading/)
- [Artemis of Ephesus](https://craigkeener.com/artemis-of-ephesus/)
- [Not Afraid of the Antichrist](https://craigkeener.com/not-afraid-of-the-antichrist/) - The ebook of Not Afraid of the Antichrist (by Michael Brown and Craig Keener) is on sale at the Baker Book House Website http://bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/not-afraid-of-the-antichrist/390721 from 12/03-12/11 for $3.99!
- [Mark's Miracle Memories--reliability of miracle accounts in Mark](https://craigkeener.com/marks-miracle-memories-reliability-of-miracle-accounts-in-mark/) - My paper on Mark’s miracles memories (MY paper starts at 34.09 (to 58.24). This is followed by historical Jesus discussion, along with Greg Sterling, dean of Yale Divinity School, and Garwood Anderson, dean of Nashotah House [Anglican], starting at 2 hours), at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary
- [Interview on Acts](https://craigkeener.com/interview-on-acts/) - Church of Christ minister Kevin Burr interviews Craig on the Book of Acts
- [Homiletical malpractice](https://craigkeener.com/homiletical-malpractice-2/)
- [Reliability of the Gospels (in 4 paragraphs)](https://craigkeener.com/reliability-of-the-gospels-in-4-paragraphs/) - Posted here and also repeated below (but their format appears nicer than mine :-) ): Many factors should predispose us to take the Gospels as historically reliable sources for Jesus. First, they take the form of full-length ancient biographies at the apex of ancient biography’s historiographic focus, the early Roman empire. Also, they are written
- [Bible interpretation with charismatics](https://craigkeener.com/bible-interpretation-with-charismatics/) - An apostolic network graciously invited Craig to teach an hour and a half session on Bible interpretation
- [More audio interviews about miracles](https://craigkeener.com/more-audio-interviews-about-miracles/) - The Wesley Seminary podcast The Good Fight Radio Show
- [Perspectives on miracles](https://craigkeener.com/perspectives-on-miracles/) - Outreach magazine posted this free excerpt from Craig's book Miracles Today
- [Don’t score for the wrong team (2 Tim 2:2-5)](https://craigkeener.com/dont-score-for-the-wrong-team-2-tim-22-5/) - I did that one time ...
- [Interviews regarding Miracles Today](https://craigkeener.com/interviews-regarding-miracles-today/) - Here are links to some recent video or audio interviews on Craig's new book Miracles Today: Sean McDowell interview with Craig Eric Manning interview with Craig Apologetics 315 Podcast with Craig In other words, yes, we are behind on posting interviews ...
- [When scholars kissed dating goodbye](https://craigkeener.com/when-scholars-kissed-dating-goodbye/)
- [A Semipelagian](https://craigkeener.com/a-semipelagian/)
- [Malchus and ear whacks](https://craigkeener.com/malchus-and-ear-whacks/) - John 18:10
- [Hieroglyphics or ...](https://craigkeener.com/hieroglyphics-or/)
- [Sitz im Leben?](https://craigkeener.com/sitz-im-leben/)
- [Student-faculty basketball game](https://craigkeener.com/student-faculty-basketball-game/)
- [Automated devotions](https://craigkeener.com/automated-devotions/) - What's wrong with this picture? (besides the artwork)
- [Profit prophets—not me!](https://craigkeener.com/profit-prophets-not-me/) - Someone on one of my other social media platforms complained, “i looked to buy your books on miracals and i saw over 50 dollars that is no way to show the world that miracals are real my prayers go out to you.” (Meaning, I think, “May God have mercy on your soul.”) So I do
- [Miracles Today book](https://craigkeener.com/miracles-today-book/) - Was it hard to find time to read Craig's 1100-page academic work, Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts (2011)? Just released is the more readable (and shorter and less expensive) Miracles Today. It summarizes some of the main message of the earlier book, but with roughly 70% new material, including more accounts from
- [Miracles Today](https://craigkeener.com/miracles-today/) - Worldview Bulletin published my brief (7 paragraphs) comments on why miracles are credible. I had argued that in an 1100-page book in 2011, but have a shorter, more accessible one (with a lot of new material) due out in October but already available for preorder.
- [Serving one another in our families: Ephesians 5:21-6:9](https://craigkeener.com/serving-one-another-in-our-families-ephesians-521-69/) - Some people call Paul all sorts of names today because they think he wasn't friendly to women or other groups. But Paul was actually much friendlier to women than many people think. Reading him anachronistically by ignoring the world that he was addressing is bad historical practice (as well as culturally insensitive). I recently wrote
- [Anti-antichrist-anti-vaxxers: or, why the vaccine is not the mark of the beast](https://craigkeener.com/anti-antichrist-anti-vaxxers-or-why-the-vaccine-is-not-the-mark-of-the-beast/) - Afghanistan and Haiti rightly dominate the news cycle and global prayer concerns right now. But turning momentarily to a problem in the U.S. (and some other countries), I tweeted about a week ago what should be fairly noncontroversial: “To Christians who promote every conspiracy theory (QAnon, mark of beast in vaccines, etc.): you are actually
- [One-strike-you’re-out on the gift of prophecy?—Deuteronomy 18:22](https://craigkeener.com/one-strike-youre-out-on-the-gift-of-prophecy-deuteronomy-1822/) - Deut. 18:22 If a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD but the thing does not take place or prove true, it is a word that the LORD has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously; do not be frightened by it. (NRSV) In the New Testament, we recognize that even in small
- [Marked up, marked down paper](https://craigkeener.com/marked-up-marked-down-paper/)
- [In my humble opinion](https://craigkeener.com/in-my-humble-opinion/)
- [The curious geological formation over there](https://craigkeener.com/the-curious-geological-formation-over-there/)
- [Student body size](https://craigkeener.com/student-body-size/) - What happens when you work at a small school?
- [Tips on tipping](https://craigkeener.com/tips-on-tipping/) - (If you eat at restaurants, tipping is important. But not the kind in this cartoon ...)
- [Absent-minded professors again](https://craigkeener.com/absent-minded-professors-again/)
- [Killing time](https://craigkeener.com/killing-time/)
- [A litigious parishioner](https://craigkeener.com/a-litigious-parishioner/)
- [Anti-vaxxers 1955](https://craigkeener.com/anti-vaxxers-1955/)
- [What are the Gospels supposed to be?](https://craigkeener.com/what-are-the-gospels-supposed-to-be/) - Nicholas Noyola interviews Craig about the nature of the Gospels, in questions raised in Craig's book Christobiography.
- [About Craig Keener and his scholarship](https://craigkeener.com/about-craig-keener-and-his-scholarship/) - Hebrew Bible scholar and broadcaster Michael Brown interviews Craig about his life and scholarship
- [Romans, 1 Corinthians 1.1-11.16 (survey)](https://craigkeener.com/romans-starting-1-corinthians-survey/) - From Craig's NT survey class: Romans and the first part of 1 Corinthians:
- [Some key issues in 1 Peter](https://craigkeener.com/some-key-issues-in-1-peter/) - New Testament scholar B. J. Oropeza interviewed Craig on B. J.'s blog regarding Craig's work on 1 Peter, related to Craig's recent commentary on 1 Peter (Baker Academic, 2021): (Click on the link above for the interview)
- [Irony and Figurative Language: Inverted Guilt in Acts 7:55-60](https://craigkeener.com/irony-and-figurative-language-inverted-guilt-in-acts-755-60/) - Ancient rhetoricians commonly turned accusers' own charges against them, a strategy both recommended in rhetorical handbooks and exemplified in preserved forensic speeches. Writers also employed this inversion of guilt to provide irony in other literary forms as well, for example claiming that it was Socrates's accusers, rather than Socrates himself, who were truly guilty of
- [Interethnic Marriages in Acts 7:29 and 16:1-3](https://craigkeener.com/interethnic-marriages-in-acts-729-and-161-3/) - The Old Testament offers many more examples of interethnic marriage than the New Testament does. Since many major figures of the New Testament were either unmarried (like John the Baptist, Jesus, and Paul) or married locally (like Peter), most of the New Testament examples are comments on Old Testament figures (e.g., Matt 1:3-6; Acts 7:29),
- [Some great 2020 academic books](https://craigkeener.com/some-great-2020-academic-books/) - 5.38 minute video (just samples partly on the spot; I should've also included Lisa Bowens, African-American Readings of Paul, and others):some great 2020 academic books:
- [Interview with Craig and Médine Keener](https://craigkeener.com/interview-with-craig-and-medine-keener/) - Faith Radio on Impossible Love: Interview by Bill Arnold + Peter and Rosemary (July 8, 2021): The greatest love story is Jesus's love for us
- [A fool says there’s no God (Psalm 14)](https://craigkeener.com/a-fool-says-theres-no-god-psalm-14/) - The psalmist wasn't talking about modern atheists. He was talking about theists in name who act like atheists
- [Sound check (1-2 Timothy, Titus) (2 minutes)](https://craigkeener.com/sound-check-1-2-timothy-titus-2-minutes/)
- [A class divided (Gal 3:28, 5 minutes)](https://craigkeener.com/a-class-divided-gal-328-5-minutes/)
- [Dionysius or Stephanas: Did Paul Reach Athenians?](https://craigkeener.com/dionysius-or-stephanas-did-paul-reach-athenians/) - Paul preached in Athens (1 Thess 3:1) and Luke explicitly claims that Paul won some converts of status (Acts 17:34). The Areopagus was Athens' highest court, so Dionysius as an Areopagite was a prominent citizen. The Areopagus included about a hundred members (making Luke's report of a small number of adherents among the hearers in
- [Were Troops Really Stationed in Caesarea During Agrippa's Rule?](https://craigkeener.com/were-troops-really-stationed-in-caesarea-during-agrippas-rule/) - Some scholars doubt that Roman soldiers would have been stationed in Caesarea at the time Luke describes in Acts 10, hence are skeptical of Luke's reliability on this matter. The prestigious commentary of Ernst Haenchen, followed by some other scholars, suggests that no Roman soldiers would have lived there during Agrippa's rule (from 41 to
- [A Novel Official in Acts 8:27?: The Debate](https://craigkeener.com/a-novel-official-in-acts-827-the-debate/) - Some scholars claim that the account reflects the style of legend, but this judgment appears subjective , since ancient historians used many of the same narrative techniques empolyed by storytellers and novelists. As Barrett points out, "There is no means of checking the historicity of the narrative unless it can be assumed that angels do
- [Is biblical scholarship compatible with "supernatural" experiences of the Spirit?](https://craigkeener.com/is-biblical-scholarship-compatible-with-supernatural-experiences-of-the-spirit/) - If you prefer the audio, podcast, the link is here.
- [The Church’s Disputed Growth Rate in Acts](https://craigkeener.com/the-churchs-disputed-growth-rate-in-acts/) - Analogous periods of intensive growth attested for new religious movements render Luke’s reports of the church’s growth (Acts 2:41; 4:4; 21:20) more plausible than often assumed. Indeed, far from being absurd, Luke’s figures appear modest in comparison with significant growth rates in much of global Christianity and other mass movements today. This is not to
- [First-Person Claims in Acts and in Ancient History](https://craigkeener.com/first-person-claims-in-acts-and-in-ancient-history/) - Parts of Acts, especially in the final quarter of Acts, include some first-person narration. In other historical sources from this period, we would normally understand this feature as evidence of the author’s participation, underlining the author’s direct access to information. Some scholars have questioned this interpretation, but those who question it usually sidestep the abundant,
- [Paul and Sedition: Defending Paul’s Legacy](https://craigkeener.com/paul-and-sedition-defending-pauls-legacy/) - Many scholars agree that at least one function of Acts is apologetic, a purpose that many extend to include an apologetic for Paul. Less frequently noted is Luke’s recurring narrative response to a charge stated by Paul’s narrative opponents: Paul as a stirrer of unrest (Acts 24:5). Luke offers repeated examples of riots involving Paul,
- [Fulfill your dreams!](https://craigkeener.com/fulfill-your-dreams/)
- [Articles of faith](https://craigkeener.com/articles-of-faith/)
- [Polarized discourse](https://craigkeener.com/polarized-discourse/)
- [Insectincide](https://craigkeener.com/insectincide/)
- [Cyborg phones](https://craigkeener.com/cyborg-phones/)
- [Swing voters in election years](https://craigkeener.com/swing-voters-in-election-years/)
- [Hooding ceremony at graduation](https://craigkeener.com/hooding-ceremony-at-graduation/)
- [Impossible Love](https://craigkeener.com/impossible-love-2/) - Interview from Women Together with Craig and Médine Keener about their book Impossible Love. To access this you will need to use the passcode: *f+58LIk (for this video only; this is the way the conference provided this video; we are grateful for their permission to provide this).
- [Peter as the rock—Matthew 16:18](https://craigkeener.com/peter-as-the-rock-matthew-1618/)
- [Craig's newest academic book](https://craigkeener.com/craigs-newest-academic-book/)
- [NT Survey session on the Book of Revelation](https://craigkeener.com/nt-survey-session-on-the-book-of-revelation/) - Craig surveys Revelation. Of course, there are many different views, so he cannot avoid some controversy here. But Revelation is a very practical book with much to teach us.
