Our final gospel to discuss is John's. Was it written by John? Could John even write? Where all those parts about Jesus being God added later? We're glad you asked. Let's start by looking inside the Bible for clues. Internal Evidence that John wrote, oversaw or authorized the Gospel with his name: No anonymous manuscripts... Continue Reading →
Personal Ministry
A big part of Rogue Millennials is encouraging believers to "own" their personal ministry for Christ and his Kingdom. Every believer is called to be part of a holy priesthood. Holy means "set apart" and priesthood means being a leader in spiritual matters - a leader means leading the way, showing the way, setting the... Continue Reading →
Prayer is not a phone conversation
God possesses an infuriating manner of not answering prayers sometimes. Especially if the answer is "no." Or "you decide." Often, I arrive at the point where a decision simply has to be made and God hasn't delivered a scroll from heaven with his decision, so I do what I think best. And immediately I have... Continue Reading →
The Gospel Truth: Mark & Luke
A follow up on our discussion about the likelihood of Matthew being the original author of the Gospel bearing his name - or at least being intimately involved with the work that brought that book together ( The Case for Matthew ). Let's look at the shortest Gospel, Mark - and the longest Gospel, Luke. The... Continue Reading →
Rogue Insights from Pope Francis
Whether Catholic, Protestant, or Orthodox - Jewish, Muslim or Pagan - atheist or agnostic - you can learn something from this man!
The Case for Matthew
We mentioned in a previous post that biblical scholarship is increasingly returning to the position that the Gospels were written by eyewitnesses (Who Wrote the Gospels?) with the intent to convey history, not folklore (Gospels: History or Folklore?). Here's a couple details of why Matthew seems very likely to have been written by the tax... Continue Reading →
Gospels: History or Folklore?
Did the Gospel writers intend to record history or are these books really just folklore and legend?
Brave Insights
Brave insights from Jonathan Martin - "Institutional religion often has a vested interest in keeping people blind" and much more!
Asleep at the wheel?
Are we pointing out obvious flaws? Or are churches blind to what is wrong and how to fix it?
Faith in Practice – Personal Ministry
"All should preach by their deeds." What does your personal ministry look like?
