Sermon preached on March 7, 1998.
Another Look at Peter’s Great Confession
Lessons taught on 27 December, 1997 and January 3, 1998.
Spring or Sponge? Will We Choose to Be a Blessing?
Sermon preached on October 4, 1997.
Is there apostolic authority and authorship of New Testament Scriptures?
It seems to me that the governing thesis of the Jerusalem School, i.e., that the authentic teachings of Jesus must be “reconstructed” from our existing Gospels, contradicts this principle of apostolic authority.
Mark’s Account of the Cleansing of the Temple: Literary Device or Historical Fact?
Do the Gospels together comprise an accurate, factual account of what Jesus said and did, so that although they give us different views of the same facts, they are all equally correct? Or, are they only partly a factual account, thus requiring us to tease out the historical facts from the literary glosses of later editors?
World Out of Control: How to Come Under Jesus’ Control
Sermon preached on September 6, 1997.
Openheartedness: Key to Living Successfully in an Ambiguous World
Sermon preached on August 30, 1997.
What is the Jerusalem School’s hermeneutical criterion?
In any historical study utilizing the gospels, it is important first to establish what Jesus said, before we can know what Jesus meant.
Did the Father Abandon his Son on the Cross?
Mark’s text appears to be a midrashic expansion of the original version of Jesus’ death on the cross.
If a Jew mistreats a Jew, does that make him anti-Semitic?
There is an important distinction between the anti-Judaism present in portions of the New Testament and modern anti-Semitism.
Acts 24:25: Righteousness, Self-Control and the Judgment to Come
Sermon preached on June 28, 1997.
