Literary Structure of St. Mark’s Gospel as proposed from different scholars St. Mark, a disciple of Simon Peter, although not an eyewitness of Christ’s public ministry, wrote the second Gospel based on Peter’s direct information. [1] According … [Read more...]
From Peter Kreeft's You Can Understand the Bible: Matthew's Gospel is the first book of the New Testament, not because it was written first - some of Paul's epistles take that honour - but because it's the bridge between the Old and New … [Read more...]
From Peter Kreeft's You Can Understand the Bible: The word gospel is a modernization of the Old English gospell (or God-spell), meaning "good news." The original Greek word is eu-angellos (Latin, evangelium) meaning "good message." The … [Read more...]
From Peter Kreeft's You Can Understand the Bible:Jude was the "brother of James" (v.1) who was Jesus' "brother", that is, his cousin (Mk 6:3, Mt 13:55). This makes Jude one of Jesus' relatives too. These relatives did not believe in Jesus until after … [Read more...]
From Peter Kreeft's You Can Understand the Bible:Peter's two letters are full of sound advice and exhortations for daily Christian living. Peter's letters, like James', are practical.Peter had taken the centre of Church authority to the centre of the … [Read more...]
From Peter Kreeft's You Can Understand the Bible: The author of the Epistle of James was probably not the James who was one of Jesus' twelve disciples, John's brother. That James was martyred very early, probably in 44 AD. The author was probably … [Read more...]
From Peter Kreeft's You Can Understand the Bible: No one but God knows who wrote Hebrews, or to whom. As Romans is the world's first systematic theology, Hebrews is the first apologetic for the Christian faith. Hebrews argues for the … [Read more...]
First Timothy - How to be a Bishop Timothy became the bishop of the important city of Ephesus. Timothy was having a difficult time dealing with problems (some members needed discipline, widows and old people were being neglected, and false … [Read more...]
From Peter Kreeft's You Can Understand the Bible: Colossians is simply colossal. It is about how big Christ is. Whereas Ephesians is about the greatness of the Body of Christ, Colossians is about the greatness of the Head. The key passage in … [Read more...]
From Peter Kreeft's You Can Understand the Bible: Philippians is a pastoral, personal, intimate letter whose unifying theme is sanctity, or Christ-mindedness (2:5). It was written from house arrest in Rome where Paul was awaiting death. 1. The … [Read more...]
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