Real Unpardonable sin. Matthew 12:23-24:  “And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David? But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow…

The question I ask now and always ask about all the many other of Jesus's problems with the Pharisees we read about: are we really supposed to believe that this…

The novelist Thomas Pynchon said, "If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.” Not that the question "what is the word of God?"…

Mark 2 and Matthew 9: Bride Chambers, New Cloth, and Jesus Have you ever wondered why we find so many speeches by Jesus in the gospels in which He groups…

The Bible Experience, not Hot Air: John 9:1-41 “The Bible Experience.” You may have heard it before. Its the title of a New Testament Audiobook. It’s an attempt to turn…

Luke 10: The Good Samaritan: A Prophetic Think Tank This is one parable that, more than any other, through the lens of the word of our divines, through the lens…

Meaning of the Cross and Persecution, Among Other Significations. See the previous article, as this is the third in a trilogy, which begins with When I Survey the Wondrous Nace.…

James and the Meaning of Justification You knew I would get to it sooner or later. Justification. The theological warfare of the ages. The theological volumes written. The schismatic hemorrhaging.…

The Meaning of the Cross If you read my previous article, When I Survey the Wondrous Nace, I demonstrated the obvious truth that the Cross is a symbol, and if…

Noun Norming Transcendence? This is about Christ and Transcendence, and whether we believe those two should be together. The meaning of Christ’s parables is in our churchy exegesis for centuries…

Book of John: The Prophetic Speech of Jesus from the OT   J. Barton Payne’s Dictionary of Biblica Prophecy is considered the standard on the subject, but I think we…

John 8 and the Tyranny of Language John 8:52-56  Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and…