Faith • Biblical Reflections Should Christians Be Revolutionaries? Mark 8:27-38 Dr. Bruce Lowe | 9 min read This is a somber article to write, simply because its issues are very close to home. January 6th has just passed, a second anniversary of when rioters stormed our nation’s... Continue Reading
Faith • Biblical Reflections The Passage No One Preaches at Christmas Hugh Whelchel | 10 min read The Slaughter of the Innocents in Matthew 2:14 is one of the most misunderstood stories in the New Testament. The few pastors who do preach on this passage spend most... Continue Reading
Faith • Biblical Reflections You’re Taking My Grandkids Where?: Mark 6 and the Cost of Discipleship Dr. Bruce Lowe | 13 min read Imagine your kids and grandkids “need” to move away, such that you no longer get to see them regularly, that you miss seeing them grow up. This is never easy,... Continue Reading
Faith • Biblical Reflections Insiders and Outsiders in Mark’s Gospel: Mark 4:21-34 Dr. Bruce Lowe | 10 min read Bible readers often imagine Matthew as the most ‘get-out-there-and-tell-people-about-Jesus’ gospel of the four gospels. Why? For one very good reason. Matthew’s gospel climaxes with the famous Great Commission: Now the... Continue Reading
Faith • Biblical Reflections Friendly Fire in the Church: Mark 2:18-3:12 Dr. Bruce Lowe | 12 min read You likely know the expression friendly fire. It’s a tragic expression, really, because there is nothing ‘friendly’ in it at all. It is the horrible scenario in war where a... Continue Reading
Faith • Biblical Reflections A Proverb in a Collection is Dead? Scott C. Jones | 12 min read Attempts to read straight through the Bible rarely make it as far as Proverbs. The descriptions of the tabernacle in Exodus often knock out the first group of would-be “Bible... Continue Reading