- [Hebrews, 1-2 Peter](https://craigkeener.com/hebrews-1-2-peter/) - Keldie Paroschi, Craig's TA, fills in for him in the NT Survey class on Hebrews and 1-2 Peter:
- [1 Corinthians 11-14; Ephesians](https://craigkeener.com/1-corinthians-11-14-ephesians/) - From Craig's NT Survey class lectures. The sound was the best we could do since the recording mike was not the sound mike. Topics include: head coverings, the Lord's Supper, spiritual gifts, spiritual warfare, and slavery in antiquity and Ephesians.
- [1-2 Timothy, Paul on women in ministry](https://craigkeener.com/1-2-timothy-paul-on-women-in-ministry/) - NT Survey lecture on 1-2 Timothy; Paul on Women:
- [Philippians, Colossians, 1-2 Thessalonians, James](https://craigkeener.com/philippians-colossians-1-2-thessalonians-james/) - From NT survey course:
- [Luke’s Preface](https://craigkeener.com/lukes-preface/) - Whatever may be said of the preface’s style, the content it promises for the work is telling. A good introduction should summarize what is to follow, and Luke’s summary of what will follow is explicitly historical; “an orderly narrative of the things fulfilled among us” (Luke 1:1, 3). Likewise, his explicit purpose is to confirm
- [Luke’s Genre - Bio & History](https://craigkeener.com/lukes-genre-bio-history/) - What complicates matters is the case of Luke’s work is that it consists of two volumes, the second of which is not (despite some valiant arguments to the contrary) self-evidently biography. Acts does not focus on a single character (despite the prominence of Peter and especially Paul); although parallels between these characters and Jesus in
- [Luke - Acts & the Historical Jesus](https://craigkeener.com/luke-acts-the-historical-jesus/) - All scholars agree that Luke was not an eyewitness of the events reported in his first volume. Most obviously, whoever Luke was, he was surely from the Diaspora; many scholars cite his apparent lack of direct acquaintance with Galilean geography, and he probably did not know Aramaic. Moreover, Luke writes at least a generation after
- [God Plays Favorites](https://craigkeener.com/god-plays-favorites/) - Ps 136:17-22: God “struck down great kings, for his faithful love continues forever; and slew great kings, for his faithful love continues forever: Sihon, king of the Amorites, for his faithful love continues forever; and Og, king of Bashan, for his faithful love continues forever; and gave their land as a heritage, for his faithful
- [Gift of Teaching](https://craigkeener.com/gift-of-teaching/) - Note: The first two paragraphs of this content is from the Impossible Love series, but was not in the book due to spacing. I had felt God wanted me to attend Bible college for two years, but I planned after that to just go out and begin preaching. I’d heard that one professor, Ben Aker,
- [Different kinds of prayer](https://craigkeener.com/different-kinds-of-prayer/) - Different kinds of prayer (2 minutes):
- [Sean McDowell interviews Craig Keener about ... Craig Keener](https://craigkeener.com/sean-mcdowell-interviews-craig-keener-about-craig-keener/) - Sean McDowell interviewed Craig Keener about some events that shaped his life, especially early on:
- [2 Corinthians, Galatians](https://craigkeener.com/2-corinthians-galatians/) - Craig's teaching assistant for New Testament Survey, Keldie Paroschi, a PhD student from Brazil, covers 2 Corinthians and Galatians (he thinks she lectures way better than he does):
- [Mutual submission in Ephesians 5:21](https://craigkeener.com/mutual-submission-in-ephesians-521/) - Continuing where Craig's previous lecture on Ephesians left off (that discussion was about slavery in Ephesians 6:5-9), Craig turns to Ephesians 5:21-33 (15 minutes):
- [Baptized in fire?](https://craigkeener.com/baptized-in-fire/) - Baptized in the Holy Spirit and--fire? (5.31 minutes) (In English but with Portuguese subtitles):
- [The global church in Revelation 7:9 (Médine)](https://craigkeener.com/the-global-church-in-revelation-79-medine/) - Médine (Craig's wife) shared about the global church in Asbury Seminary chapel (22 minutes).
- [Crucifixion and empty tomb: Mark 15:21—16:8](https://craigkeener.com/crucifixion-and-empty-tomb-mark-1521-168/) - Soldiers execute Jesus, but God vindicates him, leaving behind an empty tomb--and its befuddled witnesses:
- [Jesus's Trials: Mark 14:53—15:20](https://craigkeener.com/jesuss-trials-mark-1453-1520/) - Aristocratic priests and Pilate hold trials for Jesus, and guards abuse him:
- [Survey of Acts (Acts 2-28)](https://craigkeener.com/survey-of-acts-acts-2-28/) - From Craig's NT Survey class, a survey of much of the Book of Acts:
- [In Black and White - Part II](https://craigkeener.com/in-black-and-white-part-ii/) - For part I, please click here. I felt increasingly certain that God was leading me to stop simply appreciating interracial ministry; I was supposed to join an African American church. But which one? One day an attractive African American friend named Kecia invited me to visit Orange Grove Baptist church with her. Kecia never went
- [In Black and White - Part I](https://craigkeener.com/in-black-and-white-part-i/) - Médine was one of many international friends from outside my culture, but I found myself more comfortable in the African American community. The day that Grandma Johnson heard God tell her to feed me and take me to church, she could not have known the long-range effect on my life. The neighborhood where I settled
- [The Encounter, Part Two: The Matter of Tongues](https://craigkeener.com/the-encounter-part-two-the-matter-of-tongues/) - For part one, please click here. Unfortunately the rest of our evening did not proceed as pleasantly. It was an interdenominational setting in which each participant brought a distinctive contribution. I had chosen to lead the discussion that evening on an area in which my background and experience gave me something special to offer: I
- [Impossible Love on TBN](https://craigkeener.com/impossible-love-on-tbn/) - TBN airs the series Jesus the Game Changer, which is based in Australia. Recently the series aired the story of Médine and myself from our book Impossible Love. The link is below (I had to sign up to watch the video, so I am guessing you would have to do that, but it took only
- [Watch and be ready—Mark 13](https://craigkeener.com/watch-and-be-ready-mark-13/)
- [Faithfulness and betrayal—Mark 14](https://craigkeener.com/faithfulness-and-betrayal-mark-14/)
- [Demons panel](https://craigkeener.com/demons-panel/) - No, not a panel of demons; just a panel of NT scholars discussing New Testament depictions of spirit possession. Led by Joy Ames Vaughan (with contributions from Craig Keener, Fred Long, and David Bauer). Parts I and II.
- [Slow to Anger](https://craigkeener.com/slow-to-anger/) - Some people resent biblical pictures of God’s wrath. They complain that God is supposed to be nice, so he has no business being mad at anyone. Somewhere around 1995, I heard a commotion outside my apartment and saw one girl beating up a neighbor girl. Before I could do anything, the abused girl’s mother showed
- [The Encounter, Part one:  A Beautiful Woman from Congo](https://craigkeener.com/the-encounter-part-one-a-beautiful-woman-from-congo/) - The two things I knew beyond any doubt were God’s faithfulness and my calling to preach and teach the Gospel. God showed me that, since I knew my calling, I should not consider marrying anyone who rejected it. At Duke I was helping Joe, the InterVarsity staff worker, disciple students. Joe informed me that one
- [Every people, culture, language and nation—Revelation 7:9 (7.46 min)](https://craigkeener.com/every-people-culture-language-and-nation-revelation-79-7-46-min/)
- [Case study](https://craigkeener.com/case-study/)
- [Distance learning](https://craigkeener.com/distance-learning/)
- [Brushing teeth while eating](https://craigkeener.com/brushing-teeth-while-eating/) - Seminary students are so busy they have to find ways to make their time count.
- [Genetic predisposition](https://craigkeener.com/genetic-predisposition/) - Coming soon, new defense arguments
- [Getting on top of my reading](https://craigkeener.com/getting-on-top-of-my-reading/) - Seminary professors are so rough.
- [Cartoons in poor taste](https://craigkeener.com/cartoons-in-poor-taste/)
- [Pillow case](https://craigkeener.com/pillow-case/)
- [Conflicts with the Elite--Mark 12](https://craigkeener.com/conflicts-with-the-elite-mark-12/) - Craig explains the various conflicts in Mark 12 and how they fit together:
- [The abuse of women in Africa](https://craigkeener.com/the-abuse-of-women-in-africa/) - Médine Moussounga Keener, from Congo, married to Craig Keener now, shares about the abuses women face in Africa. This 40-minute video was originally filmed for her plenary lecture at the Society for Pentecostal Studies. Craig says: Médine is a way better speaker, especially in this moving presentation, than he is ...
- [Acts: introduction in New Testament survey course](https://craigkeener.com/acts-introduction-in-new-testament-survey-course/) - 2 hours and 20 minutes, Acts introduction into Acts 2
- [Craig's Revelation commentary](https://craigkeener.com/craigs-revelation-commentary/) - Normally this website posts content rather than meddling with publishers' jobs of posting advertisements, but Zondervan informs me that my commentary on Revelation is on sale at 50% off (in print) or as an ebook for just $4.99! bit.ly/NIVACsale. They also warned that the deal ends March 28. (Because Revelation is the last book in the
- [Real Life Begins](https://craigkeener.com/real-life-begins/) - It was during my time at Bible college that I helped at the local street mission run by the Cooks. I also eventually fell in love with a fellow student whom I will call Cass. We prayed together, studied together and witnessed together. Each of us had a difficult background, but I was certain that
- [A New Testament Scholar Responds to the Atlanta Shooter’s Bible (7 minutes)](https://craigkeener.com/a-new-testament-scholar-responds-to-the-atlanta-shooters-bible-7-minutes/) - Media coverage of the Atlanta shooter has highlighted issues of anti-Asian prejudice in America and abuse of women. Sometimes it has also noted the shooter’s church upbringing and how he claimed to be motivated by a desire to destroy the sources of his temptation. I address this briefly in this video; if you prefer the
- [NT Survey class on Luke + John (2 hrs 40 min video)](https://craigkeener.com/nt-survey-class-on-luke-john-2-hrs-40-min-video/) - Craig's NT Introduction class at Asbury Seminary on Luke and John, from March 2021. (Sorry I had to keep clearing my throat; it was right after dinner ...)
- [Cleansing the Temple—Mark 11:15-25 (42 minutes)](https://craigkeener.com/cleansing-the-temple-mark-1115-25-42-minutes/) - Time for judgment: Jesus curses the fig tree and challenges the Temple authorities! 42 minutes + 10 minutes Q and A
- [NT Survey course on Matthew + Mark (2.5 hours, audio)](https://craigkeener.com/nt-survey-course-on-matthew-mark-2-5-hours-audio/) - This was a session of my NT Introduction course at Asbury Theological Seminary. It was linked with my Powerpoint slides but the video did not turn out so this is just audio.
- [Desperate need in Mozambique](https://craigkeener.com/desperate-need-in-mozambique/) - This is a prayer request. Normally I stick with Bible studies here (and Saturday cartoons for filler), because if I start posting about needs, I would never be able to post about anything else—suffering and/or death catches up with everyone sooner or later, but even in terms of genocides, many are ongoing globally. You will
- [Ministry on the Street](https://craigkeener.com/ministry-on-the-street/) - Ministry on the street continued. One week I was sharing my faith with a man on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn when he grew angry and tapped something inside his coat. “You talk about heaven,” he said. “I’ll see how ready you are to go to heaven. I’ve got a gun here. I’m gonna blow your
- [Race, divorce, women in ministry, and other hot-button issues (1.5 hours)](https://craigkeener.com/race-divorce-women-in-ministry-and-other-hot-button-issues-1-5-hours/) - Podcast interview with Pastor Alex McElroy
- [How to be Biblically Charismatic (1 hour)](https://craigkeener.com/how-to-be-biblically-charismatic-1-hour/) - Audio interview with Layman's Lounge
- [Asking for the right thing: Bartimaeus versus James and John—Mark 10:38-52 (38 min + Q&A)](https://craigkeener.com/asking-for-the-right-thing-bartimaeus-versus-james-and-john-mark-1038-52-38-min-qa/)
- [Syrophoenician woman versus Peter—Mark 7:24—8:34](https://craigkeener.com/syrophoenician-woman-versus-peter-mark-724-834/) - This lesson: The Syrophoenician woman humbles herself in faith that Jesus can meet her need. Peter confesses Jesus as the Messiah but then doesn't want to follow him to the Cross ...
- [Mark 11:1-14: 39-minute Bible study plus 10+ minutes Q&A](https://craigkeener.com/mark-111-14-39-minute-bible-study-plus-10-minutes-qa/) - Whatever you always wanted to know about the donkey ride to Jerusalem and the nasty fig tree that didn't feed Jesus ...
