by Maranatha | Sunesis
Practical Help from 2 Corinthians 4:7-18 As a child, I well remember the sound of a whistle blowing to indicate that dinner was almost ready. It was the release valve on one of my mom’s favorite cooking utensils, her pressure cooker. She used the cooker to prepare...
by Maranatha | Sunesis
As twenty-first century Christians we often are limited in our perceptions and interpretations of the Bible. We look at the Word of God through our own clouded lenses reflecting our personal backgrounds, education, language, and cultural biases. Without meaning to, we...
by Maranatha | Sunesis
Discourse analysis may sound like a phrase you’d prefer to bypass. It may rank up there with college Greek terms such as “syntactical analysis” or “periphrastic constructions.” If you’re ready to skip to the next article, hold on! Discourse...
by Maranatha | Sunesis
Principles from Psalm 35 for overcoming betrayal from those closest to you Nothing hurts as much as being betrayed—but when the betrayer is close to you, you’ve just compounded the situation. David knew all about this type of close betrayal. In fact, his experience of...
by Maranatha | Sunesis
Dr. Richard Weeks, Maranatha’s first academic dean, was also an avid bibliophile and Baptist historian. Well educated, he pastored for several years in Chicago before going to Pillsbury and then Maranatha to teach Baptist Polity and Baptist History, among other...
by Maranatha | Sunesis
Though everyone wants to know and believe “what the Bible really says,” the realm of theology is stereotypically one of debate. Debate often occurs, not because we don’t want to know what the Bible says, but because we can’t agree on the meaning of a word....
