Tag: james

  • Reintroducing John – a Biography and Background

    Biography of a Man I wrestle with my own autobiography, let alone writing about the ancestry of such an important man of God as John. We struggle to understand anyone once we read such titles or relational roles of JESUS or any of the Lord’s Apostles. For instance, who do you see when I refer…

    John disciple of John the Baptist and Jesus the long faithful journey to Apostle Elder of the Church pictured as young man and old man
  • 2 Timothy 3 Danger Within during Difficult Times

    χαλεπός – chalepos – But Mark This: The Apostle Paul continues in his second epistle to pastors, beginning a central section we label, 2 TIMOTHY 3, with a reminder of danger announced in the NIV, “But mark this: ..” But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 Timothy 3:1 NIV…

    chelepos definition worker and CHURCH under construction 2 Timothy 3
  • Finding the Evangelical Freedom of Balaam in our Evangelical Church

    .. promising them freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption.. 2 Peter 2:19a LSB Why does the Apostle Peter point to Balaam? Do evangelical pastors of Christ’s Church have the freedom to accept all prophesy and every doctrine? Note the similarities of the growing popularity of Balaam of Pethor, whom Moses introduces in Numbers…

    map of Moab to Midian from Numbers 22 and reference in 2 Peter 2 to Balaam