- [Not another time change!!!](https://craigkeener.com/not-another-time-change/)
- [Pelagian pelagiarism](https://craigkeener.com/pelagian-pelagiarism/)
- [Baked Alaska](https://craigkeener.com/baked-alaska/)
- [Absent-minded professor who never forgot anything](https://craigkeener.com/absent-minded-professor-who-never-forgot-anything/)
- [Hell prep](https://craigkeener.com/hell-prep/)
- [Dual degrees](https://craigkeener.com/dual-degrees/)
- [Falling in Love](https://craigkeener.com/falling-in-love/) - It was disconcerting to realize that the little children in Sunday school knew the Bible better than I did. Desperate for more knowledge, I began reading forty chapters of the Bible a day for weeks at a time. As I read about God speaking to people, I wondered why He no longer spoke today. I
- [Bible College](https://craigkeener.com/bible-college/) - Because I felt that my intellect had led me astray before my conversion, I questioned initially whether or not I should go to college. Finally I sensed that God was leading me to go to Bible college; when I turned down a potential National Merit Scholarship because it would not cover Bible colleges, almost everyone
- [We Cannot Say We Did Not Know](https://craigkeener.com/we-cannot-say-we-did-not-know/) - “Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter. If you say, “But we knew nothing about this,” does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who guards your life know it? Will he not repay everyone according to what they have done?”—Proverbs 24:11-12, NIV The sage
- [Sharing the Faith](https://craigkeener.com/sharing-the-faith/) - I had never experienced the Good News of God’s saving love until the day of my conversion, and I wanted to make sure that no one else suffered the same misfortune. Sometimes, because I spent so much time talking with people about Christ, the half-hour walk home from school took me four hours. Not everyone
- [SOME BIBLICAL REFLECTIONS ON THE RAVI ZACHARIAS SCANDAL](https://craigkeener.com/some-biblical-reflections-on-the-ravi-zacharias-scandal/) - Heartbreaking news about Ravi Zacharias’s abuses tops recent leader scandals. In some respects, this one hurts worse than most of its predecessors. When some leaders fell, I, at least, was less surprised; I had other questions about those other ministries. Some seemed theologically misinformed, self-centered, or sectarian. By contrast, Ravi seemed a gracious and careful
- [Craig's ETS Presidential Address: A Mind for the Body—Romans 12:1-8](https://craigkeener.com/craigs-ets-presidential-address-a-mind-for-the-body-romans-121-8/) - In my presidential address to the Evangelical Theological Society (posted here after consultation with the executive director), I addressed Romans 12.1-8 and then some implications I believe that it may have for ETS today. Apologies that I talked too fast: I was trying to stay within the time limit. It’s about 47 minutes. (And look,
- [Mark 9.30-10.12 (advanced level; 2 hr, 40 min)](https://craigkeener.com/mark-9-30-10-12-advanced-level-2-hr-40-min/) - Lecture/discussion with advanced students (used with their permission):
- [The rich young ruler—Mark 10:17-27 (1 hour)](https://craigkeener.com/the-rich-young-ruler-mark-1017-27-1-hour/) - Mark just lets us know he is rich (the other Gospels let us know he was a young ruler). What does Jesus's demand for him mean for us? What does the command to give all to the poor and the invitation to follow mean? (One hour, including Q&A on the practical questions)
- [Jesus addresses divorce in Mark 10:1-12](https://craigkeener.com/jesus-addresses-divorce-in-mark-101-12/) - Bible study (56 minutes, including some Q&A)
- [Mark 9:30-50 (48 minutes)](https://craigkeener.com/mark-930-50-48-minutes/) - Bible study (48 minutes)
- [Audio of Médine's chapel message about Susie King Taylor and racial reconciliation (20 min)](https://craigkeener.com/audio-of-medines-chapel-message-about-susie-king-taylor-and-racial-reconciliation-20-min/) - Médine spoke in chapel at Asbury University, where she teaches, about Susie King Taylor, a figure featured in her dissertation. You can find the audio and video recordings of her message at https://www.asbury.edu/about/spiritual-vitality/chapel/podcasts/ (scroll down to Feb. 24, 2021, or you can search by name).
- [The Jewish context of Matthew (2021)](https://craigkeener.com/the-jewish-context-of-matthew-2021/) - King's University hosted Craig to address the Jewish context of Matthew. Roughly the first hour is lecture, followed by Q&A.
- [Jewish context of Revelation (2021)](https://craigkeener.com/jewish-context-of-revelation-2021/) - King's University hosted me in February for the Jewish context of Revelation. Roughly the first hour is lecture, followed by some Q&A.
- [Acts and new movements (40 minutes)](https://craigkeener.com/acts-and-new-movements-40-minutes/) - Steve Addison, author of Movements that Change the World, and The Rise and Fall of Movements, interviews Craig for what the Book of Acts teaches us about movements. https://www.movements.net/blog/blog/2020/10/30/236-you-will-receive-power
- [Atheist & Christian Book Club](https://craigkeener.com/atheist-christian-book-club/) - The Atheist and Christian Book Club invited Craig for friendly dialogue about the reality of miracles in February.
- [A Closer Look: Correction in Antiquity](https://craigkeener.com/a-closer-look-correction-in-antiquity/) - Those influenced by Greek culture often appreciated bold and blunt reproof when it demonstrated independence of spirit shown to powerful people. Unbridled frankness, however, could generate anger unnecessarily. Greek moral discourse valued giving and receiving reproof appropriately. Some urged that it was best to give reproof, at least toward those of higher rank, gently or
- [A Closer Look: Conversion](https://craigkeener.com/a-closer-look-conversion/) - Scholarship has offered a range of explanations for Paul’s conversion as alternatives or supplements to theistic ones. Scholars also debated whether Paul was neurotic or a genius. Enlightenment scholars often attributed Paul’s conversion experience to hallucination or psychological abnormality. Psychoanalytic approaches of his experience were once common; whatever the merits of psychoanalysis for living persons,
- [Is it literally his body and blood?—Mark 14:22-24](https://craigkeener.com/is-it-literally-his-body-and-blood-mark-1422-24/) - While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take it; this is my body.” Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it. “This is my blood
- [Gospels and historical Jesus class](https://craigkeener.com/gospels-and-historical-jesus-class/) - Inclement weather forced us to hold one of our NT introduction classes on Zoom. There we discussed some introductory approaches to the Gospels, including genre, historical critical method, oral transmission, etc. The first segment (before the break) was about 1.5 hours, the second was 1 hour and 6 minutes.
- [Susie King Taylor](https://craigkeener.com/susie-king-taylor/) - For Black History Month, my wife, Médine Moussounga Keener, recorded the following presentation. Médine's PhD dissertation, written at University of Paris 7 in the 1990s, was on African-American women after Reconstruction. One of the figures on whom she wrote was the first African-American army nurse, during the U. S. Civil War, Susie King Taylor. In
- [A Closer Look: Personified Feminine Images](https://craigkeener.com/a-closer-look-personified-feminine-images/) - The maternal and other feminine images here fit ancient expectations. Wisdom was often portrayed as a woman, sometimes contrasted with promiscuous folly. Similarly, Dionysius of Halicarnassus contrasts at length Attic rhetoric, depicted as a model, chase, classical Athenian woman, with Asiatic rhetoric, which he portrays as a debased prostitute. Dio Chrysostom rhetorically contrasted two symbolic
- [Who are the “gods” in Psalm 82:6? Maybe stuck-up people](https://craigkeener.com/who-are-the-gods-in-psalm-826-maybe-stuck-up-people/) - One prominent view of Ps 82:6 has long been that the passage refers to YHWH’s divine council, the spirits that the nations wrongly worship as gods. Other passages in the OT do indeed suggest such imagery. In the context of Ps 82, however, it applies most directly to human rulers. (Spiritual powers are behind the
- [Mission and martyrdom--Mark 6.1-29 (44 min)](https://craigkeener.com/mission-and-martyrdom-mark-6-1-29-44-min/) - Jesus sends out disciples to multiply his mission, while his own forerunner in the mission, John the Baptist, is martyred:
- [Mark 11 (for advanced students; 1 hr, 19 min)](https://craigkeener.com/mark-11-for-advanced-students-1-hr-19-min/)
- [Discussion on racial reconciliation (Craig and Médine)](https://craigkeener.com/discussion-on-racial-reconciliation-craig-and-medine/) - Médine is from Congo-Brazzaville and her husband Craig is from the U.S. Remnant Radio interviews them on some of their thoughts regarding racial reconciliation. The first video is 27 minutes (cut short due to technical difficulties) and addresses mainly some biblical teaching relevant to the subject. The second video ranges a bit further, and is
- [Mark 4 and parables](https://craigkeener.com/mark-4-and-parables/) - Mark 4 and the mystery of the kingdom: This is one of Craig's most interesting discussions on Mark (at least, Craig thought so ...). 40 minutes of teaching, plus 15 minutes of discussion.
- [Lesson on faith in Mark 9:14-29](https://craigkeener.com/lesson-on-faith-in-mark-914-29/) - 40 minutes of teaching, 20 minutes of discussion following
- [Miracles discussion with some pastors (2 hours)](https://craigkeener.com/miracles-discussion-with-some-pastors-2-hours/) - Pastors in Houston from several different theological traditions engage with Craig in a discussion of miracles
- [Discussion with younger scholars (77 min)](https://craigkeener.com/discussion-with-younger-scholars-77-min/) - This is the video from the IBR student group meeting (Nov. 2020), where some younger scholars asked the aged and bald Craig Keener his thoughts on some matters relevant to the rising generation of scholars ...
- [Purifying the prophetic (39 minutes)](https://craigkeener.com/purifying-the-prophetic-39-minutes/) - Audio interview with Randall Bach (the Feb. 4, 2021 posting)
- [Q through a freshman grid](https://craigkeener.com/q-through-a-freshman-grid/)
- [Jesus must be our Lord](https://craigkeener.com/jesus-must-be-our-lord/) - Today I read a scholar who says that the claim Jesus is Lord is imperialistic, reflecting the Roman imperial values of Caesar being Lord. He contended that this is a claim embedded in imperialism and royal imagery. I do agree that royal imagery helps us understand the claim, but I don’t see that as negative.
- [A Closer Look: Focus on Jerusalem](https://craigkeener.com/a-closer-look-focus-on-jerusalem/) - Throughout the Roman Empire, Jewish people were viewed as ethnic Judeans or, in terms of conventional urban eastern Mediterranean, city-centric perspectives, as the people whose well-known mother city was Jerusalem. Paul might respond in Gal. 4 to his rivals’ emphasis on Jerusalem. Ancient Near Eastern religion emphasized holy sites; thus when invaders destroyed an earlier
- [Lord of the sea and legions: Mark 4:30-5:20](https://craigkeener.com/lord-of-the-sea-and-legions-mark-430-520/) - Craig's teaching for a church, with Power Point (50 minutes):
- [A Closer Look: Pregnant and Nursing Mothers](https://craigkeener.com/a-closer-look-pregnant-and-nursing-mothers/) - Pregnant women were, like infants and the aged, recognized as particularly vulnerable. Pregnancy increased the difficulties of urgent flight and could make the pregnant more susceptible to death. Pregnancies were sometimes as short as seven months, and some physicians knew that the typical gestation period was nine months. Nevertheless, ancients commonly spoke of a ten-month
- [Culture Shapes What We Think is Cultural and Leaves Us All with Blind Spots](https://craigkeener.com/culture-shapes-what-we-think-is-cultural-and-leaves-us-all-with-blind-spots/) - Almost everyone today recognizes that at least some texts address local situations. Most Christians, for example, do not set aside money every Sunday to send to the church in Jerusalem (1 Cor 16:1-3). Still fewer have gone to Troas to try to find Paul’s cloak and take it to him (2 Tim 4:13). But texts
- [Repentance: division and misplaced hopes](https://craigkeener.com/repentance-division-and-misplaced-hopes/) - Some of the US prophets who predicted that Donald Trump would win the 2020 election have publicly repented for the inaccuracy. Some diehard Trump supporters responded by condemning them as traitors to the cause! But despite their inaccuracy on the election, their repentance now points a way forward. Many Christians in the US have been
- [Introduction to how to use craigkeener.com](https://craigkeener.com/introduction-to-how-to-use-craigkeener-com/) - This short video surveys what's available on this site, especially various Bible studies (available by text and/or topic, in the pull-down menu on the right) and video lectures or messages (including some 60 hours of lectures on a few biblical books), as well as a basic Bible interpretation manual on the free resources tab at
- [Struggling to get into a PhD program](https://craigkeener.com/struggling-to-get-into-a-phd-program/) - There was a time when my heart and, I thought, my call were to be a scholar. But given the circumstances (my seminary was then only in the process of accreditation and I literally had almost no money) getting into a PhD program from which I could find a teaching position seemed like it would
- [Supporting Teachers](https://craigkeener.com/supporting-teachers/) - Some priests in Asia Minor became wealthy from the fees charged for entering some temples, though they did not offer teaching. Local churches were more like associations, but in contrast to associations, which charged dues, Christian assemblies depended on voluntary contributions. Teachers were supported by various means in antiquity. Various philosophers allowed different means of
- [Tough grilling](https://craigkeener.com/tough-grilling/)
- [Fractions](https://craigkeener.com/fractions/)
- [Ineffability](https://craigkeener.com/ineffability/)
- [Layover](https://craigkeener.com/layover/)
- [Free of charge](https://craigkeener.com/free-of-charge/)
- [Satellite campus](https://craigkeener.com/satellite-campus/)
- [No room in the inn](https://craigkeener.com/no-room-in-the-inn/)
- [Word studies vs. context (1.5 minutes)](https://craigkeener.com/word-studies-vs-context-1-5-minutes/) - Just some brief comments on the importance of context when studying words (and the importance, at the same time, of getting the words right too)
- [Dyed-in-the-wool Calvinist?](https://craigkeener.com/dyed-in-the-wool-calvinist/)
- [Joshua son of--who?](https://craigkeener.com/joshua-son-of-who/)
- [Answering off the top of her head](https://craigkeener.com/answering-off-the-top-of-her-head/) - New forms of exam cheating
- [The church father Polly Carp](https://craigkeener.com/the-church-father-polly-carp/)
- [Grateful to have these new books out in 2020](https://craigkeener.com/grateful-to-have-these-new-books-out-in-2020/) - Grateful for the opportunity to publish these new books in 2020 (the largest being my Acts commentary with Cambridge): Acts. New Cambridge Bible Commentary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. 699 pages Between History and Spirit: The Apostolic Witness of the Book of Acts. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2020. For All Peoples: A Biblical Theology of Missions
- [Jesus Lord at His Birth](https://craigkeener.com/jesus-lord-at-his-birth/) - 8 minutes, 47 seconds
- [Mark 12-13 (for advanced students; 1 hr)](https://craigkeener.com/mark-12-13-for-advanced-students-1-hr/)
- [The New Adam in Ephesians (10.23 min)](https://craigkeener.com/the-new-adam-in-ephesians-10-23-min/)
- [John and historical Jesus research (for advanced students only; 1.5 hours)](https://craigkeener.com/john-and-historical-jesus-research-for-advanced-students-only/) - A class lecture/discussion with some advanced students, used with the students' permission. The students come from a range of theological/exegetical approaches.
