In these opening 11 verses of 1 Timothy chapter 1 we are introduced to Paul’s pastoral protégé Timothy, who from a young age accompanied him on his missionary journeys. But now is charged by Paul to remain in Ephesus as an Elder/Overseer and prevent...

Romanian Christians refer to Holy Week as the “Week of the Sufferings.” Throughout this week we see Jesus suffer mockery, betrayal, injustice, beatings, torture and death. It is a week in which the forces of Hell delight as Jesus is degraded and...

Romanian Christians refer to Holy Week as the “Week of the Sufferings.” Throughout this week we see Jesus suffer mockery, betrayal, injustice, beatings, torture and death. It is a week in which the forces of Hell delight as Jesus is degraded and...

There are many words to describe pain. But one of the most intense terms is the word “excruciate”. It was a coined term. The Romans felt that no existing word for pain was sufficient to capture the experience of suffering on a cross. But even this...

There are many words to describe pain. But one of the most intense terms is the word “excruciate”. It was a coined term. The Romans felt that no existing word for pain was sufficient to capture the experience of suffering on a cross. But even this...

When Jesus enters Jerusalem, he is greeted by an exuberant crowd of worshipers who hail Him King. They also cry out in desperation, “Save Us!” and covered Jesus’ path in Palm branches, in the same way they had greeted another deliverer in the past. It...

When Jesus enters Jerusalem, he is greeted by an exuberant crowd of worshipers who hail Him King. They also cry out in desperation, “Save Us!” and covered Jesus’ path in Palm branches, in the same way they had greeted another deliverer in the past. It...

Throughout the Book of Galatians, Paul has emphasized this overarching contrast between Law and Grace. But he ends with an even more important contrast, the contrast between death and new life. We are called to be crucified to the world and its sinful...

Throughout the Book of Galatians, Paul has emphasized this overarching contrast between Law and Grace. But he ends with an even more important contrast, the contrast between death and new life. We are called to be crucified to the world and its sinful...

We have an unfortunate tendency to be easy on ourselves, but harsh with others. In Galatians 6:1-10 Paul calls upon the Galatians to be gentle in restoring those who lapse into sin rather than treating them as bad fruit to be thrown out. He then...