חֶסֶד (hesed): mercy, kindness, love God is hesed. Therefore, people should be also kind and loving to one another.   שׁוּב (shuv): to turn ...

People get their impressions of me based on what they see from me. While my colleagues tell me I am a writing machine or a prolific writer, ...

1 Cor 14:33b-36 is considered an interpolation by many scholars. I told my students that this passage was out of the blue. It is not connect...

These days I don’t have much energy to make new videos for my YouTube channel. But I can do so anytime if I want. There are 66 videos on my ...

Communication Check with the instructor and talk with fellow students as often as possible. Keep the conversation open throughout the course...

What adjective best describes you?  At the university conference a week ago, I said my adjective is "conscientious."  I listen to ...

  Traditional Atonement Theories Penal-substitutionary atonement (including the concept of propitiation and expiation): God's wrath is d...

Jesus tells the parable of the lost sheep in Luke 15:3-7 (Matt 18:12-14). In Luke 15:4, a man leaves the ninety-nine in the ἔρημος ( eremos ...

As a critical interpreter of Paul's letters, I have long argued for the subjective genitive reading of the  pistis christou  phrases. Fi...

κενός  ( kenos )  means "empty,"  πλήρης  ( plērēs ) means "full", and  κοινός  ( koinos ) means "common."  Ke...