- [A better banquet: Jesus feeds the crowds (Mark 6:31-56)](https://craigkeener.com/a-better-banquet-jesus-feeds-the-crowds-mark-631-56/) - Continuing the series on Mark: 38 minutes:
- [Curing bleeding and raising the dead: Mark 5:21-43 (49 min)](https://craigkeener.com/curing-bleeding-and-raising-the-dead-mark-521-43-49-min/) - Next in Craig's series on Mark for a church: the bleeding woman and the dead girl:
- [Real God vs. idols, truth vs. fiction](https://craigkeener.com/real-god-vs-idols-truth-vs-fiction/) - In a polytheistic world, Israel affirmed that the only true creator, the only God worthy of worship, was YHWH: For I know that the LORD is great; our Lord is above all gods. Whatever the LORD pleases he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps. (Ps 135:5-6,
- [A Closer Look: Adoption](https://craigkeener.com/a-closer-look-adoption/) - The term adoption here invites exploration of the concept. Paul's emphasis might be more on the status of being God's child than on how this occurs, but clearly Paul's term applies to adoption. We should also remember that the chief point of the adoption analogy is an alien person entering a new family as an
- [Contextualization and Scripture: Understanding the Nature of Cross-Cultural Communication](https://craigkeener.com/contextualization-and-scripture-understanding-the-nature-of-cross-cultural-communication/) - I asked my dear friend, neighbor, and missiology colleague at my former seminary, Samuel Escobar, where biblical studies could be helpful for missiology. He suggested that biblical scholars could help missiologists to define the boundaries between contextualization and syncretism. Because the entire Bible has a cultural context, the entire Bible offers us models for non-syncretistic
- [Santa discovers Christmas story](https://craigkeener.com/santa-discovers-christmas-story/) - Years ago (in the 1990s), I used to draw my own tracts. This was one of them (though I have removed the contact address at the end, no longer correct) :-)
- [Various Perspectives on Circumcision](https://craigkeener.com/a-closer-look-circumcision/) - Slaves bought from foreigners needed to be circumcised in order to become part of the covenant people (Gen. 17:12-13), as did any foreigners in the land who wanted to join the Passover festival (Exod. 12:48). Thus Jewish practice normally treated circumcision as necessary for becoming part of the covenant people. A minority of Judeans treated
- [Basic Bible Interpretation Principles (2 hours)](https://craigkeener.com/basic-bible-interpretation-principles-2-hours/) - Bethel Bible College, in Manila, Philippines, hosted me for a lecture on basic Bible interpretation principles, followed by a question-and-(hopefully)answer session. Feel free to watch the basic principles part (2 hours) or the following question-and-(hopefully :-) ) answer part (the following half hour). (Also, on the video, remember to turn the sound on ... at
- [A Closer Look: Magic](https://craigkeener.com/a-closer-look-magic/) - Resort to malevolent forms of sorcery was common in Paul's era. (In various forms, it is, contrary to naive popular Western assumptions, also practiced in many societies today.) Curse invocations were central to ancient magic. Virtually anything harmful could be attributed to magic. Both genders utilized erotic charms in attempts to secure others' sexual attentions.
- [Faith in Jesus is Not About Social Superiority](https://craigkeener.com/faith-in-jesus/) - Any Christian who looks down on members of another faith or looks down on anyone because of sins that he or she has committed misses the point of Paul's understanding of Jesus. Paul does not see himself as preaching a new world religion meant as superior to other religions. Paul sees himself as proclaiming God's
- [Discerning the Spirit’s Voice by Engaging in Multiple Cultures](https://craigkeener.com/discerning-the-spirits-voice-by-engaging-in-multiple-cultures/) - Why is it that bicultural Hellenist believers such as Stephen (theologically) and Philip (practically; Acts 6-8) were able to begin bridging cultural gaps before the Jerusalem apostles did? The apostles were the ones whom Jesus directly instructed to bring the good news to “the ends of the earth” (1:8), but initially they may have expected
- [A Closer Look: Rebirth, Conversion, Inheritance](https://craigkeener.com/a-closer-look-rebirth-conversion-inheritance/) - That Paul employs the image of rebirth for conversion in Galatians 4:28-29 is no accident. Galatian gentiles might think of some gentile traditions of regeneration, but that is not the source of Paul’s image. Rebirth from God’s Spirit or word was a familiar early Christian image (John 1:12-13; 3:3-6; 1 Pet. 1:23; 1 John 3:9),
- [Moving on after the election?](https://craigkeener.com/moving-on-after-the-election/)
- [The election prophecies](https://craigkeener.com/the-election-prophecies/) - Most charismatic Christians did not prophesy a specific outcome of the US election; they just prayed and worked for whichever candidate they supported. (One particularly wise prediction was that whoever wins, we need to pray.) Some, however, prophesied a particular outcome. Until the electoral college votes in December, surprises remain possible. But at the moment,
- [Pentecost as a Reversal of Babel](https://craigkeener.com/pentecost-as-a-reversal-of-babel/) - Reading from the vantage point of Pentecost also means a cross-cultural, globally sensitive reading. Pentecost is for all peoples; its repetition among Samaritans (8:14-17) and Gentiles (10:44-48) emphasizes that believers from among new groups of people also receive empowerment for mission and become earlier believers’ partners in mission. Many scholars understand Acts 2 as a
- [A Closer Look: Antioch](https://craigkeener.com/a-closer-look-antioch/) - Probably the empire’s third largest city, Antioch held a strategic position as the “mother city” and most powerful city in the massive province of Syria. Scholars lack consensus regarding its population. Many estimate 500,000 or even 600,000; others estimate as low as 100,000 or 150,000. The disparity in estimates today mirrors that in antiquity. Strabo
- [Dramatic healings and trust in Mark 5.21-43](https://craigkeener.com/dramatic-healings-and-trust-in-mark-5-21-43/) - 42 minutes Bible study plus some questions:
- [Jesus confronts a demonic army--Mark 5.1-20 (40 min's + 10 mins questions)](https://craigkeener.com/jesus-confronts-a-demonic-army-mark-5-1-20-40-mins-10-mins-questions/)
- [Revelation videos](https://craigkeener.com/revelation-videos/) - Zondervan just sent me (Craig) word that "high res versions of your Revelation video lectures are available to stream on smart TVs with 4 new MasterLectures TV OS apps. The new platforms are: Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, and Android TV" I am not personally tech savvy enough to know what they're talking about,
- [Jesus the Spirit-baptizer shows us what the Spirit-filled life is like--Mark 1:8-13 (12 min)](https://craigkeener.com/jesus-the-spirit-baptizer-show-us-what-the-spirit-filled-life-is-like-mark-18-13-12-min/) - In Mark 1:10, the Spirit descends on Jesus, the Spirit-baptizer of Mark 1:8, and Jesus thus provides an example of the Spirit-empowered life in Mark 1:12.
- [Capitalist imperialist professor](https://craigkeener.com/capitalist-imperialist-professor/)
- [Wrong understanding of lying in a manger](https://craigkeener.com/wrong-understanding-of-lying-in-a-manger/)
- [Deep teaching](https://craigkeener.com/deep-teaching/)
- [Draw your sword!](https://craigkeener.com/draw-your-sword/)
- [In tension over intention](https://craigkeener.com/in-tension-over-intention/)
- [Reform school for Arminians](https://craigkeener.com/reform-school-for-arminians/)
- [Revival is Part of the Christian Life](https://craigkeener.com/revival-is-part-of-the-christian-life/) - If God poured out the Spirit on the day of Pentecost, then much of what we envision as “revival” is simply part of the normal Christian life. It is not the sole possession of one part of the body of Christ, as if other parts may dismiss it as a sectarian or divisive issue; it
- [Polygamous king meets Archbishop](https://craigkeener.com/polygamous-king-meets-archbishop/)
- [Chiasm chasm](https://craigkeener.com/chiasm-chasm/)
- [Re-liable professors](https://craigkeener.com/re-liable-professors/)
- [Proof he didn't cheat](https://craigkeener.com/proof-he-didnt-cheat/)
- [Woe to God’s House!—Mark 13:2](https://craigkeener.com/woe-to-gods-house-mark-132/) - Most Judeans thought their temple, the largest and most magnificent in the ancient world, was impregnable. The temple mount was a massive citadel, and Jerusalem was well-fortified. Yet Jesus warned his closest disciples that not one stone would be left on another (Mark 13:2), and spoke of a horrible sacrilege that would lead to the
- [Jesus heals--Mark 1:40-2:12 (40 minutes)](https://craigkeener.com/jesus-heals-mark-140-212-40-minutes/) - 40 minutes on Jesus delivering a man with scale disease (biblical leprosy) and healing a man unable to walk (then 18 minutes addressing questions raised):
- [Disability healings, eating with sinners, and parables--Mark 2 and 4](https://craigkeener.com/disability-healings-eating-with-sinners-and-parables-mark-2-and-4/) - 43 minutes of samples from Mark 2 and Mark 4 (picking up with examples to illustrate the previous Bible study on Mark 2:1-12), followed by 9 minutes of discussion.
