Biblical Ramblings

Yahweh’s command to Israel to celebrate a year of Jubilee every fifty years (Leviticus 25:8-55), yet the nation had failed to do so for its entire history.

FREE BOOK! What if we read the biblical story not forward from Genesis, but backward from Revelation? What if we begin not with creation, but with consummation?

This article proposes a constructive alternative grounded in the inner life of the Trinity and the relational constitution of humanity as imago Dei. Drawing on Genesis 1:26-28, the two great commandments, the Golden Rule, and the Trinitarian theology of social unity, it argues that ethics is not primarily a system of rules applied to isolated individuals but the outward expression of a relational ontology originating in the perichoretic life of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

This document summarizes a linguistic and hermeneutical study of the Greek word γενεά [genea] during the Koine period (roughly 300 BC–4th century AD) with a focus of thee specific phrase ἡ γενεὰ αὕτη (this generation). It focuses on its 1st-century AD meaning and implications for interpreting key New Testament passages, especially Matthew 24:34 (“this generation will not pass away…”).

This paper attempts to answer the “why” question of Israel’s failure by viewing it through the lens of trauma. It asserts that they experienced numerous life-threatening traumas which impacted their responsiveness to God and that the three elements of God’s presence, God’s Law and God’s Tabernacle may have been intended to function as means of addressing their traumas with healing and recovery.

This study examines Paul's theology of spiritual empowerment across three letters in which he discusses the topic in depth: 1 Corinthians 12-14, Romans 12:3-8, and Ephesians 4:7-16.

This document examines Matthew 24:34 —“Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened”— a verse frequently cited as evidence that Jesus made a failed prediction about the end of the world.

Problem statement A recent conversation with a Christian friend raised an interesting Bible question. He is writing his Ph.D. thesis on the topic of “discipleship” and has poured over many books on the subject and passages of scripture and noted that although the word disciple/s appears hundreds of times in the New Testament, it disappears from use after Acts 21:16. The apostles Paul, Peter, James, Jude and John never address anyone by this term in the letters to local church

In this brief study I would contend that John 14:6 is not just a verse about how to “get to heaven” but part of a bigger picture that Jesus is trying to get across to His disciples before He goes to the cross.

Two encounters Jesus had during his ministry show us how he viewed and used the Old Testament scriptures.