My alternative interpretation of 1 Cor 12 may be summarized as follows:  Paul's point is not that the church is the body of Christ but t...

Simple truth -Jesus: “In everything do to others as you would have them do to you, for this is the Law and the Prophets" (Golden Rule, ...

A peek into the Table of Contents 1:1—2:13 (+7:5–16; +13:11–13)  A Letter of Reconciliation   1:1–2  Salutation 1:3–11  Blessing and...

I made the acronym SABAD (Security, Accomplishment, Belonging, Autonomy, and Dignity) to remember this diagram "The Surgeon General’s F...

I am excited to finish editing the volume and submitted the final submission files to the publisher. I wrote in the Introduction: "Cont...

In the gospels, Jesus's death is not for the forgiveness of sins. In Mark, forgiveness is possible through water baptism and repentance....

 [Courtesy of FreeBibleImages.org] Do you try to justify a complex story or explain it away? Or do you find a way to understand it criticall...

To understand who Mary Magdalene was, we need to find the closest or earliest sources about her. But there are no earlier sources about her ...

Yung Suk Kim Derrida's deconstruction theory challenges readers to rethink meaning altogether. He argues that there is no absolute unity...

Yung Suk Kim Kant's perspicacious analysis of human capacity and limitations is notable. As a pioneer of modern philosophy, he sees in h...