Tag: Hermeneutics
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Immersion: Entering the Life of a Disciple For many believers, baptism is treated as a symbolic milestone—important, but optional, and often disconnected from daily obedience. Yet when Scripture is read […]
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What Does It Mean to Be a Disciple? When Yeshua called men and women to follow Him, He was not inviting them into a belief system alone, but into a […]
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Did Jesus Break the Sabbath? Or Did He Show Us How to Keep It? One of the most common accusations leveled against Jesus in the Gospels is that He broke […]
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Did Jesus Abolish the Torah? What “Abolish” and “Fulfill” Really Mean in Matthew 5 Few passages have shaped Christian theology more profoundly—and more problematically—than Matthew 5:17–19. In just three verses, […]
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Jesus and Ritual Purity: Life Near God, Not a Language of Sin One of the most common misunderstandings many Gentile believers inherit when reading the Gospels is the idea that […]
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Yeshua: Why His Jewish Context Deepens Our Understanding When we read the Gospels, we are encountering the story of Yeshua of Nazareth, a Jewish man living and teaching among Jewish […]
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What Is the New Covenant? Promise, Purpose, and Faithfulness The phrase “new covenant” is often confused with the New Testament itself, as if the Bible were divided into an obsolete […]
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How God Makes Covenants: Understanding the Structure Behind the Bible’s Promises When the Bible speaks about covenants, it is not inventing a new religious concept out of thin air. God […]
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What Is a Covenant? Why the Bible’s Most Important Idea Is Often Misunderstood When people read the Bible, they often notice promises, commands, blessings, and warnings, but miss the structure […]
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Grace Was Never the Opposite of the Law Many Christians grow up believing the Bible tells two very different stories: first law, then grace. The Old Testament is often described […]