- [49 minutes on Mark 1.14-28](https://craigkeener.com/49-minutes-on-mark-1-14-28/) - Bible study for a local church on Mark 1.14-28:
- [Mark 1:9-13 - Baptism and Testing](https://craigkeener.com/mark-19-13-baptism-and-testing/) - 42-minute Bible study: Jesus's baptism and testing (with some introductory comments on how to understand the Bible; plus, after the Bible study, 16 minutes on questions and responses):
- [Mark 1.21-39 (40 min)](https://craigkeener.com/mark-1-21-39/) - A Bible study for a local church, also asking how the principles apply today. Craig already addressed 1:21-28 in an earlier session (a passage in which Jesus casts out a demon), but had not had time to get to the topic of whether spirits exist today, etc., so picks up here and also moves through
- [A Closer Look: Damascus](https://craigkeener.com/a-closer-look-damascus/) - Both Acts and Paul (Gal. 1:17, which claims that he “returned” there) state that Paul was in Damascus after his conversion (which presumably happened near there; 2 Cor. 11:32) before traveling again to Jerusalem. Many scholars, ignoring Acts, claim that Paul’s preconversion persecution of Christians occurred in Damascus. Against their view, the persecution likely happened
- [New Trends in Skepticism](https://craigkeener.com/new-trends-in-skepticism/)
- [Leaked memo on improving presidential politics](https://craigkeener.com/leaked-memo-on-improving-presidential-politics/)
- [Samaritans and the Spirit--Acts 8:14-17 (21 min)](https://craigkeener.com/samaritans-and-the-spirit-acts-814-17-21-min/) - This message recorded in Asbury Seminary chapel on October 8 is available both in audio and video format (especially for those unable to connect during the attempted livestream): Audio: https://asburyseminary.edu/students/chapel/archive/?service=20201008&campus=ky Video: https://player.vimeo.com/video/466246284?autoplay=1
- [A Humbling Message for the Elite Regarding Spiritual Revival](https://craigkeener.com/a-humbling-message-for-the-elite-regarding-spiritual-revival/) - When Peter, filled with the Spirit (Acts 4:8), confronts Jerusalem’s elite in Acts 4:8-12, the latter observe that Peter and John lack elite education (4:13). They recognize that these fishermen speak boldly because they have been with Jesus (4:13). Jesus calls (Luke 5:2, 10; 6:13) and empowers (Acts 2:4) not the proud but the lowly
- [Why Understanding Cultural Context  Precedes Application](https://craigkeener.com/context-precedes-application/) - Although everyone knows that the Bible was written in a different time and culture, and most people take that fact into account when they read particular passages, not everyone is consistent in using cultural background. Of course, not all passages in the Bible require much background; our culture still has some features in common with
- [Craig's Matthew commentary](https://craigkeener.com/craigs-matthew-commentary/) - Jon Rising interviews Craig regarding his Matthew commentary: https://charismaticscholarship.blogspot.com/2020/07/interview-with-craig-keener-part-2-of-6.html
- [Speeches in Acts](https://craigkeener.com/speeches-in-acts/) - Jon Rising posted several interviews with me some years ago (before I was online myself!) and has updated and reposted these. This is the first one: https://charismaticscholarship.blogspot.com/2020/06/interview-with-craig-keener-part-1-of-6.html
- [Mark's Gospel begins with the Old Testament: Mark 1:2-3 (23 min)](https://craigkeener.com/marks-gospel-begins-with-the-old-testament-mark-12-3-23-min/)
- [Miracles interview (1/2 hour audio, with Zach Matchett)](https://craigkeener.com/miracles-interview-1-2-hour-audio-with-zach-matchett/) - For Northview Church's podcast: https://northviewchurch.podbean.com/e/seriouslymiracles-part-1-dr-craig-keener/
- [Fishing for people--Mark 1:16-20 (36 min)](https://craigkeener.com/fishing-for-people-mark-116-20-36-min/) - Jesus is preaching the good news in 1:14-15. In 1:16-20, he calls some fishermen to join him in the mission. Just as he has "fished" for them, he begins preparing them to fish for others. What will this mission cost them? And what will it cost us? Fishing for people
- [Sabbaticals](https://craigkeener.com/sabbaticals/)
- [Student protest or pro-test...](https://craigkeener.com/student-protest-or-pro-test/)
- [Revved up!](https://craigkeener.com/revved-up/)
- [Meeting FELT needs](https://craigkeener.com/meeting-felt-needs/)
- [Counting on you](https://craigkeener.com/counting-on-you/)
- [Reasons to vote for ...](https://craigkeener.com/reasons-to-vote-for/)
- [Richard Lovelace's advice for different parts of Christ's body](https://craigkeener.com/richard-lovelaces-advice-for-different-parts-of-christs-body/) - Usually I supply all my own posts here, not because I don't value those of others but because if I started reposting other good things here, I wouldn't know where to stop. But my friend Dean Merrill sent me his old copy of a column that Richard Lovelace (then professor of church history at Gordon-Conwell
- [Empowered for a Missional Reading of Scripture](https://craigkeener.com/empowered-for-a-missional-reading-of-scripture/) - Jesus’s promise of the Spirit for Pentecost was a promise of empowerment for mission (Luke 24:48-49; Acts 1:8). Luke reveals how pivotal this empowerment is by underlining its necessity in both his Gospel’s conclusion and his sequel’s introduction. This is how the servant aspect of Jesus’s ministry becomes that of his followers. Luke’s primary emphasis
- [The Gentiles in Galatia and Their Susceptibility to False Teachings](https://craigkeener.com/pauls-audience-in-galatia/) - At least the strong majority of Paul’s audience was gentile; they were not yet circumcised (Gal. 5:2; 6:12) and they once worshiped non-gods (4:8). Paul’s letters only rarely provide more specific details about his converts’ previous religious practices, but their background might help explain elements of their susceptibility to the false teachers and perhaps their
- [The Empowerment of All Jesus’s Followers for Prophecy](https://craigkeener.com/the-empowerment-of-all-jesuss-followers-for-prophecy/) - Although building on what came before, Pentecost ushered in something new. The experience of Pentecost in Acts 2 echoes many earlier biblical themes and particularly echoes Jesus’s experience of the Spirit in Luke’s Gospel. Nevertheless, it simultaneously signifies something new: the last-days outpouring of God’s Spirit prophetically empowering all God’s people for ministry. No longer
- [Stereotyping evangelicals in the United States](https://craigkeener.com/stereotyping-evangelicals-in-the-united-states/) - In the West, recent decades have rightly seen increased emphasis on tolerance and even appreciation of minorities, including religious ones. For some years, then, it seemed rude to criticize someone else’s religion, at least on public platforms. Certainly one convert away from Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, etc., extrapolating from their personal bad experiences to negatively stereotype
- [John's mission and message (Mark 1:4-8; 52 min)](https://craigkeener.com/johns-mission-and-message-mark-14-8-52-min/)
- [Who's right? Baptized in the Spirit at or after conversion? (17.38 min)](https://craigkeener.com/whos-right-baptized-in-the-spirit-at-or-after-conversion-17-38-min/)
- [Jesus's baptism--Mark 1:9-11 (12 min)](https://craigkeener.com/jesuss-baptism-mark-19-11-12-min/) - When Jesus is immersed in water, he sees the heavens split open and God's Spirit descending on him like a dove. God's voice from heaven announces, "You are my beloved Son, with whom I am so pleased!" The video provides more details and background, much of which Mark's first audience would have quickly understood.
- [The testing of God's Son—Mark 1:12-13 (17 min)](https://craigkeener.com/the-testing-of-gods-son-mark-112-13-17-min/) - The Spirit who descended on Jesus in Mark 1:10 now drives him into the wilderness, where he is tested by Satan, is in the presence of wild animals, and is served by angels. For more detail and background, see the video:
- [Preaching God's kingdom—Mark 1:14-15 (17 min)](https://craigkeener.com/preaching-gods-kingdom-mark-114-15-17-min/) - Jesus returns to Galilee, preaching the good news that the time of waiting was up: God's promised reign was now about to be inaugurated.
- [Part 4: Pursuing Justice and Reconciliation (28.30 minutes)](https://craigkeener.com/part-4-pursuing-justice-and-reconciliation-28-30-minutes/) - Part 4 of Yeshaya Gruber's interviews with Médine and Craig about racial issues: https://2020-roundtable.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ETHNIC/Reconciliation-04.mp4
- [Mark 1.1: forty minutes on Mark's first verse](https://craigkeener.com/mark-1-1-forty-minutes-on-marks-first-verse/)
- [Understanding Ancient Culture: Fundamental to an Accurate Understanding of Scripture](https://craigkeener.com/understanding-ancient-culture-fundamental/) - Cultural context makes a difference in how we read the New Testament. For instance, since there were plenty of exorcists in the ancient world, ancient readers would not have been surprised that Jesus cast out demons, but since most exorcists employed magic spells or stinky roots to seek to expel demons, Jesus’ driving them out
- [The Stylistic and Structural Nature of Paul's Letter to the Galatians](https://craigkeener.com/the-stylistic-and-structural-nature-of-pauls-letter-to-the-galatians/) - Galatians is more ad hoc than many of Paul’s letters, leaving unstated many assumptions shared between Paul and the Galatians. This requires careful work to reconstruct as much as possible of the situation that Galatians address. Relevance theory highlights the importance of unstated, shared assumptions. One cannot, for example, engage sports reports without encountering material
- [Questions regarding divorce (24-25 minutes)](https://craigkeener.com/questions-regarding-divorce-24-25-minutes/) - The question and answer session that followed Craig's lecture on divorce at Rock Church that was posted already. The basic rule of thumb is don't break up your marriage, do your best to make it work and flourish; but also don't hold responsible someone whose marriage is broken against their will. But Craig's answers get
- [What does Jesus teach about divorce? (40 minutes)](https://craigkeener.com/what-does-jesus-teach-about-divorce-40-minutes/) - Craig's lecture is for a service at The Rock Church in California (by Zoom); the entire service is 1 hour and 8 minutes but Craig's part starts at 27 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cXWJjt-Eow&t=1850s For a shorter, 11-minute version, see https://www.seedbed.com/remarriage-divorce-biblical-perspective/ There was also a question-and-answer session addressing some other questions (to be posted next week)
- [Gary Habermas comments on Craig Keener's 2011 miracles book (8-9 minutes)](https://craigkeener.com/gary-habermas-comments-on-craig-keeners-2011-miracles-book-8-9-minutes/) - Gary Habermas on Craig Keener: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQUjhpXC-w4 Gary likes Craig but notes he doesn't think like an apologist :-) Do note that there are different sections in the miracles book: the first part is sampling the range of the kinds of reports we receive; there is a different section on how to identify the strongest cases
- [Ryan Bethea interviews Craig regarding differences in the Gospels (1 hr, 27 minutes)](https://craigkeener.com/ryan-bethea-interviews-craig-regarding-differences-in-the-gospels-1-hr-27-minutes/) - Ryan Bethea interviews Craig and asks him hard questions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl1w-qdfs5k
- [Part 5: Some Biblical Responses to Racism and Discrimination (12 and 1/2 minutes)](https://craigkeener.com/part-5-some-biblical-responses-to-racism-and-discrimination-12-and-1-2-minutes/) - Dr. Yeshua Gruber continues his interview with Craig and Médine (recorded in the spring, but Craig got behind on posting videos!), asking their thoughts regarding racism and discrimination and biblical ways of addressing these questions. https://2020-roundtable.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ETHNIC/Reconciliation-05.mp4
- [Part 4: Pursuing Justice and Reconciliation (28 1/2 minutes)](https://craigkeener.com/part-4-pursuing-justice-and-reconciliation-28-1-2-minutes/) - Dr. Yeshaya Gruber continues his interview with Craig and Médine, asking about racial justice in the U.S. and about reconciliation. https://2020-roundtable.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ETHNIC/Reconciliation-04.mp4
- [Part 3: Women and the Bible in African-American History (17 minutes)](https://craigkeener.com/part-3-women-and-the-bible-in-african-american-history-17-minutes/) - Dr. Yeshaya Gruber continues his interview with Craig and Médine. Médine's PhD dissertation was on African-American women after Reconstruction. Craig also addresses abolitionist history, based on research he did with Glenn Usry for their 1996 book Black Man's Religion. https://2020-roundtable.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ETHNIC/Reconciliation-03.mp4
- [Part 2: Ancient "Ethnicity" and Modern "Race" (22 minutes)](https://craigkeener.com/part-2-ancient-ethnicity-and-modern-race-22-minutes/) - Dr. Yeshaya Gruber continues the interview with Craig and Médine, including on Black Africans in the Bible: Part 2: Ancient "Ethnicity" and Modern "Race"https://2020-roundtable.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ETHNIC/Reconciliation-02.mp4
- [Part 1: A Story of War and Romance (19 minutes)](https://craigkeener.com/part-1-a-story-of-war-and-romance-19-minutes/) - Dr. Yeshaya Gruber's interview with Médine and Craig continues (with some overlap with last week, since it included some clips from this week): https://2020-roundtable.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ETHNIC/Reconciliation-01.mp4
- [The Bible and ethnic reconciliation with Yeshaya Gruber in Israel (pre-segment), 11 minutes](https://craigkeener.com/the-bible-and-ethnic-reconciliation-with-yeshaya-gruber-in-israel-pre-segment-11-minutes/) - Yeshaya interviews Médine and Craig on the Bible and ethnic reconciliation. This will be a series of videos, but this week we start with a preview and brief description: https://israelbiblecenter.com/roundtable-talks/the-bible-and-ethnic-reconciliation/
