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Binding and Loosing: Legal Language, Not Spiritual Theater
What do binding and loosing mean in Matthew? Explore their setting in community responsibility, judgment, and the exercise of delegated authority.
Prayer Is Authorized Participation in God’s Judgment
Read prayer within the biblical language of covenant, judgment, and participation in God’s purposes, rather than only as private religious expression.
Theosis and the Apostolic Gospel
What is theosis? Explore early Christian accounts of participation in divine life and how transformation relates to the apostolic proclamation of salvation.
The Kingdom Is Not Inside You — It’s Within Reach
Does Luke 17 place God’s kingdom within individuals or among Jesus’ hearers? Examine the wording, audience, and context behind the translation debate.
What Paul Assumed — and What Later Theology Tried to Fix
Explore the shared biblical world Paul assumes in his letters, and why later theological categories should be tested against that original setting.
Paul assumes far more than he ever explains, and modern readers keep tripping over the gaps like they’re missing pages (they’re not).
Paul’s letters often assume teaching his churches already knew. Explore how audience, prior instruction, and local circumstances shape interpretation.
Why Paul Wrote So Many Letters: Mission, Distance, and Pastoral Care
Why did Paul write so many letters? Explore mission, distance, pastoral care, and the particular churches and problems behind his correspondence.
Luke, Paul, and the Myth of Apostolic Harmony
Compare Luke’s account in Acts with Paul’s letters, considering genre, purpose, and the challenges of reconstructing history from different witnesses.
The Holy Spirit: Presence, Allegiance, and the Myth of “Receiving”
Explore the Holy Spirit through biblical language of God’s presence, power, and covenant life, with attention to the interpretive categories readers bring.
Did God Lie?—What Scripture Actually Tells Us
Did God lie in 1 Kings 22? Follow Micaiah’s vision, Ahab’s prophets, and the narrative’s portrayal of divine judgment and human refusal to listen.
