Bible Study Lessons
Have you ever looked through a kaleidoscope? Twisting the scope creates various colorful designs. Likewise, there’s so much that occurred in the cross of Christ that we must look then turn the scope to see another aspect of what happened. Throughout the course of Christian history, the atonement has been one of the most controversial … Read more
According to Paul, a battle rages between the flesh and the Spirit. In the original Greek the word “flesh” is sarx; the word Spirit is pneuma and it refers to God’s Holy Spirit. The word “flesh” is the most commonly used word to translate sarx. It is used in the NIV, NRSV, ESV, HCSB and … Read more
In his book, The Deliverance of God, Douglas Campbell argues that Romans 1:18–3:20 should be read as an ancient form of rhetoric, known as prosopopoeia or in modern-day terms, parody. This type of literary device was used in the writings of Plato to show the absurdity of an opponent’s argument. If Campbell’s interpretation is correct, … Read more
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Those are the opening words of John’s Gospel. According to that statement, the Word existed prior to everything that was created. And John continues by asserting that through the Word “all things were made” (v. 3). The Word, … Read more
Some passages of Scripture contain ideas that are so great they blow me away. Consider the text below: 8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is … Read more