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The New Testament’s Vision of Mission Grove booklet, exploring key themes from the teaching and practice of Jesus. The Practice of Evangelical Spirituality Grove booklet, looking at the seven dimensions of biblical discipleship. Exploring the New Testament, Volume Two: Letters and Revelation third edition, fully updated, revised and expanded.
About - Psephizo
My name is Ian Paul. Originally from London, I studied pure maths at St John's College, Oxford and applied maths (Operational Research) at the University of Southampton before working in industrial business with Mars Confectionery in Slough in planning, manufacturing and personnel. I trained for ordination in the Church of England at St John's College,
Biblical Studies - Psephizo
2024年10月8日 · Mark Bonnington writes: Faith hope and love are the three cardinal (or primary) virtues in the Christian faith. As Paul the Apostle wrote: ‘Faith; hope; love; these three endure’ ‘but the least understood is hope.’. Actually, that last bit is a quote from the late, great, Baptist preacher David Pawson—a gloss on 1 Corinthians 13 ….
How many times did Jesus visit Jerusalem? - Psephizo
April 24, 2014 by Ian Paul. One of the obvious differences in chronology between John’s gospel and the ‘Synoptics’ (Matthew, Mark and Luke) is that John gives an account of Jesus in Jerusalem on four different occasions, two during a Passover (John 2.13, 12.12), one during an unnamed festival (John 5.1) and one at Hannukah (John 10.22).
Did Jesus have a beard? - Psephizo
2014年1月30日 · Beards were first in, then out of fashion amongst Greeks and Romans from around 300BC, and then back in fashion after around 100AD—so in Jesus’ day the fashion was to be clean-shaven. It is interesting to speculate how much such fashions would have affected life in ‘Galilee of the gentiles’. There is a good account of the changes in ...
What is the connection between prayer and fasting? | Psephizo
2024年4月17日 · Prayer and fasting are often closely associated within the disciplines of Christian spirituality. This association finds its roots in Jesus’ teaching in the new Testament. In Matthew 6 part of what is known as the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus closely associates the disciplines of prayer, giving, and fasting under the umbrella title “acts of righteousness”.
Are there different kinds of ‘love’ in John 21? - Psephizo
2019年4月30日 · When I first came to studying John’s gospel, I was armed with two things: a concern to pay attention to the details of the text; and the knowledge of all earnest Christians (thanks to C S Lewis) that there were four words for ‘love’ in Greek (eros, storge, philia and agape) pointing to the four different meanings, four different uses of …
The startling authority of Jesus in Mark chapter 1 | Psephizo
2024年1月23日 · The narrative itself is the first example of Mark’s ‘sandwich’ technique, sometimes called narrative intercalation: he begins with one story (Jesus teaching) and this is interrupted by another (the exorcism) but the narrative concludes by returning to the first, the issue of teaching.The most obvious (and best known) example of this is the combined stories of the healing of Jairus ...
Sexuality - Psephizo
2024年9月11日 · July 24, 2024 by Ian Paul. Andrew Goddard writes: Reflecting on the recent July Session of the Church of England’s General Synod and considering where we now find ourselves on the Living in Love and Faith (LLF) questions of sexuality, marriage and identity I was struck by the fact that we seem to be engaged in a game of episcopal Jenga. ….
Tyndale NT Study Group 2024: Call for papers on Luke-Acts
2023年9月6日 · The theme for the Tyndale Fellowship New Testament Study Group in 2024 is The Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, and we are meeting from Wednesday 3rd to Friday 5th July 2024 at the excellent conference facility at High Leigh, Hoddesdon, which is in very easy reach of both London and Cambridge.. The two books of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles together comprise more ...