This Friday, I will be graduating from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, NC, with a Ph. D. in Applied Theology with a concentration in Christian Leadership. I’m somewhat meticulous with keeping track of certain details, and I thought it would be helpful for others to post my record of how much it cost… Continue Reading
Following the precedent of the Tyndale (1526) and Coverdale (1535) versions of the Bible, the King James Version of the Bible translates the Greek term pascha as Easter in Acts 12:4.1 What is interesting about this translation is that pascha actually means Passover. In fact, he KJV uniformly translates pascha as Passover in all of the… Continue Reading
Was Barnabas an apostle? This question is important because it is related to the larger question of whether or not apostles exist today. If the NT gave a pattern of apostles being added to the original Twelve (and Paul), could there be apostles today? I explained in previous posts that the Twelve and Paul had… Continue Reading
Over the last couple of weeks, I examined Acts 1:21–26 for the requirements laid out by the early church for one be an apostle (part 1, part 2). The three such requirements were as follows: An apostle followed Jesus during His entire earthly ministry from His baptism by John to His ascension into heaven (Acts… Continue Reading
We saw last week from Acts 1:21–26 that the early church laid out three requirements in choosing a replacement apostle* for Judas Iscariot: The candidate was required to be someone who followed Jesus during his entire earthly ministry, beginning from Jesus’ baptism by John to Jesus’ ascension into heaven (1:21–22a) The candidate was required to… Continue Reading
“What is an apostle?” This is an important question to answer because many people in Christendom claim that there are apostles for today or at least claim that some enjoy what is called the spiritual gift of apostleship. Over the course of my next couple posts or so, I hope to give a brief understanding… Continue Reading
Do the titles elder, overseer, and shepherd refer to one and the same office? The answer is yes, and a brief survey of a few NT passages will provide ample evidence for such a conclusion. The basic thesis of this article is that the overlap of terminology from one title to the next in a number of texts clearly shows… Continue Reading