Tag: New Testament Studies

D-Day

In 1945, the allies began their long awaited counter attack against Hitler to remove him from western Europe.  Troops were amassed, the Americans, increasingly the most powerful military power in the world had joined the war and on D-Day, June 6th, a massive naval and land-amphibious assault was launched, Apparently the “D” stands for “Day”,… Continue reading D-Day

Ephesians and the prosperity Gospel

There’s been a lie going around for so many years, often referred to as “The Prosperity Gospel.”  This is the belief that if we have enough faith and use the right words, then we can claim whatever we like from God and he will give it to us.  This is sometimes known as “Health, wealth… Continue reading Ephesians and the prosperity Gospel

Teach us to pray

Luke joins Matthew in including a version of what became known as the Lord’s Prayer. However, unlike Matthew, Luke separates the prayer off from the Sermon on the Mount.   This may reflect the structuring of the Gospels to make points but also, as likely is that Jesus repeats in private, teaching he has given publicly. … Continue reading Teach us to pray

Neighbours

The parable of the Good Samaritan is sandwiched between Jesus sending out the 72 to spread news of the coming kingdom and Jesus’ conversation with Mary and Martha about whether Mary should be helping the Lord. 16.1 Read Luke 10:1-16 Jesus now appoints a further group of his disciples to be sent out. The language… Continue reading Neighbours

Ephesians and Church leadership

We want our church leadership to be Biblical. Usually by this, we mean that we want to appoint people to the offices we find in Scripture and mirror the structures we find there. The problem is that there is often a lot of disagreement here because in fact the New Testament doesn’t really have that… Continue reading Ephesians and Church leadership

Revealed

The question of Jesus’ identity has now been established and answers offered.  Peter’s answer that Jesus is “The Messiah” has been recognised as the correct verdict but what exactly does this mean? Peter’s own understanding of Messiahship has proven faulty and Jesus has made it clear that his identity as King is wrapped up in… Continue reading Revealed