by Kenny Burchard | Mar 17, 2018 | Biblical Studies, Hermeneutics
When I was about 19 years old and a very new Christian, one of my friends who was an older Christian was encouraging me to love Jesus with my whole heart, and to hold nothing back. That is the best kind of encouragement a person can give a young Christian. In order...
by Kenny Burchard | Jan 31, 2016 | Biblical Studies, New Testament
This is the second short video in part of an emerging series that could be called “Contours of the Biblical Story.” Picking up from where I left off in the first video discussing the end of the Old Testament and the transition to the New, this short video...
by Kenny Burchard | Jan 6, 2016 | Baptism, Christology, Gospel, The Kingdom of God, Theological Studies
Before we jump in here, just a reminder that there are actually five great commission texts (at least) in the Gospels and Acts. This post is about the one in Matthew’s gospel. In my post surveying the Greek text of Mat. 28:19-20, I noted that I think Matthew...
by Kenny Burchard | Apr 23, 2015 | Biblical Studies, New Testament, Scripture
When I first became a Christian, my King James Bible had as the title for the book of Acts, “The Acts of the Apostles.” Soon after this, I found myself in the Charismatic and Pentecostal traditions and learned that it should hr-hr-rEEeeally be called...
by Kenny Burchard | Dec 24, 2014 | Biblical Studies
…alternatively titled – “Why we should all spend way more time reading the Bible aloud with lots of other people around, and relatively less time reading it alone and silently.” It can seem like an oxymoron to refer to the Bible as a collection...