- [The Necessity of Reading Experientially Beyond the Psalms](https://craigkeener.com/the-necessity-of-reading-experientially-beyond-the-psalms-2/) - Reading the Bible personally and experientially (by which I mean, relationally) is desirable, provided it is shaped and instructed by the discipline of careful and consistent reading. Many parts of Scripture overtly invite experiential reading. For example, the psalms are meant to be prayed and sung more than exegeted in light of their specific settings
- [Nick Peters' interview with Craig on the nature of the Gospels](https://craigkeener.com/nick-peters-interview-with-craig-on-the-nature-of-the-gospels/) - Nick Peters’ interview regarding Gospels as biographies, etc.: http://www.deeperwatersapologetics.com/podcasts/20191228CraigKeener.mp3
- [BJ Oropeza's interviews with Craig on Christobiography and Galatians](https://craigkeener.com/bj-oropezas-interviews-with-craig-on-christobiography-and-galatians/) - BJ Oropeza’s written interview with Craig on Christobiography: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/inchrist/2020/07/jesus-in-the-gospels-as-ancient-biography-craig-s-keener/ Their interview on Galatians: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/inchrist/2020/08/whats-the-latest-on-galatians-an-interview-with-craig-keener-on-his-recent-work-galatians-a-commentary/
- [One recent YouTube review of Craig's Galatians commentary](https://craigkeener.com/one-recent-youtube-review-of-craigs-galatians-commentary/) - Review of Craig's Galatians commentary on Best Bible Commentaries.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu044I6p3mM
- [Pentecostals and Other Evangelicals: We Need Each Other](https://craigkeener.com/pentecostals-and-other-evangelicals-we-need-each-other/) - Perhaps Pentecostal emphasis on the Spirit could combine with evangelical emphasis on the Word. With enough humility, Pentecostals and other evangelicals may and sometimes do learn much from one another. Sometimes, evangelicals fear charismatic excesses, and charismatics are impatient with evangelicals’ reticence to engage some genuinely biblical experiences. In our pride and fear, we fail
- [The Scope of Jesus Scholarship on the Reliability of the Gospels](https://craigkeener.com/the-scope-of-jesus-scholarship-on-the-reliability-of-the-gospels/) - Most New Testament scholars agree that a considerable amount of material in the Gospels is plausible and at least possible. Whether we argue for the maximum of possible information or the minimum of indisputable information depends on our objective (e.g., debunking unwarranted skepticism or populist naivety). Most historians, however, are interested not only in what
- [Experiential Reading: The Means to Embracing Scripture](https://craigkeener.com/experiential-reading-the-means-to-embracing-scripture/) - Critiques of charismatic hermeneutics, like critiques of revivals, often come from academicians or seminary-trained ministers criticizing popular charismatic interpretation. Popular interpreters often take Scripture out of context, and as our culture moves increasingly further toward communicating in sound bites and concise tweets, the ability to follow an entire argument will become increasingly scarce. Having said
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- [On the Existence of Jesus and Against Mythicism - Part Two](https://craigkeener.com/on-the-existence-of-jesus-and-against-mythicism-part-two/) - Almost all scholars concur on some basic features of the gospel story. They agree that Jesus was a Galilean Jew from Nazareth, a popular sage and prophet whose disciples began a distinctive Jewish movement. Jesus was influenced by the (likely eschatological) baptizing prophet John, announced the approach of God’s kingdom on earth, and taught in
- [On the Existence of Jesus and Against Mythicism - Part One](https://craigkeener.com/on-the-existence-of-jesus-and-against-mythicism-part-one/) - Popular ideas have created a groundswell of skepticism that has begun to produce its own literature, so far largely nonacademic but eventually undoubtedly producing some work that will merit an academic response.[1] Some writers even question Jesus’s historic existence, in some cases potentially fueled by religiously-motivated bias,[2] although this concern is inconsistently not applied to
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- [My friend's son murdered in racist attack](https://craigkeener.com/my-friends-son-murdered-in-racist-attack/) - Donna Covington is Asbury's vice president of formation and served as a top executive in a major corporation. Shortly after his graduation from college, her son, with a promising career ahead of him, was confronted with racist epithets and shot to death by a white man. The white man has not spent a single day
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- ["the Jews" in John's Gospel](https://craigkeener.com/tag/the-jews-in-johns-gospel/)
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- [1 Cor 11](https://craigkeener.com/tag/1-cor-11/)
- [1 Corinthians 12](https://craigkeener.com/tag/1-corinthians-12/)
- [1 Corinthians 13](https://craigkeener.com/tag/1-corinthians-13/)
- [1 Corinthians 13:8-10](https://craigkeener.com/tag/1-corinthians-138-10/)
- [1 Corinthians 14](https://craigkeener.com/tag/1-corinthians-14/)
- [1 Enoch](https://craigkeener.com/tag/1-enoch/)
- [1 Enoch and the New Testament](https://craigkeener.com/tag/1-enoch-and-the-new-testament/)
- [1 Peter 2:13—3:12; does the Bible condone abuse of women?](https://craigkeener.com/tag/1-peter-213-312-does-the-bible-condone-abuse-of-women/)
- [1 Peter 3:1-7](https://craigkeener.com/tag/1-peter-31-7/)
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- [Acts 17:22](https://craigkeener.com/tag/acts-1722/)
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- [Acts 2:44-45. Acts 2:41-47](https://craigkeener.com/tag/acts-244-45-acts-241-47/)
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- [all these things will be added to you](https://craigkeener.com/tag/all-these-things-will-be-added-to-you/)
- [all these things will be given to you](https://craigkeener.com/tag/all-these-things-will-be-given-to-you/)
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- [amillennialism](https://craigkeener.com/tag/amillennialism/)
- [Anabaptists](https://craigkeener.com/tag/anabaptists/)
- [Ananias and Sapphira](https://craigkeener.com/tag/ananias-and-sapphira/)
- [anarchy](https://craigkeener.com/tag/anarchy/)
- [ancient astronomy](https://craigkeener.com/tag/ancient-astronomy/)
- [ancient biographies](https://craigkeener.com/tag/ancient-biographies/)
- [ancient biography](https://craigkeener.com/tag/ancient-biography/)
- [ancient biography and the Gospels](https://craigkeener.com/tag/ancient-biography-and-the-gospels/)
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- [ancient historiography and Acts](https://craigkeener.com/tag/ancient-historiography-and-acts/)
- [ancient historiography and the Gospels](https://craigkeener.com/tag/ancient-historiography-and-the-gospels/)
- [ancient miracle workers](https://craigkeener.com/tag/ancient-miracle-workers/)
- [Ancient Near Eastern laws](https://craigkeener.com/tag/ancient-near-eastern-laws/)
- [angel of God](https://craigkeener.com/tag/angel-of-god/)
- [angelic tongues](https://craigkeener.com/tag/angelic-tongues/)
- [angels](https://craigkeener.com/tag/angels/)
- [anger management](https://craigkeener.com/tag/anger-management/)
- [Anna Gulick](https://craigkeener.com/tag/anna-gulick/)
- [announcements](https://craigkeener.com/tag/announcements/)
- [anointed handkerchiefs](https://craigkeener.com/tag/anointed-handkerchiefs/)
- [anonymous comments](https://craigkeener.com/tag/anonymous-comments/)
- [Anselm](https://craigkeener.com/tag/anselm/)
- [answering gently](https://craigkeener.com/tag/answering-gently/)
- [anthropology](https://craigkeener.com/tag/anthropology/)
- [anti-Judaism](https://craigkeener.com/tag/anti-judaism/)
- [anti-Semitism](https://craigkeener.com/tag/anti-semitism/)
- [antiJudaism and Christianity](https://craigkeener.com/tag/antijudaism-and-christianity/)
- [Antioch](https://craigkeener.com/tag/antioch/)
- [antiSemitism and Christianity](https://craigkeener.com/tag/antisemitism-and-christianity/)
- [antisupernaturalism](https://craigkeener.com/tag/antisupernaturalism/)
- [Apion](https://craigkeener.com/tag/apion/)
- [apocalypses](https://craigkeener.com/tag/apocalypses/)
- [apocalyptic](https://craigkeener.com/tag/apocalyptic/)
- [apocryphal gospels](https://craigkeener.com/tag/apocryphal-gospels/)
- [Apollonius](https://craigkeener.com/tag/apollonius/)
- [Apollonius of Tyana and Jesus](https://craigkeener.com/tag/apollonius-of-tyana-and-jesus/)
- [Apollos](https://craigkeener.com/tag/apollos/)
- [apologetics](https://craigkeener.com/tag/apologetics/)
- [apologetics in Acts](https://craigkeener.com/tag/apologetics-in-acts/)
- [apostasy](https://craigkeener.com/tag/apostasy/)
- [apostasy in Hebrews](https://craigkeener.com/tag/apostasy-in-hebrews/)
- [apostles](https://craigkeener.com/tag/apostles/)
- [application of Revelation](https://craigkeener.com/tag/application-of-revelation/)
- [Applying God's law today](https://craigkeener.com/tag/applying-gods-law-today/)
- [Aqedah](https://craigkeener.com/tag/aqedah/)
- [Aquila and Priscilla](https://craigkeener.com/tag/aquila-and-priscilla/)
- [arachnophobia](https://craigkeener.com/tag/arachnophobia/)
- [are apostles for today?](https://craigkeener.com/tag/are-apostles-for-today/)
- [are Christians bigots?](https://craigkeener.com/tag/are-christians-bigots/)
- [are Jesus' miracles different from others?](https://craigkeener.com/tag/are-jesus-miracles-different-from-others/)
- [are megachurches okay](https://craigkeener.com/tag/are-megachurches-okay/)
- [are miracles for today](https://craigkeener.com/tag/are-miracles-for-today/)
- [are missionaries apostles?](https://craigkeener.com/tag/are-missionaries-apostles/)
- [are scholars apologists?](https://craigkeener.com/tag/are-scholars-apologists/)
- [are spiritual gifts for today](https://craigkeener.com/tag/are-spiritual-gifts-for-today/)
- [are the Gospels biographies?](https://craigkeener.com/tag/are-the-gospels-biographies/)
- [are women allowed to be ministers](https://craigkeener.com/tag/are-women-allowed-to-be-ministers/)
- [are women allowed to be pastors](https://craigkeener.com/tag/are-women-allowed-to-be-pastors/)
- [Areopagus](https://craigkeener.com/tag/areopagus/)
- [arguments in the Bible](https://craigkeener.com/tag/arguments-in-the-bible/)
- [Aristotle](https://craigkeener.com/tag/aristotle/)
- [ark of the covenant](https://craigkeener.com/tag/ark-of-the-covenant/)
- [Armenia](https://craigkeener.com/tag/armenia/)
- [Armenian genocide](https://craigkeener.com/tag/armenian-genocide/)
- [Arminianism](https://craigkeener.com/tag/arminianism/)
- [armor of God](https://craigkeener.com/tag/armor-of-god/)
- [arranged marriage](https://craigkeener.com/tag/arranged-marriage/)
- [arrangement](https://craigkeener.com/tag/arrangement/)
- [arrhabon](https://craigkeener.com/tag/arrhabon/)
- [arrogance](https://craigkeener.com/tag/arrogance/)
- [arrogance in the Bible](https://craigkeener.com/tag/arrogance-in-the-bible/)
- [as he thinks in his heart](https://craigkeener.com/tag/as-he-thinks-in-his-heart/)
- [Asbury revival](https://craigkeener.com/tag/asbury-revival/)
- [Asbury Theological Seminary](https://craigkeener.com/tag/asbury-theological-seminary/)
- [ascension](https://craigkeener.com/tag/ascension/)
- [Asclepius](https://craigkeener.com/tag/asclepius/)
- [Asia](https://craigkeener.com/tag/asia/)
- [Asian mission](https://craigkeener.com/tag/asian-mission/)
- [Asian mission to Europe](https://craigkeener.com/tag/asian-mission-to-europe/)
- [Aslan lion king](https://craigkeener.com/tag/aslan-lion-king/)
- [Assemblies of God](https://craigkeener.com/tag/assemblies-of-god/)
- [assurance of salvation](https://craigkeener.com/tag/assurance-of-salvation/)
- [Assyrian annals](https://craigkeener.com/tag/assyrian-annals/)
- [atheism](https://craigkeener.com/tag/atheism/)
- [atheist](https://craigkeener.com/tag/atheist/)
- [atheists](https://craigkeener.com/tag/atheists/)
- [Athens](https://craigkeener.com/tag/athens/)
- [Athens and Paul](https://craigkeener.com/tag/athens-and-paul/)
- [athletes and God](https://craigkeener.com/tag/athletes-and-god/)
- [Augustus](https://craigkeener.com/tag/augustus/)
- [author of Acts](https://craigkeener.com/tag/author-of-acts/)
- [authority over demons](https://craigkeener.com/tag/authority-over-demons/)
- [authority over serpents and scorpions](https://craigkeener.com/tag/authority-over-serpents-and-scorpions/)
- [authorship](https://craigkeener.com/tag/authorship/)
- [authorship of Acts](https://craigkeener.com/tag/authorship-of-acts/)
- [auto theft](https://craigkeener.com/tag/auto-theft/)
- [automated spirituality](https://craigkeener.com/tag/automated-spirituality/)
- [avenging rape](https://craigkeener.com/tag/avenging-rape/)
- [awakening](https://craigkeener.com/tag/awakening/)
- [awe](https://craigkeener.com/tag/awe/)
- [Babel](https://craigkeener.com/tag/babel/)
- [Babylon and Rome in Revelation](https://craigkeener.com/tag/babylon-and-rome-in-revelation/)
- [Babylon in Revelation](https://craigkeener.com/tag/babylon-in-revelation/)
- [Babylon the Great](https://craigkeener.com/tag/babylon-the-great/)
- [Babylonian annals](https://craigkeener.com/tag/babylonian-annals/)
- [back to where we first met God](https://craigkeener.com/tag/back-to-where-we-first-met-god/)
- [background for Acts 16](https://craigkeener.com/tag/background-for-acts-16/)
- [background for Acts 16. Philippi](https://craigkeener.com/tag/background-for-acts-16-philippi/)
- [background for Acts 17](https://craigkeener.com/tag/background-for-acts-17/)
- [background for Revelation](https://craigkeener.com/tag/background-for-revelation/)
- [Backlash](https://craigkeener.com/tag/backlash/)
- [backsliding](https://craigkeener.com/tag/backsliding/)
- [bad things happen to good people](https://craigkeener.com/tag/bad-things-happen-to-good-people/)
- [bananaphilia](https://craigkeener.com/tag/bananaphilia/)
- [bananaphobia](https://craigkeener.com/tag/bananaphobia/)
- [banishment to an island](https://craigkeener.com/tag/banishment-to-an-island/)
- [baptism](https://craigkeener.com/tag/baptism/)
- [baptism in the Holy Spirit](https://craigkeener.com/tag/baptism-in-the-holy-spirit/)
- [Baptist](https://craigkeener.com/tag/baptist/)
- [baptized by the Spirit](https://craigkeener.com/tag/baptized-by-the-spirit/)
