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Your Interpretation Is Not Scripture
Distinguish Scripture from interpretation, doctrine, and personal conviction. Learn why historical and literary context must guide claims about meaning.
Why Resurrection Was Israel’s National Hope
Explore resurrection within Israel’s national and covenant hopes, and how that background helps explain the New Testament’s promise of life beyond death.
Jesus Arrived at Israel’s Last Hour
Read Jesus’ ministry against Israel’s first-century crisis, examining covenant judgment, prophetic warnings, and the historical setting of his proclamation.
Romans 8:1 Is Not About Escaping Accountability
Read Romans 8:1 within Paul’s argument about life in Christ and the Spirit. Explore why freedom from condemnation does not remove moral responsibility.
Did God Create Evil?
Does Isaiah 45:7 say God creates moral evil? Explore the Hebrew word ra, translation choices, and the passage’s setting of divine rule and calamity.
The Apostles Did Not Preach “Going to Heaven When You Die”
What hope did the apostles proclaim? Explore resurrection, renewed creation, and why the gospel’s future cannot be reduced to going to heaven at death.
Why “Faith” Meant Allegiance Before It Meant Belief
Explore faith as trust, faithfulness, and allegiance in the ancient world, and why the meaning of pistis must be read within each passage’s context.
The Bible Was Never Written in Verses
Chapter and verse numbers help us find passages, but they can obscure an argument. Explore how to read biblical books as connected literary works.
Did Paul Contradict Himself in Acts 9:7 and Acts 22:9?
Do Acts 9:7 and 22:9 contradict each other? Compare their accounts of Paul’s encounter with Jesus and consider the role of hearing and understanding.
The Gospel According to the Matrix: When “Truth” Isn’t Quite True
Explore how inherited assumptions shape our picture of the gospel, and why recovering the biblical world can change the questions we bring to Scripture.
