“O Corinthians! We have spoken openly to you, our hearts are wide open.” —II Corinthians 6:11 Understanding II Corinthians as a whole requires knowledge of the often-strained relationship between the apostle Paul and the church in Corinth. The city was a crossroads of the pagan Mediterranean culture of the day, …
Taking on the cremation vs. burial debate happening in some Christian circles, Steve Kneale shares his view in “Cremation or burial: why I’m not convinced it matters nearly as much as some think.” Delving into what the Bible itself—not tradition or culture—says on the subject, Kneale concludes it is ambivalent …
Mitch Chase provides another lesson in understanding the New Testament by the Old in his latest article, “Out of Egypt I Called My Son.” By comparing Matthew 2:15 with Hosea 11:1, he explains typological fulfillments of prophecy—that is, a type being fulfilled in an antitype. When you read books about …
“And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.” —Revelation 16:13 Revelation 16 contains the seven bowl judgments, what the King James Version called “the vials of …
