I’ve always wanted to know more about how biblical scholar Ellen Davis envisions the notion of the “prophetic interpreter,” which she discusses at the beginning of her 2014 book Biblical Prophecy. She ...

One popular preacher for Ghana, Prophet Bernard ElBernard Nelson-Eshun say he dey "step back from public preaching and pulpit ministry" afta im failed political prophecy. Prophet ElBernard bin ...

"Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy and say to your husbands, 'Bring us some drinks'" (Amos 4:1). "Stop bringing meaningless ...

Preachers' favoritism for the epistles—with brief forays into the gospels or Wisdom literature—is well known. It's unfortunate that such a disproportionate amount of pulpit time is given to some ...

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger. To ...

1 Kgs 19:4-8; Ps 34; Eph 4:30—5:2; John 6:41-51 The phrase “reluctant prophet” is redundant since most of the prophets hesitated and even resisted the call from God’s to proclaim the Word. Isaiah ...

“Where did this man get all this?” (Matt 13:55). Context is important. Matthew puts the story of Jesus’ return to his hometown at the end of Chapter 13, immediately following his many parables about ...

"Men's hearts will be failing them from fear" (Luke 21:26). "Wherefore comfort one another with these words" (I Thessalonians 4:18). When I was a kid-sometime in the early 1950s-I recall going to a ...