A principle about biblical interpretation that I read a number of years ago, really liked, and have since taught is that the Bible is not written to us but is for us (I read this quote in a book by Australian scholar Michael Bird called Introducing Paul). What this statement means is that the...
A friend of mine told me that the best-known Bible verse very well may have shifted from John 3:16 (“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life” ESV) to Matthew 7:1. While that reference does not jump...
When you think of Thanksgiving, what do you think of? Outside of food and pilgrims, I suspect that two of the most common associations with Thanksgiving are football and shopping. Football because (to the excitement of some and the chagrin of others!) it is on TV all day, and shopping because...
A little over a year ago, Darcy Krygsheld had a vision of what is now a ministry at Faith Church known as Overcomers Ministry. Led by a team of four, the passion behind this ministry is for individuals who are in treatment of serious illnesses and his/her caretaker(s) to come...
In my experience, Jeremiah 29:11 is one of the most cited and quoted Bible verses among Christians. The reference alone might cause the words to enter into your mind, but in case you are not familiar with it, here it is in the English Standard Version (ESV) translation: “For I know the...
Eiffel Tower, iPhone, Home, Google, Pizza, Rain and Bible. Names--everything has a name. Names give meaning to a person, place, or thing and can elicit emotion and memories. Some names are common place and known by all; others can be insider names that create a sense of obscurity, a...
In honor of the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s posting of the 95 Theses and his overarching emphasis on the need to go back to the Bible to make sure we understand it rightly, I thought I would take the last few posts of 2017 (I’ll start looking at the Canons of Dort in 2018)...
