Trustees of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary have installed Dr. Adam Greenway as the Ninth President of the Fort Worth Seminary. You can learn more about Dr. Greenway on Southwestern’s website. Given Dr. Greenway’s young age (41), I expect him to stay a long time. One of my professors (from all those years ago) commented that…
Today’s Bible reading is Acts 26. Paul addresses King Agrippa, Festus, and Bernice (the Queen). He gives his defense for his zealous Jewish background and his experience of coming to Jesus, and he shows that Jesus is the fulfillment of Jewish prophecy. Paul even gives Agrippa an opportunity to respond to the Gospel. Agrippa isn’t…
On January 30, I asked the question, How low can we go? The context of this question had to do with how Virginia and New York seemed to be besting each other to be more liberal than the other. And then I read about yesterday’s Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (S. 130) that failed to…
Today’s Bible reading is Acts 25. Paul is brought before Festus in Caesarea. Dr. Luke mentions that Festus was posturing, wanting to do the Jews a favor by sending Paul back to stand trial in Jerusalem. (Acts 25:9) Paul, being a Roman Citizen, appealed to Caesar, so Festus sent Paul up the chain of command….
In today’s Bible reading in Acts 24, we come to Paul’s defense before Felix. In order to protect him from assassination, Paul has been brought to Felix under the cover of night with two hundred Roman soldiers guarding him. I find this a little ironic because in yesterday’s reading, we saw that there were only…
In today’s Bible reading from Acts 23, we see an interesting picture of Paul. I don’t know that this side of him is seen in any other place in the New Testament. Paul has been called to speak to the Sanhedrin, a council of 71 Jewish Rabbis, made up of Pharisees and Sadducees. When Paul…
