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The Book of Hebrews is a strange book. Hebrews has intimidated readers over the centuries. It expects a knowledge of the Old Testament that many do not have. It seems to have a negative view of the Old Testament (see Heb 10). It gives six terrifying warnings that seem to indicate believers can lose their
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A familiar trope in contemporary evangelical Christianity posits two kinds of knowledge: the kind that resides in the “head,” on one hand, and the kind found in the “heart,” on the other. According to this line of thinking, one can dispassionately acknowledge the truth of certain facts but fail to allow those facts to ignite
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A missionary crosses boundaries to preach the good news of Jesus. This often means learning another language as well as the history and culture of the target people group. The fact is that all Christians are missionaries, since Jesus commissions his disciples to take the gospel to everyone (Matt 28:19-20; Acts 1:6-8). According to J.
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The nature of global missions has changed radically in the latter part of the twentieth century. As Edward L. Smither says in Christian Mission: A Concise Global History, “though the United States continued to be the leading mission-sending nation at the beginning of the twenty-first century, the Global South church now sends the majority of
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To renounce immutable truth does not convert falsehood into truth. To deny God is not to destroy Him. And to deny human depravity is not to achieve human perfection. Once faith in the living God has declined, it is natural that unbelief will soon prevail over the dead fragments of doctrine so carefully embalmed in
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Is God’s Spirit a minor character until the New Testament? This is a common misconception. Myk Habets in The Progressive Mystery insists that the Spirit is highly active in the Old Testament. Yes, there is a “fuller revelation of his identity in the New Testament,” but the Spirit “is a person, fully at work, and
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To read the Bible rightly is to read it as the word of God with and for the people of God, yesterday and today. This is more radical than it sounds. For more than two hundred years or so, the Bible has been treated in the academy as a document of the university, that is,
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The Best of Christianity Today is a new series from Lexham Press, featuring the most enduring articles from decades of Christianity Today. The first three titles in this series include essential writings from Carl F. H. Henry and John Stott and a robust account of the basics of Christian doctrine from leading evangelical theologians. This
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In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven (Matthew 5:16). We can now see clearly the distinction between the twofold process a sinner undergoes when he or she returns to life. The Divine Act On
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Hesed is a power word in the Bible and the most important word in the book of Ruth. It shows up three times, but the concept runs through the whole story and ultimately drives the action. Naomi says it first when she attempts to part from her daughters-in-law. “May the Lord show [hesed] to you,
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