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Time passes, and still I watch the road with hopeful eyes; Straining to see the figure of @I.O.U walking back to me.

“Don’t worry about criticism from people that you wouldn’t seek advice from.” - Dabo Swinney

A short story about a lesson learned during my second visit to Africa. As I was giving a lecture at a Bible college in Kenya one day, a man in the audience raised an objection: he liked Americans, he said, but he didn’t like the American government and would not be easily persuaded by anything...

I understand where you’re coming from. We always advise people interested in the Christian faith to start their New Testament reading with the synoptic Gospels first. John’s Gospel is more complicated.

You’re there; I’m not. I’ve never been to Vietnam and I’ve only met a few Vietnamese people at this point in my life. Those that I’ve met weren’t Christians. You’re going to have a better understanding of the people and the culture than I do. However, having said that, there are Vietnamese...

The prophecy was written by king David. The prophecy isn’t about him; it’s about someone who is greater than him. You’re on the right track though with your thinking: Yahweh is speaking to someone who isn’t Yahweh. It’s currently outside of your capacity. You’ll gain further knowledge and...

You’re going to need the Old Testament background before you read the New Testament in order to properly understand the story. Read the Bible from the beginning.

Yahweh, the God of Israel, was speaking prophetically to a specific male Jewish person. The person he was speaking to is the Messiah. Which Jewish explanation? There are two: the Jewish explanation of those who reject Jesus is the Messiah; the Jewish explanation of those who accept Jesus as...

Greek was the lingua franca of the day in New Testament times, just as English is in our day. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingua_franca

You’re going to be overwhelmed by the thundering herd. My advice to you is to shut out the voices, take your time and continue reading the Bible.

What I said is the New Testament perspective on Israel. Natural Israel has been regathered for ”the time of Jacob’s trouble”. Natural Israel has a choice: repent and accept that Jesus is the Messiah or continue rejecting Jesus as the Messiah. You’ll see this when you read the New Testament...

You shouldn’t believe I’m right (or wrong) on this simply because I say it is right. That’s the right thing to do. There is no “also God”. Yahweh alone is the one God of Israel. Jesus of Nazareth is a human person; Yahweh is his God. Psalm 110:1 is the most frequently quoted or alluded to...