The good news Jesus came to proclaim was freedom for prisoners, sight for the blind, freedom for the oppressed, and that God’s time of...

Note: This sermon was preaching at a Wednesday Evening Bible Study at Bruce Outreach Center in Westernport, MD. One of those stories...

Note: This sermon was preached at a high school chapel at Cumberland Christian School. The recent engagement of Prince Harry to American...

Or at least at Christmas. The Winter Solstice falls a mere four days before Christmas. For one day, sunlight in northeastern America...

John 1:1-5, 14 Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος. οὗτος ἦν ἐν ἀρχῇ πρὸς τὸν θεόν. πάντα δι’ αὐτοῦ...

As I read Wes Howard-Brook’s summary of John’s Gospel, I was struck by the images of a loving community he wove. Here is a community to...

Note: This sermon was preached on October 29, 2017 at the morning worship service of Fairfield Presbyterian Church (PCA). You can find...

οἷς καὶ παρέστησεν ἑαυτὸν ζῶντα μετὰ τὸ παθεῖν αὐτὸν ἐν πολλοῖς τεκμηρίοις, δι’ ἡμερῶν τεσσεράκοντα ὀπτανόμενος αὐτοῖς καὶ λέγων τὰ περὶ...

In The Upside-Down Kingdom, Donald B. Kraybill explores the Kingdom theme in the Gospels, particularly Luke. The Kingdom Jesus proclaims...

In the fourth chapter of The Story Luke Tells, Justo L. Gonzalez presents a fascinating sketch of how Luke's narrative portrays women....

Ἐν δὲ τῷ πορεύεσθαι αὐτοὺς αὐτὸς εἰσῆλθεν εἰς κώμην τινά· γυνὴ δέ τις ὀνόματι Μάρθα ὑπεδέξατο αὐτὸν. καὶ τῇδε ἦν ἀδελφὴ καλουμένη Μαριάμ,...

The study of church history has played a vital role in my faith. From experience, I heartily agree with what Justo L. Gonzales says in...

I find the thesis that Mark’s Gospel functions primarily as an apology for the cross convincing. Mark’s narrative is marked by...

In the acclaimed book, Interpreting the Gospel of John, Gary M. Burge provides an introduction to scholarship on the Gospel of John to...

The pericope of Mark 5:21-43 is a typical “Markan sandwich” in which Mark places one narrative inside another, leading the reader to...

The Hebrew word, “בְּרִית”, means “covenant”. No one is certain about the origins of this word. The Theological Dictionary of the Old...

οὐχ οὕτως δέ ἐστιν ἐν ὑμῖν· ἀλλ’ ὃς ἂν θέλῃ μέγας γενέσθαι ἐν ὑμῖν, ἔσται ὑμῶν διάκονος, καὶ ὃς ἂν θέλῃ ἐν ὑμῖν εἶναι πρῶτος, ἔσται...

Ched Myers reads the Gospel of St. Mark as centered on “the contradiction of the cross-life given, not taken-representing the only power...

So much of my own faith journey is wrapped up in these readings and these questions. In high school, I attended a Christian school, and...

In his book, Reading the Gospels Wisely, Jonathan T. Pennington presents a strategy for fulfilling the title of his work. Pennington...