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Ad Fontes Revisited: What “Back to the Sources” Means Today
Ad fontes means “to the sources.” It was one of the great cries of the Renaissance and Reformation. Humanists and Reformers believed that renewal required returning to the earliest witnesses rather than relying only on inherited interpretations. For the Reformers, this meant returning to Scripture in its original…
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The Two Ages of The Bible
Most Christians are familiar with the idea of “the end times” and are usually familiar with a modern concept of being removed from the earth to a place called “heaven” when you die. But few realize that Jesus and the apostles understood history and the end times through…
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Hebrews Context
The book of Hebrews can be one of the more difficult books in the New Testament to read for us in the 21st century, largely because modern readers often approach it without considering its first-century Jewish context. Questions about the author, audience, date, and historical setting all shape…
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Unveiled Reading of 2 Corinthians 2:17-3:18
Paul’s words in 2 Corinthians 3 are often misunderstood as if he were contrasting a failed Torah with a successful Messiah. But Paul is doing something far more rooted in the story of Israel. He is interpreting Exodus 32–34—the sin of the golden calf, the breaking and renewal…
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The Parting of The Ways: An Easter Study
Pascha, Easter, and the Slow Separation of the Church from Israel Many Christians assume the split between the Church and the Jewish people happened early—almost immediately after Jesus. But history tells a much slower, more complicated story. In this article we will follow the development of Pascha—the early…
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1 Maccabees: A Bridge in Time
The Forgotten Bridge: Why 1 Maccabees Matters for Followers of Jesus If you’ve ever read your Bible straight through, you may have felt the silence between Malachi and Matthew. The story seems to pause, only to suddenly reopen in a world filled with Roman rule, Temple activity, and…