by admin | Jul 17, 2020 | Gospel Proclamations, Section Five
You study[1] the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, Jesus said, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me.[2] For David says about him, Peter continued his first Gospel proclamation on Pentecost (Acts 2:25-28 NET):...
by admin | May 12, 2019 | Section Five, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?, Who am I?
“One more thing you should know about me,” I wrote in another essay: “I usually appreciate God’s deceptiveness (the NIV translates it shrewdness, if you prefer) first, before I recognize his reliability, trustworthiness and loyalty. So I assume that I am far more...
by admin | Jun 29, 2012 | Paul's OT Quotes, Section Two, Septuagint Quotations
Old Testament quotations in the New Testament frustrated me terribly as I began to study the Bible. When I turned back to the passages listed in the footnotes and read the actual text, it was often significantly different. How could Paul and even Jesus quote the Old...