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  • Recommended Reading: March 11

    If you read one article this week, look at Pro-Life, Pro-Truth by Alexi Sargeant. For those of you with additional reading time this weekend, check out the following suggestions, gathered from around the blogging world. Think I missed sharing an important link? Let me know in the comments below. Happy reading!

  • Jesus in the Apocalypse of John: Bibliography

    This post is the final in the series examining the Christology of the Apocalypse of John. Ancient Sources Clement of Alexandria. Quis Dives Salvetur. Edited by P. Mordaunt Barnard. Texts and Studies 5, 2. Nendeln: Kraus Reprint, 1967. English Standard Version Bible. New York: Crossway, 2010. Epistle of Barnabas. Translated by Bart D. Ehrman. The…

  • Ep22: What Is Baptism?

    In this episode of the Church Debates series, we look at the important questions surrounding Baptism which influence how Christians understand the “washing of water” differently.

  • Jesus in the Apocalypse of John: Conclusions

    This post is part of an ongoing series examining the Christology of the Apocalypse of John. This study has undertaken an investigation of the Christology of the Apocalypse of John, seeking to fill a lacunae that has only been rarely and partially addressed in contemporary scholarship. This project has not sought to exhaustively address any…

  • Jesus in the Apocalypse of John: Implications for Modern Christianity (Part III)

    This post is part of an ongoing series examining the Christology of the Apocalypse of John. Revelation also highlights the importance of doxology in the contemporary world. Throughout the history of Christological development, interpretations of who Jesus is necessarily took place in the context of the place given him in Christian devotional practices.[1] While there…

  • Recommended Reading: March 4

    If you read one article this week, look at Ashes-to-Go For One: Rethinking Liturgical Individualism by Drew McIntyre. For those of you with additional reading time this March weekend (March weekend?!? How is it March already?), check out the following selections, gathered from around the blogging world. I’m not sure this is fully appropriate now…

  • Jesus in the Apocalypse of John: Implications for Modern Christianity (Part II)

    This post is part of an ongoing series examining the Christology of the Apocalypse of John. The Apocalypse holds a unique position within the Christian scriptures, being the only piece of explicitly Christian prophetic material to make the canonical cut. First and foremost, Christians must engage Revelation’s prophetic utterances within a context of Old Testament…

  • Ep21: What Is Communion?

    In this episode of the Church Debates series, we look at the five Reformation-era views on communion.

  • February 2017 Biblical Studies Carnival

    Welcome to the February 2017 Biblical Studies Carnival! Assembled below are the very best articles written this past month from around the Biblioblogging world.  I know this firsthand because I have spent all month sifting through as many blogs as possible to find the finest that scholars and students have to offer. This month’s carnival…

  • Jesus in the Apocalypse of John: Implications for Modern Christianity (Part I)

    This post is part of an ongoing series examining the Christology of the Apocalypse of John. As a professing Christian standing in the Great Tradition of the Church, I believe that the faith and practices of early followers of Jesus form an important authority for contemporary expressions of Christianity. Regarding devotional practice, worship of Jesus…