This week saw the release of the 7th horrifying video detailing the practices of Planned Parenthood’s abortion and “harvesting” practices. Personally, I cannot watch it. While the vast majority of Christians are rightly opposed to abortion, the question of how best to respond to Planned Parenthood is complicated. On the one hand, some Christians…
Hey Dr. Smith, I have a question. I’m doing a NT theology paper on the theology of 2 Peter & Jude, but I’m also preaching this weekend at our church. Jude 12 talks about “love feasts,” I’m curious if you believe this is referring to communion or not? I am inclined to think so, esp.…
Anyone who has read the Bible with serious intent to understand it will almost certainly have come across the occasional strange annotation, often in a footnote, that says something like “Many manuscripts…” or “the earliest manuscripts and many others…”, followed by a reading that differs a bit from what’s in the body of the text.…
Several news outlets are reporting that biblical scholars Craig Evans and Daniel Wallace are working with a team that may have uncovered the earliest known copy of the Gospel of Mark. You can see full articles with all the details here and here. In short, this fragment of the Gospel of Mark has been found in a paper mache…