Tag: Greek-Terms

  • How I Study the Bible

    How I Study the Bible

    I am not a seminary graduate. What I have is a large library, years of reading, and forty years of wrestling with a God I could not fully explain. Here is how the work actually gets done.

  • What Is a King? — Slave to Christ 2 of 6

    What Is a King? — Slave to Christ 2 of 6

    Paul opens Romans with a self-description 2026 American ears cannot hear correctly. *Doulos Christou* — slave of Christ. The softening costs more than translators know.

  • 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.