by Brad Blocksom | Feb 27, 2019 | Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology, General, New Testament, Scripture
Mark 14:32-42 Failure in the Garden Last time Jesus predicted of the disciples “You will all fall away.” This time we see, at least the beginning, of that failure realized! They have now arrived at the Garden of Gethsemane. And Jesus instructs the...
by Able Baker | Feb 17, 2016 | Biblical Theology
This article was written in response to this one by Chuck Queen. It may not make much sense unless you read Chuck’s article first. Click here to read. In and of itself the Gospel as an event and in power unifies mankind with God. We as Christians seek to...
by Brad Blocksom | Oct 6, 2015 | Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology, New Testament
Well Jesus doesn’t break in these disciples easy. Capernaum isn’t far from where He initially called them along the sea of Galilee. He launches right into public ministry, teaching in their synagogue on the Sabbath (Mark 1:21). Apparently there was...
by Brad Blocksom | Sep 29, 2015 | Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology, New Testament, Scripture
So I’m starting a new series. I know where I want to start, but quite frankly have no idea where this thing is going to end up. I want to explore what does it look like to be a follower of Jesus. I’m basically going to start going through the gospel Mark....
by Luke Geraty | Sep 14, 2015 | Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology
“Are Vineyard churches and pastors Calvinistic or Arminian?” I remember the question well because I was trying to choose between about five different answers, but I decided to go with the best answer I could muster: “Yes.” For some, one must be...
by Brad Blocksom | Sep 8, 2015 | Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology, New Testament
If you know me very well, you know that I’m a “plurality of Elders” kind of guy when it comes to church government. And honestly it’s not really my intention to do a full exposition of that view here. But if you’re interested, our...
by Robby McAlpine | May 31, 2015 | Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology, New Testament, Scripture
Fallen from grace … Everyone knows what that means. Somewhere, somehow, someone’s blown it big-time, committed some heinous action that brought humiliation on themselves, scorn from others, and generally disqualified them in the eyes of everyone (including...
by Brad Blocksom | Apr 1, 2015 | Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology, New Testament
Well this ought to get me in some trouble! So I’ll just jump right in: the two words I’d like to see removed from the Bible are gospel and church! I know, these words are so deeply rooted in our tradition with deep and significant theological meaning. But...
