For Easter Sunday, we reviewed Acts 2:22-36, part of the first Christian sermon ever preached, in order to discover what are the essential points of the Christian message. We found that it is the announcement of events that happened, not instruction about commandments to keep. In other words, it is good news, not good advice.
In Jesus’ final public teaching in the Gospel of John (10:22-42), the people of Jerusalem tried to pin him down. They wanted him to...
Second Peter 1:1-4 contains the startling statements that Jesus is God, God has given Christians everything necessary for godly living, and we share in...
Irony occurs when a situation turns out to be the opposite of what is expected. Dramatic irony is when the author and the audience...