An abiding childhood memory is the recitation from Luke’s Gospel by the character Linus in the animated television special A Charlie Brown Christmas. It almost never happened. This article reveals how Charlie Brown’s creator, Charles Schulz was opposed at virtually every step of the process of creating the special by television executives, who, even in …
Get a taste of how those fortunate students at the (Presbyterian) Queensland Theological College can expect to be equipped by the teaching of their incoming principal, Gary Millar. Preaching Christ from the Old Testament is hard. It’s hard because the Old Testament text itself can be hard to deal with—it’s long, complicated, and culturally distant. …
David Murray attempts to: …sum up the contents of the Old Testament books on one page. The Pentateuch: Covenant People Genesis: Creation of a Covenant People Exodus: Redemption of a Covenant People Leviticus: Worship of a Covenant People Numbers: Chastisement of a Covenant People Deuteronomy: Renewal of a Covenant People The Historical Books: Redemptive History …
Monday With Mounce revisits a perennial question: how to not judge (Matthew 25:32) without forsaking discernment and credulity. In speaking of the final judgment, Jesus says, “All the nations (τὰ ἔθνη) will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people (αὐτοὺς) one from another (ἀπ᾿ ἀλλήλων) as a shepherd separates the sheep from …
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