Why Trouble Should Increase Your Trust in God

Why Trouble Should Increase Your Trust in God

I can recall being at my grandmother’s house once when an argument broke out among my cousins. We were all children; I must have been 4 or 5 years old. I don’t remember what the argument was about, but my cousin Johnny was indignant: “That’s not fair!” Several of us...
Controlling Narratives in the Pauline Epistles

Controlling Narratives in the Pauline Epistles

The writers of the New Testament believed the Old Testament stories were factual accounts of actual events. This belief controlled their understanding of what God had done throughout history. New Testament scholars sometimes try to connect the Old and New Testaments...