Category: Myth Busters

  • The Chosen: Biblical vs. Fictional Characters

    The Chosen: Biblical vs. Fictional Characters

    The Chosen has reached more people with the biblical narrative than most films in a generation. A working inventory of which characters come from Scripture and which were invented for the screen.

  • ABBA — Father

    ABBA — Father

    You have probably heard a sermon claim that Abba means “Daddy.” That idea traces back largely to Joachim Jeremias in the mid-twentieth century, and it has stuck in popular preaching ever since. But the case does not hold up — and what the word actually means is something heavier.