What is Reading the Bible through the Jesus Lens?

What is Reading the Bible through the Jesus Lens?

Michael Williams writes, “Reading the Bible through the Jesus lens is reading it the way it was intended. It keeps our reading, understanding, teaching, and preaching properly focused on God’s grand redemptive program that centers on his own Son. Seeing...
Pop-Culture Christology

Pop-Culture Christology

The following are some thoughts running through my mind right now after having several conversations with several people regarding the presence of Christ, the Second Coming, the Holy Spirit, and the doctrine of the Trinity. Feel free to interact with, expand, or push...
What is Reading the Bible through the Jesus Lens?

Robert Culver on the Virgin Birth in the Ancient Church

“With regard to the conception, the Old Roman Creed, of very great antiquity, says He ‘was born of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary.’ The Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed (AD 325, 381) says He ‘was made flesh of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, and became...
Two Reasons to Give Jesus Preeminence

Two Reasons to Give Jesus Preeminence

I’ve long had an appreciation for the concept of giving Jesus first place in our lives. I don’t know too many pastors that wouldn’t love to see more and more people making Jesus the number one priority. When the apostle Paul wrote to the Colossians,...
What is Reading the Bible through the Jesus Lens?

Jesus’ Challenge Towards the Symbols of Israel

In N. T. Wright’s The Challenge of Jesus, he writes how Jesus controversially challenged the traditions of the Jewish people. These are the symbols that Jesus challenged, according to Wright (pp. 58-73): Sabbath Food Nation and land Temple It’s fascinating...