December 26, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - hospitality
How Jesus Received Hospitality

What does an authentic Christian spirituality look like? Recently I’ve been thinking quite a bit about the Biblical commands concerning hospitality. To my surprise, I discovered that it is a […]

What does it mean to run or labor in vain_

On several occasions Paul used the illustration of running a race in relation to the believer’s judgment at the Judgment Seat of Christ, the Bema (1 Cor 9:24-27; 2 Tim […]

What Edward Fudge Can’t Believe about The Rich Man and Lazarus

Now that our revised The Grace New Testament Commentary is out, I can go back to finishing up two or three book projects, such as on the “atonement” and “hell.” […]

Was the Apostle Paul Afraid He’d Be Eternally Condemned_

“But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.” (NKJV) The King James Version translates the end […]

December 20, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Rapture
Six Raptures

Do you believe in the Rapture? I do. But not everyone does. The very idea of the Rapture is regularly denounced as nonsense by non-Dispensational Christian theologians (see here). But […]

December 19, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - netflix
Bye Bye Netflix

Since having kids, my wife and I have time to watch maybe one show a night. It often takes two or three nights to finish a movie. But over the […]

What does Mark’s introduction tell us about Jesus Christ_

Some think Mark was the first Gospel written and that Matthew and Luke used Mark to write their Gospels. I don’t agree. I think the evidence shows that all four […]

December 17, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - hospitality, loneliness, spirituality
Hospitality to the Lonely

It’s been 17 years since Robert Putnam’s best-selling book Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community sounded the alarm about societal changes driving new levels of isolation and […]

Did Paul Say That Repentance and Faith Are Co-Conditions of Everlasting Life_

We are nearly done with the final proofing of the second edition of our one-volume NT commentary. (The first edition came out in 2010, and we sold the last copies […]

December 12, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - hospitality, spirituality
Alexander Strauch on the Potential Impact of Christian Hospitality

What does a practical “Christian spirituality” look like? That’s what I’m seeking to understand as I seek to follow the Lord more closely and to raise my kids to do […]

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