Bible index

Use this page to search for posts that deal at some length with particular Bible passages. New Testament books are listed first. Only books and chapters with linked content are listed. Selecting the book will update the chapters list.

Colossians
1:19 The reconciliation of “all things” by the blood of his cross
1:19 In him dwells all the fullness of what is divine bodily. What’s that all about?
1:20 J. Richard Middleton on salvation and the restoration of all things
1:24 How Paul made up what was lacking in Christ’s afflictions
1:24 The shortfall in Christ’s sufferings: mystical union, messianic woes, the hardships of evangelism, or none of the above?
1:24 What is lacking of the sufferings of Christ in my flesh
1:24 How does Paul fill up what is lacking of Christ’s sufferings?
2:9 In him dwells all the fullness of what is divine bodily. What’s that all about?
2:13-15 Review of Steve Chalke’s The Lost Message of Paul, part 3: atonement, hell and universalism
2:13-15 Forgiveness and the wiped out document nailed to the cross
3:9-10 The image of God and the image of Christ: less is more
3:11 Some notes on race and unity in narrative-historical perspective
1 Thessalonians
1:9-10 Will Jesus save us from the wrath to come?
1:9-10 Apocalyptic realism and deliverance from the coming wrath
4:15-17 The form of this order of things is passing away: who is wrong—Paul or Matthew Thiessen?
4:15 Why you won't go to heaven when you die
4:15-17 The ‘rapture’ in its literary and historical setting
4:16 The resurrection of the just and the unjust in Daniel 12:2, and the horizons of New Testament eschatology
4:16 What about the resurrection of the martyrs? When was that supposed to have happened?
4:16-17 Did Paul believe in an imminent parousia?
5:1-2 Concerning the times and seasons
5:1 The good news of a different future
5:3 The form of this order of things is passing away: who is wrong—Paul or Matthew Thiessen?
2 Thessalonians
1:5-10 The punishment of eternal destruction
2:3-12 Why the gospel was not for the whole world
2:3-4 Daniel, desolation, and the decreed destruction of the desolator
2:13 What role do the “firstfruits” play in New Testament eschatology?
1 Timothy
1:10-16 Scot McKnight, Matthew Bates, and Greg Gilbert on the gospel
2:4 A conversation with Emi about salvation and mission
2:13-14 Adam was formed first, then Eve