Category: Life in the Scriptures

Note: This blog is the first in a twelve-week series of posts on teaching the Gospel of Matthew. I have the distinct privilege of not only teaching New Testament and Greek at Charleston Southern University but also of being an elder and teacher at Crossroads Community Church in Summerville, SC. We host a church-wide Bible… Continue reading Teaching Matthew – Introduction and Primer

(Editor’s Note: This post continues our series of the talks given at this year’s ENDURE Apologetics conference.) There are many texts in the New Testament that discuss the Christian view of sexual ethics, but there are three key texts in the writings of Paul that, when taken together, best summarize what the New Testament teaches… Continue reading Friends, Lovers, and Family: What the New Testament Says About Marriage and Sex (and Waiting For Both)

Note: This is the final blog in a year-long series of posts on the parables of Jesus. You can find the first blog on the parables HERE.    Jesus spoke about the judgment of God as much as he spoke about any other subject. Jesus spoke about the judgment of God on those who reject the son (John 3:36). He spoke about the judgment… Continue reading Jesus’ Parable about Judgment

“Yes, and I will rejoice, for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance, as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be… Continue reading Christ Will Be Honored

And he said to him, “Teacher, all these I have kept from my youth.” And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” Disheartened by the saying,… Continue reading Give It All Away

“For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,” — Titus 2:11-13 I remember my… Continue reading The Appearing Grace of God

Note: This blog is the eighth in a year-long series of posts on the parables of Jesus. The series will run through most of 2019. You can find the first blog on the parables HERE. In his earthly ministry Jesus was abundantly clear that he was the messiah, the one promised in the Scriptures. In… Continue reading Jesus’ Parable about the Messiah

Note: This blog is the seventh in a year-long series of posts on the parables of Jesus. The series will run through most of 2019. You can find the first blog on the parables HERE. Perhaps one of Jesus’ most challenging parables is his parable on forgiveness in Matthew 18:21-35. It is challenging on two… Continue reading Jesus’ Parable About Forgiveness

“I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and… Continue reading Walk in a Worthy Manner

Note: This blog is the sixth in a year-long series of posts on the parables of Jesus. The series will run through most of 2019. You can find the first blog on the parables HERE. We are going to stay in Luke for another month in order to talk about Luke’s parables concerning prayer. This… Continue reading Luke’s Parables about Prayer