It is the small words that make a big difference in understanding the Bible. In a book I'm reading at the moment, the author writes, "God uses three Greek prepositions to reveal "in Christ" truth." I would probably include more [...]
In the first decade of my life as a minister I read an article "Little Words of Great Meaning" by Henry Jacobsen in the Christian Life magazine. Conjunctions, prepositions and so on; you know, the "ands" and "buts" and "ins". [...]
The word "believe" is a nugget of pure gold, whether you take our English word or John's word lying underneath. The underneath word, that John uses in his own mother tongue, runs a sliding scale of meaning. It's a ladder [...]
During the recent "In Christ" seminars in the US, I shocked some people when I said I was not only an Ephesians 4 teacher but also a Hebrews 5:12 teacher. That sent them to their Bibles! "By this time you [...]
This phrase from II Corinthians 13:4 jumps up to get your attention in the list of "In Christ" scriptures. "We are weak" and "we are... in him", both are true, but are we "weak in him" (Christ, verse 3)? That [...]
Here's a statement from the internet this week: "Bibles are not translated by atheists. If they were, maybe they would be more accurate" -- Ray Smith. This was in answer to a question about which translation would be best to [...]
When I was a young man, I once went to a voice trainer. She was a rather large woman -- not fat or flabby, just solid. I had hardly crossed the threshold into her studio when she barked at me: [...]
To be entirely honest, I know of nothing quite so boring as Christianity without Christ. Countless people have stopped going to a place of worship simply because they are sick of going through the motions of a dead religion. They [...]
Jesus expressed His power in many ways -- to forgive, encourage, heal, love, among others. Jesus knew that all believers needed this power, and so He taught His disciples what it was and how they were to receive it. Just [...]
One way Jesus Christ expressed the positive power of God was in the field of healing. In fact, you cannot consider the subject of healing without recognizing that Jesus is the foremost exponent of spiritual healing. While there is a [...]