October 14, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - discipline, Doubt, Luke, Zacharias
Zacharias’ Disbelief and Divine Discipline

Did you know that even the oldest, godliest believers can doubt God…and be disciplined for it? If you were a member of the clergy, a priest of God, and a […]

October 13, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - John the Baptist, Luke
John the Baptist’s Seven Spirit-Empowered Services

So it was, that Zacharias was serving as priest before God in the order of his division, when his lot fell to burn incense when he went into the Temple of […]

Will unbelievers who have been evangelized have a chance to believe in Christ after the Rapture_

And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had […]

Did God set up Adam to fail in the Garden when He allowed Satan to tempt Eve_

Justin asks, “If God knew Adam was going to follow Satan, why did He allow Satan to do so? Doesn’t this make it a set up?” Yes, God knew that […]

October 8, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Luke, righteousness
In What Sense Were Zacharias and Elizabeth Righteous and Blameless_

During the days of Herod, there was a certain priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah. Presumably, Luke had verified this detail, as could Theophilus, emphasizing the historicity of these events. […]

Does the Bible record examples of Satan, fallen angels, and unbelievers doing miracles_

Gary asks a great question in response to a blog I wrote on Matt 7:21-23: Is it possible that these were unbelievers doing miracles by the power of Satan? The […]

October 6, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Herod, Luke, Prophecy
In the Days of Herod

Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities opens with the memorable line, “It was the best of the times, it was the worst of times…” Some periods are infamous for […]

October 5, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - apologetics, history, Luke, Theophilus
Luke’s Method

In the last blog, we explored Luke’s purpose in writing his Gospel, and I suggested it was quasi-apologetic—meant to stabilize or to reinforce faith in Christ. Now we can ask […]

October 2, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - fulfill, Law and Prophets, Matthew
Four Ways Jesus Fulfills the Law and the Prophets (Matthew 5_17)

“Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill” (Matt 5:17). Jesus said that He came to […]

Do you know what the marks are of a Christian cult_

Unwittingly my parents enrolled me in a cult when I was six. It wasn’t until the start of my senior year in college that I came to faith in Christ […]

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