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What is the meaning of the word ‘Gospel’?
Most understand that the Greek word for ‘Gospel’ (εὐαγγέλιον) is euangelion, which means ‘good news.’ I’ve been told many times that this is where we get the English idea of evangelism; whether that is true or not, I’m not certain. If we trace the Hebrew equivalent...
Wrestling with Awkward Stories in the Old Testament
In this article, Dr. Carmen Imes discusses how she believes we should approach the study of those difficult passages that many times trouble us when they are first read. She uses the story of Jacob in Genesis 32 and his struggle with the angel to draw on how we...