#42 1 Peter
Martin Luther, the great Protestant and Lutheran reformer, “recognized 1 Peter (along with the Gospel of John and Paul’s Letters) as ‘the true kernel and marrow of all the New Testament Books. For in them [readers]… find depicted in masterly fashion how faith in Christ overcomes sin, death, and hell, and gives life, righteousness, and salvation.”
#40 Hebrews
Because the author of Hebrews is unknown, it can only be said that the Epistle is the work of “one of the [greatest] theologians of the New Testament.” While it is unclear to whom this title belongs, there have been many assumed authors, such as the Apostle Paul…
#31 Kansas City Korean Baptist Church
My good friend Samad, who is ethnically half Korean and half Pakistani, invited me to visit Kansas City Korean Baptist Church. While it was preferable to attend a church that worships in English, I did not want to pass upon the opportunity to hear the saints worship in a language that I did not speak…
#27 Baptist Ecclesiology
This short essay will concern itself with the ecclesiology of the Baptist denomination. However, it will follow Scriptural prescriptions and doctrines found within the Bible. It will examine the church’s views on its purpose, membership, disciplinary action, leadership, baptism, the Lord’s Supper, its relationship with other churches, and its relationship with the state and politics…
#24 The Church as an Automobile
The church is a lot like an automobile. It comprises parts that work together to carry passengers down the road. Similarly, the church as a body is made up of parts…
#12 The Plot to Kill Jesus: John 11:45-57
John 11:45-57 is a very interesting section of Scripture where the story of Jesus’ life begins to speed up and become more dramatic. If the prior text of the Gospel of John was an upward-sloped hill, verse 45 is where the hill turns into a mountain. In other words, the historical account of Jesus in the Gospel of John begins to become more profound and intense at the time that Jesus’ fame increases significantly after the raising of Lazarus…
#11 Resolved to Be Like Jesus
There are many characteristics of a Christian leader. Leading as a Christian requires humility, service, candor, ambition, balance, intentionality, and many other characteristics. However, to explain Christian leadership through characteristics in a short essay is a tremendous task. Therefore, Christian leadership explained succinctly can best be seen in the life, death, and ministry of the Savior, Jesus…
The Gospel
“For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures” (1 Corinthians 15:3-4)…