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Jan 22, 2025 | 
theaquilareport.com | Kenneth Berding
If somehow you started your Christian life without someone explaining that you were signing up for suffering, it’s time to break it to you: there is no such thing as a Christian life without suffering. There is a line in a well-known story of Jesus (Matt 20:20-28) that often gets overlooked. James and John have just allowed their mommy to ask Jesus for permission for them to sit at his right and left hand in his coming kingdom.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
biola.edu | Kenneth Berding |Kevin Lawson
There is a line in a well-known story of Jesus (Matt. 20:20-28) that often gets overlooked. James and John have just allowed their mommy to ask Jesus for permission for them to sit at his right and left hand in his coming kingdom. Jesus ignores the mother and speaks to the two men: “You do not know what you are asking.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
biola.edu | Kenneth Berding |Kevin Lawson
Kenneth Berding is a professor of New Testament at Talbot School of Theology. He is an author of various books, some academic (such as Polycarp and Paul), some semi-academic (such as What Are Spiritual Gifts? Rethinking the Conventional View), others for-the-classroom (such as Sing and Learn New Testament Greek or The Apostolic Fathers: A Narrative Introduction), and still others for-the-church (such as Walking in the Spirit or Bible Revival: Recommitting Ourselves to One Book).
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
biola.edu | Kenneth Way |Kevin Lawson |Kenneth Berding
In Hebrews 8:7-8 we read: “For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion to look for a second.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
biola.edu | Kevin Lawson |Kenneth Berding |Adam Day
Hobbits are fond of laughing, eating, drinking, and eating some more. In fact, Tolkien (in The Lord of the Rings) describes them as eating six meals a day — yet they are nimble enough to disappear swiftly and silently when they want to avoid “large folk.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
biola.edu | Kevin Lawson |Kenneth Berding
Si esto enseñas a los hermanos, serás buen ministro de Jesucristo, nutrido con las palabras de la fe y de la buena doctrina que has seguido. Desecha las fábulas profanas y de viejas. Ejercítate para la piedad; porque el ejercicio corporal para poco es provechoso, pero la piedad para todo aprovecha, pues tiene promesa de esta vida presente, y de la venidera. Palabra fiel es esta, y digna de ser recibida por todos.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
biola.edu | Kevin Lawson |Kenneth Berding
If you put these things before the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have followed. Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness; for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come. The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
biola.edu | Kenneth Berding |Kevin Lawson
Let me invite you into a thought experiment. What if you became a Christian? What would change? I’m talking about an actual disciple of Jesus, not a Christian in name only. What would be different if you became a Christian?[1]
If you became a Christian, you would automatically become a spiritual brother or sister with every other Jesus-follower in the world.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
theaquilareport.com | Kenneth Berding
What are the four truths that Paul wanted to communicate through his use of veil imagery? We should share the gospel openly and confidently (= referent #1). Jews who don’t believe in Jesus misunderstand the main point of the Law (= referent #2). Believers in Jesus are being transformed by the glory of God (= referent #3). Unbelievers have been blinded by Satan (= referent #4). What does the apostle Paul mean when he uses the word “veil” in 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:3?
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
biola.edu | Kenneth Berding |Kevin Lawson
What does the apostle Paul mean when he uses the word “veil” in 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:3?
For years I didn’t really understand 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:3 because I was looking for a single referent for the veil imagery in the passage. Some time ago, though, I realized that a key to understanding the passage is to acknowledge that Paul keeps shifting the referent as he moves through this section of his letter to the Corinthians.
