This week the students in my second year Greek Exegetical Methods class finished their final research paper and one of the two passages they could choose to write the paper on was John 3:1-8. One issue that the student must wrestle with is the… Read More ›
Gospels
The gospel that divides
This morning I was studying Mark 13 in preparation for a sermon and was confronted with something that I must confess I give little thought to. Jesus had been “informed” by one of his disciples about the splendid stones and… Read More ›
A note on μεταμορφόω
I was preparing a message on Mark 9:1-13 this week and decided to track down the Greek term rendered “transfigured” in 9:2. The term μεταμορφόω is used only 3 other times in the NT: the parallel account in Matthew 17:2,… Read More ›
Mark’s “Amazing” Gospel
As I mentioned in an earlier post (5/22/09), I am preaching through Mark’s Gospel. As I am working my way through the book in sermon preparation, I have observed something that I would have never expected from Mark: a vivid… Read More ›
God Incarnate 