Many pastors and preachers see nothing wrong with the fact that today’s church doesn’t believe exactly the same thing as the primitive Christian church believed and taught. They place no small amount of weight upon …
On Death and Resurrection #1
If you have been blessed with a good Bible teacher, or some good books about the Bible, you already know that a lot has been said about the influence of Greek philosophy on the Christian …
Toward a Christian Passover
View PostThe Passover #6
Before I get too involved in the study, there’s something I want us all to think about. The technical discussions about the Passover will never have an end. What’s important is that we do not …
Christian Holidays #8
I have asked this before, but let me ask it again: Why was a gentile church, decades after the ascension of Christ, observing the Passover and the Days of Unleavened Bread—what is generally assumed to …
The Gospel of Matthew #40
Did Jesus die of a broken heart, or was he brutally and violently killed? Now, you have to understand something about us preacher-types. Sometimes we get carried away with our own rhetoric, and so, in …
Passover Service 1999
View PostThe Gospel of Matthew #39
I know that Jesus had to die for my sins. But why did he have to die the way he did? Why the pain, why the shame? Why the spitting, why the humiliation? Why couldn’t …
The Gospel of Matthew #38
It is hard to imagine why anyone would want to kill a man. I suppose, in some cases, people kill out of fear. A burgler, for example, might kill someone because he is afraid of …
The Gospel of Matthew #37
Everyone wants to know about the end of the world. Just bring up the subject and everyone’s ears perk up. When Jesus’ disciples asked him about the end of the world, he gave them a …