by Drew Smith | Dec 28, 2011 | Opinion
The Greek language, which is the language of the New Testament, can use more than one word to describe ideas and things. As such, the concept of time has two separate words. The Greek terms for time are chronos and kairos, each of which is translated by our English...
by Drew Smith | Dec 21, 2011 | Opinion
A person identifying himself as a professor of biblical studies sent me an email in which he said he was going to use my recentarticle in his class on biblical interpretation as a demonstration of “the fallacy of the liberal hermeneutic and mindset.” I...
by Drew Smith | Dec 14, 2011 | Opinion
In the opening of Mark’s Gospel we find a story that is common to the first three Gospels. Matthew, Mark and Luke all tell the story of John the Baptizer. John is, as his title describes him to be, baptizing in the wilderness. Many are coming out to John to...
by Drew Smith | Dec 7, 2011 | Opinion
There are many reasons people may read the Bible, but for people of faith, the ultimate and constant reason for reading the Bible is theological. Most who read the text, or hear the text read, believe it to have something to say about God and God’s engagement...
by Drew Smith | Nov 22, 2011 | Opinion
This past June, Alabama’s governor signed into law the toughest stance on immigration in the United States. This law continues to be debated among the citizens of that state while the U.S. Justice Department has stated that Alabama’s law is...
