Because God is a forgiving God, He is a healing God! These two are inseparable accompaniments of each other. Our healing always touches multiple levels in varying proportions—the emotional, the spiritual and the physical. These are not separable categories in our lives. We cannot rigidly distinguish between emotional and spiritual Read more…
Today, Pastor Steve Carpenter continues his exploration of Jesus’ Parable of Two Debtors from Luke 7:36–50. Jesus now places this (former) prostitute on a high pedestal for all to see, while at the same time giving a scathing indictment of Simon’s own rudeness. Jesus looks squarely at this woman, whom Read more…
Paul Trask continues making his way through Galatians by looking at a section of the text from 3:26 to 4:7, spanning a chapter break. Before looking at the content of this section, Paul spends some time looking at modern editorial features of our current Bibles, providing a historical context Chapter Read more…
In today’s program, Paul Trask continues moving through his study of Galatians chapter 3 verses 15 through 18, and then verses 19 through 20. Through scripture, logic, legal principles and experience, the Apostle Paul now proceeds to debunk 2 Jewish presuppositions (thanks to scholar Richard Longenecker for the following phraseology). Read more…