- [baptized in fire](https://craigkeener.com/tag/baptized-in-fire/)
- [baptized in the Holy Ghost and fire](https://craigkeener.com/tag/baptized-in-the-holy-ghost-and-fire/)
- [baptized in the Spirit](https://craigkeener.com/tag/baptized-in-the-spirit/)
- [Baptized into Christ](https://craigkeener.com/tag/baptized-into-christ/)
- [baptized with fire](https://craigkeener.com/tag/baptized-with-fire/)
- [baptized with the fire](https://craigkeener.com/tag/baptized-with-the-fire/)
- [Bart Ehrman](https://craigkeener.com/tag/bart-ehrman/)
- [battery chargers](https://craigkeener.com/tag/battery-chargers/)
- [because you are lukewarn I will spit you out](https://craigkeener.com/tag/because-you-are-lukewarn-i-will-spit-you-out/)
- [Beeson Divinity School](https://craigkeener.com/tag/beeson-divinity-school/)
- [before the exodus](https://craigkeener.com/tag/before-the-exodus/)
- [beginning of the creation of God](https://craigkeener.com/tag/beginning-of-the-creation-of-god/)
- [being a blessing](https://craigkeener.com/tag/being-a-blessing/)
- [Being a Christian in a secular job](https://craigkeener.com/tag/being-a-christian-in-a-secular-job/)
- [being a prophet](https://craigkeener.com/tag/being-a-prophet/)
- [being led by the Spirit](https://craigkeener.com/tag/being-led-by-the-spirit/)
- [being like the first disciples](https://craigkeener.com/tag/being-like-the-first-disciples/)
- [believe in heart](https://craigkeener.com/tag/believe-in-heart/)
- [believe with your heart](https://craigkeener.com/tag/believe-with-your-heart/)
- [believing God](https://craigkeener.com/tag/believing-god/)
- [believing in Jesus](https://craigkeener.com/tag/believing-in-jesus/)
- [believing in miracles vs. condemning the sick](https://craigkeener.com/tag/believing-in-miracles-vs-condemning-the-sick/)
- [belly of the whale](https://craigkeener.com/tag/belly-of-the-whale/)
- [Benjamin Franklin](https://craigkeener.com/tag/benjamin-franklin/)
- [best forms of church government](https://craigkeener.com/tag/best-forms-of-church-government/)
- [Bethlehem](https://craigkeener.com/tag/bethlehem/)
- [betrayal by a child](https://craigkeener.com/tag/betrayal-by-a-child/)
- [betrothal](https://craigkeener.com/tag/betrothal/)
- [better than other ministers](https://craigkeener.com/tag/better-than-other-ministers/)
- [Better to us than we’ve been to ourselves](https://craigkeener.com/tag/better-to-us-than-weve-been-to-ourselves/)
- [bias](https://craigkeener.com/tag/bias/)
- [Bible and racial reconciliation](https://craigkeener.com/tag/bible-and-racial-reconciliation/)
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- [biblical interpretation](https://craigkeener.com/tag/biblical-interpretation/)
- [biblical laws](https://craigkeener.com/tag/biblical-laws/)
- [biblical marriage counseling](https://craigkeener.com/tag/biblical-marriage-counseling/)
- [biblical prophecy](https://craigkeener.com/tag/biblical-prophecy/)
- [biblical romance](https://craigkeener.com/tag/biblical-romance/)
- [biblical theology](https://craigkeener.com/tag/biblical-theology/)
- [bicultural](https://craigkeener.com/tag/bicultural/)
- [bicultural children](https://craigkeener.com/tag/bicultural-children/)
- [bicultural kids](https://craigkeener.com/tag/bicultural-kids/)
- [bicultural ministers](https://craigkeener.com/tag/bicultural-ministers/)
- [big picture](https://craigkeener.com/tag/big-picture/)
- [bigotry](https://craigkeener.com/tag/bigotry/)
- [bind and loose demons](https://craigkeener.com/tag/bind-and-loose-demons/)
- [binding and loosing](https://craigkeener.com/tag/binding-and-loosing/)
- [bioethics](https://craigkeener.com/tag/bioethics/)
- [biographies and Gospels](https://craigkeener.com/tag/biographies-and-gospels/)
- [biographies of Jesus](https://craigkeener.com/tag/biographies-of-jesus/)
- [Biola](https://craigkeener.com/tag/biola/)
- [Biola; healing; leprosy; Matthew 11](https://craigkeener.com/tag/biola-healing-leprosy-matthew-11/)
- [Biology and faith](https://craigkeener.com/tag/biology-and-faith/)
- [birth of Jesus](https://craigkeener.com/tag/birth-of-jesus/)
- [birth stools](https://craigkeener.com/tag/birth-stools/)
- [birthright and blessing](https://craigkeener.com/tag/birthright-and-blessing/)
- [births in Genesis](https://craigkeener.com/tag/births-in-genesis/)
- [births in the Old Testament](https://craigkeener.com/tag/births-in-the-old-testament/)
- [bishops](https://craigkeener.com/tag/bishops/)
- [Black Church](https://craigkeener.com/tag/black-church/)
- [blaming the victim](https://craigkeener.com/tag/blaming-the-victim/)
- [blaspheming the Holy Ghost](https://craigkeener.com/tag/blaspheming-the-holy-ghost/)
- [blaspheming the Holy Spirit](https://craigkeener.com/tag/blaspheming-the-holy-spirit/)
- [blasphemy](https://craigkeener.com/tag/blasphemy/)
- [bless our children](https://craigkeener.com/tag/bless-our-children/)
- [Blessed is the one who reads](https://craigkeener.com/tag/blessed-is-the-one-who-reads/)
- [blessing our children](https://craigkeener.com/tag/blessing-our-children/)
- [blessings](https://craigkeener.com/tag/blessings/)
- [blood moons in Revelation](https://craigkeener.com/tag/blood-moons-in-revelation/)
- [blot name from book of life](https://craigkeener.com/tag/blot-name-from-book-of-life/)
- [body of Christ](https://craigkeener.com/tag/body-of-christ/)
- [Boko Haram](https://craigkeener.com/tag/boko-haram/)
- [book of acts](https://craigkeener.com/tag/book-of-acts/)
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- [did Augustine believe in miracles?](https://craigkeener.com/tag/did-augustine-believe-in-miracles/)
- [Did Barnabas write Hebrews?](https://craigkeener.com/tag/did-barnabas-write-hebrews/)
- [did Jacob use magic](https://craigkeener.com/tag/did-jacob-use-magic/)
- [did Jesus return in 70?](https://craigkeener.com/tag/did-jesus-return-in-70/)
- [Did Moses write Genesis?](https://craigkeener.com/tag/did-moses-write-genesis/)
- [Did Moses write the Pentateuch?](https://craigkeener.com/tag/did-moses-write-the-pentateuch/)
- [did Paul endorse slavery?](https://craigkeener.com/tag/did-paul-endorse-slavery/)
- [Did Paul speak in synagogues?](https://craigkeener.com/tag/did-paul-speak-in-synagogues/)
- [Did Paul write Hebrews?](https://craigkeener.com/tag/did-paul-write-hebrews/)
- [Didache](https://craigkeener.com/tag/didache/)
- [differences in the Gospels](https://craigkeener.com/tag/differences-in-the-gospels/)
- [different views about baptism in the Holy Spirit](https://craigkeener.com/tag/different-views-about-baptism-in-the-holy-spirit/)
- [Dinah](https://craigkeener.com/tag/dinah/)
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- [discernment](https://craigkeener.com/tag/discernment/)
- [discernment ministries](https://craigkeener.com/tag/discernment-ministries/)
- [disciples in Mark](https://craigkeener.com/tag/disciples-in-mark/)
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- [discouraged in ministry](https://craigkeener.com/tag/discouraged-in-ministry/)
- [discouragement](https://craigkeener.com/tag/discouragement/)
- [Discrimination](https://craigkeener.com/tag/discrimination/)
- [disinherited](https://craigkeener.com/tag/disinherited/)
- [dismissing apologists](https://craigkeener.com/tag/dismissing-apologists/)
- [dispensationalism](https://craigkeener.com/tag/dispensationalism/)
- [distinguishing true and false prophets](https://craigkeener.com/tag/distinguishing-true-and-false-prophets/)
- [diverse leadership](https://craigkeener.com/tag/diverse-leadership/)
- [diversity](https://craigkeener.com/tag/diversity/)
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- [divine design](https://craigkeener.com/tag/divine-design/)
- [divine mysteries](https://craigkeener.com/tag/divine-mysteries/)
- [divine perspective](https://craigkeener.com/tag/divine-perspective/)
- [divine vindication](https://craigkeener.com/tag/divine-vindication/)
- [divisions in the church](https://craigkeener.com/tag/divisions-in-the-church/)
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- [ethnocentric scholarship](https://craigkeener.com/tag/ethnocentric-scholarship/)
- [ethnocentrism](https://craigkeener.com/tag/ethnocentrism/)
- [Eucharist](https://craigkeener.com/tag/eucharist/)
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- [evangelism in Acts](https://craigkeener.com/tag/evangelism-in-acts/)
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- [every tribe and nation and people and language](https://craigkeener.com/tag/every-tribe-and-nation-and-people-and-language/)
- [evidence for Jesus's miracles](https://craigkeener.com/tag/evidence-for-jesuss-miracles/)
- [evidentialist apologetics](https://craigkeener.com/tag/evidentialist-apologetics/)
- [evolution](https://craigkeener.com/tag/evolution/)
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- [exercise](https://craigkeener.com/tag/exercise/)
- [exercise and the Bible](https://craigkeener.com/tag/exercise-and-the-bible/)
- [exercise in the Bible](https://craigkeener.com/tag/exercise-in-the-bible/)
- [exile](https://craigkeener.com/tag/exile/)
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- [Exodus 33](https://craigkeener.com/tag/exodus-33/)
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- [expelled from the synagogues](https://craigkeener.com/tag/expelled-from-the-synagogues/)
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- [eyewitnesses](https://craigkeener.com/tag/eyewitnesses/)
- [eyewitnesses and miracles](https://craigkeener.com/tag/eyewitnesses-and-miracles/)
- [Ezekiel 28](https://craigkeener.com/tag/ezekiel-28/)
- [Ezekiel 28:12-14](https://craigkeener.com/tag/ezekiel-2812-14/)
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- [faith](https://craigkeener.com/tag/faith/)
- [faith and God's promises](https://craigkeener.com/tag/faith-and-gods-promises/)
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- [faith feels hard during testing](https://craigkeener.com/tag/faith-feels-hard-during-testing/)
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- [faith in Christ](https://craigkeener.com/tag/faith-in-christ/)
- [faith in Jesus](https://craigkeener.com/tag/faith-in-jesus/)
- [faith in times of suffering](https://craigkeener.com/tag/faith-in-times-of-suffering/)
- [faith is the substance](https://craigkeener.com/tag/faith-is-the-substance/)
- [faith is the substance of things hoped for](https://craigkeener.com/tag/faith-is-the-substance-of-things-hoped-for/)
- [faith like a mustard seed](https://craigkeener.com/tag/faith-like-a-mustard-seed/)
- [faith of Abraham](https://craigkeener.com/tag/faith-of-abraham/)
- [faith of Christ or faith in Christ](https://craigkeener.com/tag/faith-of-christ-or-faith-in-christ/)
- [faith that endures](https://craigkeener.com/tag/faith-that-endures/)
- [faith that perseveres](https://craigkeener.com/tag/faith-that-perseveres/)
- [Faith the assurance of things hoped for](https://craigkeener.com/tag/faith-the-assurance-of-things-hoped-for/)
- [faith the evidence of things not seen](https://craigkeener.com/tag/faith-the-evidence-of-things-not-seen/)
- [faithful to death](https://craigkeener.com/tag/faithful-to-death/)
- [fake miracles](https://craigkeener.com/tag/fake-miracles/)
- [fall](https://craigkeener.com/tag/fall/)
- [falling down and revival](https://craigkeener.com/tag/falling-down-and-revival/)
- [false accusations](https://craigkeener.com/tag/false-accusations/)
- [false apostles](https://craigkeener.com/tag/false-apostles/)
- [false miracles](https://craigkeener.com/tag/false-miracles/)
- [False prophets](https://craigkeener.com/tag/false-prophets/)
- [false teachers](https://craigkeener.com/tag/false-teachers/)
- [falsehood](https://craigkeener.com/tag/falsehood/)
- [fame and Christianity](https://craigkeener.com/tag/fame-and-christianity/)
- [family conflict](https://craigkeener.com/tag/family-conflict/)
- [family conflict in the Bible](https://craigkeener.com/tag/family-conflict-in-the-bible/)
- [Family restoration](https://craigkeener.com/tag/family-restoration/)
- [family stress in the Bible](https://craigkeener.com/tag/family-stress-in-the-bible/)
- [family transformation](https://craigkeener.com/tag/family-transformation/)
- [family troubles](https://craigkeener.com/tag/family-troubles/)
- [famine](https://craigkeener.com/tag/famine/)
- [farmers](https://craigkeener.com/tag/farmers/)
- [fasting](https://craigkeener.com/tag/fasting/)
- [fear caused by guilt](https://craigkeener.com/tag/fear-caused-by-guilt/)
- [fear of the Lord](https://craigkeener.com/tag/fear-of-the-lord/)
- [fear of the Lord and faith](https://craigkeener.com/tag/fear-of-the-lord-and-faith/)
- [fearing the Lord](https://craigkeener.com/tag/fearing-the-lord/)
- [Felix](https://craigkeener.com/tag/felix/)
- [fertility](https://craigkeener.com/tag/fertility/)
- [festival of tabernacles](https://craigkeener.com/tag/festival-of-tabernacles/)
- [Festus](https://craigkeener.com/tag/festus/)
- [fiction](https://craigkeener.com/tag/fiction/)
- [filled with the Spirit](https://craigkeener.com/tag/filled-with-the-spirit/)
- [filled with the Spirit vs. drunkenness](https://craigkeener.com/tag/filled-with-the-spirit-vs-drunkenness/)
- [finances](https://craigkeener.com/tag/finances/)
- [Finney](https://craigkeener.com/tag/finney/)
- [fire-baptized](https://craigkeener.com/tag/fire-baptized/)
- [first and last](https://craigkeener.com/tag/first-and-last/)
- [first fruits of the Spirit](https://craigkeener.com/tag/first-fruits-of-the-spirit/)
- [first Gentile Christian](https://craigkeener.com/tag/first-gentile-christian/)
- [first installment of inheritance](https://craigkeener.com/tag/first-installment-of-inheritance/)
- [first missionary journey](https://craigkeener.com/tag/first-missionary-journey/)
- [fish](https://craigkeener.com/tag/fish/)
- [fleeing political repression](https://craigkeener.com/tag/fleeing-political-repression/)
- [Flesh as defined in the Bible](https://craigkeener.com/tag/flesh-as-defined-in-the-bible/)
- [following Jesus' example](https://craigkeener.com/tag/following-jesus-example/)
- [food offered to idols](https://craigkeener.com/tag/food-offered-to-idols/)
- [for God so loved the world](https://craigkeener.com/tag/for-god-so-loved-the-world/)
- [foreshadowing](https://craigkeener.com/tag/foreshadowing/)
- [foreshadowing the exodus](https://craigkeener.com/tag/foreshadowing-the-exodus/)
- [foretaste of heaven](https://craigkeener.com/tag/foretaste-of-heaven/)
- [foretaste of the future](https://craigkeener.com/tag/foretaste-of-the-future/)
