The beginning of Exodus culminates at chapter 12, the tenth plague – the death of the firstborn in Egypt and the Passover for the Israelites. This is quickly fo...
The book of Exodus opens with Israel in a bad state. The deliverance and preservation of Egypt wrought by Joseph is long forgotten. The Egyptians regarded the I...
A contention that has roiled the scholarly community of New Testament studies in recent years is the question of what the apostle Paul means in Galatians 2:16, ...
I have never been part of a church that did it, but I've often heard about workshops or classes that purport to help believers discover what their spiritual gif...
Parsing God's character can lead us in the wrong direction.
When we read the Scriptures, we learn things that are true of God, and these inform and circumscr...
A consistent theme in the first epistle Peter wrote is that suffering will come and when it does, there is a way to face it that will honor God. This holds open...
I have, from time to time, encountered statements such as “We aren't saved by right doctrine, we're saved by Jesus.” Or it may be stated, “Doctrine divides, Chr...
Matt Ferris lives in Wheaton, Illinois and is involved in Bible study ministry in his local church. He is also active in children's ministry and has written a number of hymns. His books include Evangelicals Adrift: Supplanting Scripture with Sacramentalism, If One Uses It Lawfully: The Law of Moses and the Christian Life and Losing Religion, Finding Jesus: Moving beyond Cultural Christianity. He and his wife have been married since 1987 and have four adult children and six grandchildren. He blogs at gentlemantheologian.com. You can follow him on Twitter @ferrismattic.
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