Unpacking “Love Is Love” October 23, 2023 by: Rosaria Butterfield This article is part of the Unpacking Culture series in which we examine a well-known axiom and weigh any true or positive aspects of it against any negative or misleading connotations of the phrase. A Rallying Cry for a Movement I started seeing the slogan…
How Did Jesus’s Stories Get Passed On? October 22, 2023 by: Peter J. Williams A Secondary Question It seems that a common mind is behind the stories of Luke 15–16, and multiple lines of evidence suggest that the same mind is behind many other sayings attributed to Jesus. The storyteller of Luke 15–16 must be…
10 Key Bible Verses on Justification October 21, 2023 by: Crossway This article is part of the Key Bible Verses series. All commentary notes adapted from the ESV Study Bible. 1. Galatians 2:16 . . . yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus…
When You Think of Jesus, Do You Think “Genius”? October 20, 2023 by: Peter J. Williams What Makes a Genius? Over the years thousands of people have been described as geniuses.1 Aristotle (384–322 BC), Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), and Albert Einstein (1879–1955) are among the more famous ones. But the term…
What Is Distinct about the Theology of 2 Corinthians? October 19, 2023 by: Dane C. Ortlund This article is part of the Distinctive Theology series. A Letter Like No Other The overarching theological message of 2 Corinthians is this: in the new realm that was inaugurated when Jesus ascended and the Spirit descended, life and…