- [forgiveness](https://craigkeener.com/tag/forgiveness/)
- [forgiveness and consequences](https://craigkeener.com/tag/forgiveness-and-consequences/)
- [forgiveness and family](https://craigkeener.com/tag/forgiveness-and-family/)
- [forgiving brothers](https://craigkeener.com/tag/forgiving-brothers/)
- [forgiving siblings](https://craigkeener.com/tag/forgiving-siblings/)
- [forgiving those who slander us](https://craigkeener.com/tag/forgiving-those-who-slander-us/)
- [form criticism](https://craigkeener.com/tag/form-criticism/)
- [four horsemen of the Apocalypse](https://craigkeener.com/tag/four-horsemen-of-the-apocalypse/)
- [four living creatures](https://craigkeener.com/tag/four-living-creatures/)
- [four riders in Revelation](https://craigkeener.com/tag/four-riders-in-revelation/)
- [four soils](https://craigkeener.com/tag/four-soils/)
- [Franklin](https://craigkeener.com/tag/franklin/)
- [free resources](https://craigkeener.com/tag/free-resources/)
- [free teaching on Matthew's Gospel](https://craigkeener.com/tag/free-teaching-on-matthews-gospel/)
- [free videos on Revelation](https://craigkeener.com/tag/free-videos-on-revelation/)
- [free will](https://craigkeener.com/tag/free-will/)
- [freed slaves](https://craigkeener.com/tag/freed-slaves/)
- [freedpersons](https://craigkeener.com/tag/freedpersons/)
- [French](https://craigkeener.com/tag/french/)
- [fruit of the Spirit](https://craigkeener.com/tag/fruit-of-the-spirit/)
- [fruitful and multiply](https://craigkeener.com/tag/fruitful-and-multiply/)
- [Fulfilling God’s promise](https://craigkeener.com/tag/fulfilling-gods-promise/)
- [full of the Spirit](https://craigkeener.com/tag/full-of-the-spirit/)
- [Funerals and faith](https://craigkeener.com/tag/funerals-and-faith/)
- [funerals and testimony](https://craigkeener.com/tag/funerals-and-testimony/)
- [funny end-time predictions](https://craigkeener.com/tag/funny-end-time-predictions/)
- [futurism](https://craigkeener.com/tag/futurism/)
- [Gal 5:22-23](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gal-522-23/)
- [Galatians](https://craigkeener.com/tag/galatians/)
- [Galatians 4:6](https://craigkeener.com/tag/galatians-46/)
- [Galatians 5:22-23](https://craigkeener.com/tag/galatians-522-23/)
- [Gallio](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gallio/)
- [gang rape](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gang-rape/)
- [Gary Habermas](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gary-habermas/)
- [gates of hades](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gates-of-hades/)
- [gates of hell](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gates-of-hell/)
- [gay](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gay/)
- [gender hierarchy](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gender-hierarchy/)
- [genealogies](https://craigkeener.com/tag/genealogies/)
- [Genealogies in the Bible](https://craigkeener.com/tag/genealogies-in-the-bible/)
- [genealogy](https://craigkeener.com/tag/genealogy/)
- [genealogy of Jesus](https://craigkeener.com/tag/genealogy-of-jesus/)
- [genealogy of Moses](https://craigkeener.com/tag/genealogy-of-moses/)
- [Genesis](https://craigkeener.com/tag/genesis/)
- [Genesis 11](https://craigkeener.com/tag/genesis-11/)
- [Genesis 17](https://craigkeener.com/tag/genesis-17/)
- [Genesis 27](https://craigkeener.com/tag/genesis-27/)
- [Genesis 28](https://craigkeener.com/tag/genesis-28/)
- [genetically engineered](https://craigkeener.com/tag/genetically-engineered/)
- [genetics](https://craigkeener.com/tag/genetics/)
- [genocide](https://craigkeener.com/tag/genocide/)
- [genre](https://craigkeener.com/tag/genre/)
- [genre criticism](https://craigkeener.com/tag/genre-criticism/)
- [genre of Acts](https://craigkeener.com/tag/genre-of-acts/)
- [gentile converts in acts](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gentile-converts-in-acts/)
- [Gentiles](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gentiles/)
- [gentiles in the gospel](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gentiles-in-the-gospel/)
- [Gentiles in the Old Testament](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gentiles-in-the-old-testament/)
- [gerim](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gerim/)
- [getting a wife](https://craigkeener.com/tag/getting-a-wife/)
- [gift of prophecy](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gift-of-prophecy/)
- [gift of tongues will cease](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gift-of-tongues-will-cease/)
- [gifts](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gifts/)
- [gifts of the Spirit](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gifts-of-the-spirit/)
- [gifts of the Spirit and the body of Christ](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gifts-of-the-spirit-and-the-body-of-christ/)
- [gifts or fruit matters more](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gifts-or-fruit-matters-more/)
- [gifts or fruit more important](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gifts-or-fruit-more-important/)
- [gifts vs. fruit](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gifts-vs-fruit/)
- [girls](https://craigkeener.com/tag/girls/)
- [global pentecostalism](https://craigkeener.com/tag/global-pentecostalism/)
- [glory](https://craigkeener.com/tag/glory/)
- [glossolalia](https://craigkeener.com/tag/glossolalia/)
- [gnostic gospels](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gnostic-gospels/)
- [gnostic redeemer myth. Jack and Jill](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gnostic-redeemer-myth-jack-and-jill/)
- [gnosticism](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gnosticism/)
- [gnostics](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gnostics/)
- [go and make disciples](https://craigkeener.com/tag/go-and-make-disciples/)
- [God and art](https://craigkeener.com/tag/god-and-art/)
- [God and justice](https://craigkeener.com/tag/god-and-justice/)
- [God and miracles](https://craigkeener.com/tag/god-and-miracles/)
- [God cares about hunger](https://craigkeener.com/tag/god-cares-about-hunger/)
- [God does not always come when you want him to](https://craigkeener.com/tag/god-does-not-always-come-when-you-want-him-to/)
- [God exalts the lowly](https://craigkeener.com/tag/god-exalts-the-lowly/)
- [God hardened Pharaoh's heart](https://craigkeener.com/tag/god-hardened-pharaohs-heart/)
- [god has spoken to us in his son](https://craigkeener.com/tag/god-has-spoken-to-us-in-his-son/)
- [God is always right on time](https://craigkeener.com/tag/god-is-always-right-on-time/)
- [God is big](https://craigkeener.com/tag/god-is-big/)
- [God is faithful](https://craigkeener.com/tag/god-is-faithful/)
- [God is the hero](https://craigkeener.com/tag/god-is-the-hero/)
- [God may not come when you want him to](https://craigkeener.com/tag/god-may-not-come-when-you-want-him-to/)
- [God neither slumbers nor sleeps](https://craigkeener.com/tag/god-neither-slumbers-nor-sleeps/)
- [God preserves the simple](https://craigkeener.com/tag/god-preserves-the-simple/)
- [God protects the simple](https://craigkeener.com/tag/god-protects-the-simple/)
- [God sees what you're going through](https://craigkeener.com/tag/god-sees-what-youre-going-through/)
- [God slow about promises](https://craigkeener.com/tag/god-slow-about-promises/)
- [God uses the small](https://craigkeener.com/tag/god-uses-the-small/)
- [God uses weak people](https://craigkeener.com/tag/god-uses-weak-people/)
- [God versus consensus](https://craigkeener.com/tag/god-versus-consensus/)
- [God versus popular opinion](https://craigkeener.com/tag/god-versus-popular-opinion/)
- [God with us](https://craigkeener.com/tag/god-with-us/)
- [God works all things for good](https://craigkeener.com/tag/god-works-all-things-for-good/)
- [God works all things for our good](https://craigkeener.com/tag/god-works-all-things-for-our-good/)
- [God's blessing](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gods-blessing/)
- [God's bride](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gods-bride/)
- [God's call](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gods-call/)
- [God's call and hardship](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gods-call-and-hardship/)
- [God's call is hard](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gods-call-is-hard/)
- [God's calling](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gods-calling/)
- [God's commandments](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gods-commandments/)
- [God's covenant](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gods-covenant/)
- [God's definition of success in ministry](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gods-definition-of-success-in-ministry/)
- [God's faithfulness](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gods-faithfulness/)
- [God's forgiveness](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gods-forgiveness/)
- [God's forgiveness for your sin](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gods-forgiveness-for-your-sin/)
- [God's goodness](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gods-goodness/)
- [God's ideal](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gods-ideal/)
- [God's justice](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gods-justice/)
- [God's leading](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gods-leading/)
- [God's longsuffering](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gods-longsuffering/)
- [God's mercy](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gods-mercy/)
- [God's Not Dead](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gods-not-dead/)
- [God's patience](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gods-patience/)
- [God's plan](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gods-plan/)
- [God's presence](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gods-presence/)
- [God's protection](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gods-protection/)
- [God's provision](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gods-provision/)
- [God's warnings before tragedy](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gods-warnings-before-tragedy/)
- [God's Word](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gods-word/)
- [God’s army](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gods-army/)
- [God’s presence in tragedy](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gods-presence-in-tragedy/)
- [God’s promise and God’s protection](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gods-promise-and-gods-protection/)
- [God’s promises](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gods-promises/)
- [God’s seed](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gods-seed/)
- [godly heritage](https://craigkeener.com/tag/godly-heritage/)
- [going back to Scripture](https://craigkeener.com/tag/going-back-to-scripture/)
- [going back to the Bible](https://craigkeener.com/tag/going-back-to-the-bible/)
- [going back to the Word](https://craigkeener.com/tag/going-back-to-the-word/)
- [going lower](https://craigkeener.com/tag/going-lower/)
- [Good news](https://craigkeener.com/tag/good-news/)
- [good news and bad news](https://craigkeener.com/tag/good-news-and-bad-news/)
- [good news for the poor](https://craigkeener.com/tag/good-news-for-the-poor/)
- [good news of the kingdom](https://craigkeener.com/tag/good-news-of-the-kingdom/)
- [good samaritan](https://craigkeener.com/tag/good-samaritan/)
- [Good shepherd](https://craigkeener.com/tag/good-shepherd/)
- [gospel](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gospel/)
- [gospel and modern pluralism](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gospel-and-modern-pluralism/)
- [Gospel genre](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gospel-genre/)
- [gospel of Judas](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gospel-of-judas/)
- [gospel of luke](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gospel-of-luke/)
- [Gospel of Mark](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gospel-of-mark/)
- [gospel of the kingdom](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gospel-of-the-kingdom/)
- [Gospel of Thomas](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gospel-of-thomas/)
- [Gospels](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gospels/)
- [Gospels as ancient biographies](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gospels-as-ancient-biographies/)
- [grace](https://craigkeener.com/tag/grace/)
- [grace and creation](https://craigkeener.com/tag/grace-and-creation/)
- [Grades](https://craigkeener.com/tag/grades/)
- [grammar](https://craigkeener.com/tag/grammar/)
- [Great Commission](https://craigkeener.com/tag/great-commission/)
- [great tribulation](https://craigkeener.com/tag/great-tribulation/)
- [Grief](https://craigkeener.com/tag/grief/)
- [grieving the loss of a child](https://craigkeener.com/tag/grieving-the-loss-of-a-child/)
- [group projects](https://craigkeener.com/tag/group-projects/)
- [growing up](https://craigkeener.com/tag/growing-up/)
- [guarantee](https://craigkeener.com/tag/guarantee/)
- [guidance through dreams](https://craigkeener.com/tag/guidance-through-dreams/)
- [guilt](https://craigkeener.com/tag/guilt/)
- [guilt trips](https://craigkeener.com/tag/guilt-trips/)
- [Guilty conscience](https://craigkeener.com/tag/guilty-conscience/)
- [Gulag Archipelago](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gulag-archipelago/)
- [Gypsies](https://craigkeener.com/tag/gypsies/)
- [Habermas](https://craigkeener.com/tag/habermas/)
- [Hagar](https://craigkeener.com/tag/hagar/)
- [Hagar and Ishmael](https://craigkeener.com/tag/hagar-and-ishmael/)
- [Hagar and Sarah](https://craigkeener.com/tag/hagar-and-sarah/)
- [Hair length and ministers](https://craigkeener.com/tag/hair-length-and-ministers/)
- [hairsplitting theologians](https://craigkeener.com/tag/hairsplitting-theologians/)
- [Haman](https://craigkeener.com/tag/haman/)
- [Hammurabi](https://craigkeener.com/tag/hammurabi/)
- [Hannah](https://craigkeener.com/tag/hannah/)
- [happy New Year](https://craigkeener.com/tag/happy-new-year/)
- [hard passages](https://craigkeener.com/tag/hard-passages/)
- [hard to trust God right now](https://craigkeener.com/tag/hard-to-trust-god-right-now/)
- [hardship](https://craigkeener.com/tag/hardship/)
- [hardship in ministry](https://craigkeener.com/tag/hardship-in-ministry/)
- [Hartford Institute](https://craigkeener.com/tag/hartford-institute/)