What would it mean to "become more like Jesus"? This is the topic of Day 22 of Rick Warren's Purpose Driven Life.Becoming "more like Jesus" may seem like a strange or impossible task, as it seems to imply an impossibly high step change from "us" to "Jesus", with no clear…
An interesting clue to the nature of early Christians is found in Acts, when a pre-conversion Saul (Paul) is seeking out those people who were known as "belonging to the Way": But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked…
There are many concepts with similar names such as "Kingdom of Heaven", the afterlife "Heaven" and "Heaven on Earth". However, I believe these concepts are all slightly different and it helps to separate them out. This is especially important when we are trying to understand what Jesus meant when he…
A while ago I was discussing the Gospel of Mark with a friend. I commented that the Gospel of Mark seemed limited as if that was all you had you would know almost nothing about justification by faith. I was frustrated as I had spent time reading the Gospel of…