Voices
John W. Martens is a professor of theology and director of the Centre for Christian Engagement at St. Mark’s College at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
The Good Word
In the first entry in the Bible Junkies Online Commentary on Galatians I discussed introductory matters concerning the founding of the churches to the Galatians the situation when Paul wrote to them when the letter might have been written and the type of letters which Paul wrote based on the com
The Word
The question for the disciples came from Jesus himself ldquo Who do people say that the Son of Man is rdquo The problem for Christians today in answering this question might be how to make sense of Jesus rsquo humanity in the context of his true divinity For Jesus rsquo apostles standing fac
The Word
How quickly should we move from the literal to the allegorical figurative or spiritual meaning of words in the Bible There is no one answer for in reading the Bible sometimes the literal meaning of a word or a passage is indeed the spiritual meaning itself at other times the literal reading gro
The Good Word
In the first entry in the Bible Junkies Online Commentary on Galatians I discussed introductory matters concerning the founding of the churches to the Galatians the situation when Paul wrote to them when the letter might have been written and the type of letters which Paul wrote based on the com
The Word
Bodies need nourishing whether it is an individual body a corporate body or a spiritual body We need to be fed with the food that sustains that is most appropriate to each body Historically we see the corporate body of Israel fed by God in the wilderness with the material stuff of manna necess
The Word
The apostle Paul would not have been able to define the Trinity yet he was able with ease to describe the activity and presence of the three persons of the Trinity While propositions about God are significant it is the experience of God that led to the nascent formulations of Trinitarian thought
The Good Word
In the first entry in the Bible Junkies Online Commentary on Galatians I discussed introductory matters concerning the founding of the churches to the Galatians the situation when Paul wrote to them when the letter might have been written and the type of letters which Paul wrote based on the com
The Word
The Acts of the Apostles presents a reverse Babel at Pentecost when the confusion of tongues described in Gn 11 1 ndash 9 is transformed into understanding among the earliest disciples of Jesus who find themselves speaking ldquo other languages rdquo The confusion of tongues at Babel gives to u
The Word
One of the overlooked aspects of Jesus rsquo ascension has to do not with the continuing materiality of the risen Lord or the ldquo whereness rdquo of Jesus rsquo glorified body but with the earthly implications of the ascension for the church Between the apostles rsquo hopeful question ldqu
The Good Word
In the first entry in the Bible Junkies Online Commentary on Galatians I discussed introductory matters concerning the founding of the churches to the Galatians the situation when Paul wrote to them when the letter might have been written and the type of letters which Paul wrote based on the com