Biblical Studies – Page 8

Introducing Luke and the Gospels

Here’s the first podcast in our new Teaching and Training series “Introducing Jesus: A look at Jesus and the Gospels.”

Handing on the baton

After a summer break for August, the Faithroots Podcast returns this week. We’re rounding up our look at 1 Chronicles. 1 Chronicles 22 -29 David is coming towards the end of his reign. God has revealed to him that he is not he one to build a house for him. How does David respond? Practical… Continue reading Handing on the baton

Resources for Bible study

The other day I wrote about how the main book you need to be reading if you want to be involved in urban ministry is the Bible. In fact this is true of all believers and anyone who wants to be involved in any form of Christian service. I’ve been gradually putting together some Bible… Continue reading Resources for Bible study

Rethinking the dates of the New Testament

One of the most significant writers of the 20th century was JAT Robinson. This is due to two books he wrote. The first, Honest to God, was significant in promoting liberal theology and religious scepticism. So it is perhaps surprising to know that the second was more likely to find support among conservative Christians. In… Continue reading Rethinking the dates of the New Testament

If the Bible doesn’t speak with one voice -then our “Biblical scholars” are not experts

One of the greatest hypocrisies of liberal theological scholarship is that on the one hand the erstwhile theologians set themselves up as experts on Biblical studies. They then range across Scripture, Old Testament and new, universally recognised letters from Paul and those disputed, history, prophecy and wisdom. They claim to be able to comment on… Continue reading If the Bible doesn’t speak with one voice -then our “Biblical scholars” are not experts

This is Paul signing off

We are coming to the end of Paul’s letter. If he had leapt quite abruptly into the challenging stuff at the beginning without the extended prayers, thanksgiving and commendations we get used to with his other letters, it also finishes fairly abruptly without the personal greetings we find in other letters such as in Romans… Continue reading This is Paul signing off

Reaping what you sow

This next section reinforces the point that we’ve seen developed through chapter 5-6, we cannot fix our lives and our relationship to God by making external adjustments to our behaviour through rule keeping and rituals. Instead, our lives will bear fruit in accordance with the roots. A look at the text (Read Galatians 6:7-10) An… Continue reading Reaping what you sow

Bearing burdens

How do we “keep in step with the Spirit” and bear fruit? The first few verses of Galatians 6 begin to apply what it means to patiently love others and to be self-controlled in our own lives. A look at the text (Read Galatians 6:1-6) Paul is describing someone here, not so much caught out… Continue reading Bearing burdens

Tempted

#FaithrootsPodcast 1 Chronicles 21:1 -22:1 Tempted 1 Chronicles 21:1-22:1 The census (v1-5) 2 Samuel 24 makes God the source of the provocation for a census. “Satan … ‘Adversary,’ without the article, than than God is the instigator of David’s census. Such a figure does not appear elsewhere in Chronicles(or Ezra-Nehemiah): indeed only in Job 1-2… Continue reading Tempted

Fruitful

So, if Christians are to be godly and to say no to sinful desires and temptation? How are we meant to go about that? Paul has been clear throughout that it isn’t by legalistic means or ritual that we pursue godliness.Is there a better way? A look at the text (Galatians 5:22-25) Paul contrasts “works… Continue reading Fruitful