Resources tagged with “New Testament”
Meet the Faculty: Brad Bitner
In this episode, Office Hours introduces Bradley J Bitner, Associate Professor of New Testament.
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Love Bears, Believes, Hopes, and Endures All Things
Westminster Seminary California Professor A. Craig Troxel gives a morning devotion from 1 Corinthians 13.
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Love Rejoices with the Truth
Westminster Seminary California Professor A. Craig Troxel gives a morning devotion from 1 Corinthians 13.
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Love is Unselfish
Westminster Seminary California Professor A. Craig Troxel gives a morning devotion from 1 Corinthians 13.
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Love is Humble
C.S. Lewis wrote that the first step to “acquire humility” is “to realize that one is proud. If you think you are not conceited, it means you are very conceited indeed.” Lewis is probably correct that pride shadows us more than we know. Thankfully the Word of God helps us to see how we can re-orient our lives, speech and motives more humbly. Moreover, the eternal Word become flesh helps us to see what humbling oneself looks like; especially when it is motivated by love.
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Love is Earnest
When Paul says "Love does not envy" he is addressing the earnestness of our desire. A strong or intense desire is not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, Scripture tells us to "earnestly desire" higher spiritual gifts among other things (1Cor 12.31). But if we desire or love something in the wrong way and to the wrong degree, then we have entered into the realm of envy. The darkness of envy will not rest until it has snuffed out its rival, even if that rival is the "light of the world."
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What Is Love?
This series of chapel talks (based on 1Corinthians 13) is intended to answer the question, “What Is Love?” Few questions could be more important or more practical. Our “greatest” duty is to love God with all of our heart and to love our neighbor as ourselves. So, if we miss this, we have missed the most obvious thing of all. This first lesson looks at the two sides of love—in what it is determined to endure and what it is willing to give.
Love is Passive and Active (1Cor 13.4)
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Praying to Know
It can be difficult to know how to pray for ourselves and others, but the Apostle Paul reminds us of three things we can pray that we all will increasingly know.
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Gracious Word
In these verses we ascend the summit of John’s prologue. In it we hear echoes of God’s appearing on the mountain to Moses, who condescends once again, only now embodied in the Word. He comes in the fullness of his steadfast love and faithfulness for those who look to him out of the emptiness they feel within. And those that do will not be disappointed.
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2 Corinthians 1:1-11
Morning devotion from 2 Corinthians 1:1-11
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Regenerating Word
Everyone wants to belong—to become part of a circle of friends or a group where they will be accepted, valued and loved. But often the price of admittance is costly and one’s ongoing status is fragile. So what does the Word offer to those who feel like they do not belong or think they will not become anyone of value?
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Let the Little Dogs Come
Morning devotion from Matthew 15:1-28
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Paul’s Paradigm for Building up the Church in 1 Corinthians 3:5 - 4:5
A lecture from WSC's new Associate Professor of New Testament, Dr. Bradley J. Bitner
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Word of Light
The prologue of John states that the Word “was life, and the life was the light of men.” He gives what he is. For those who live in a world of darkness what truth could offer more hope than this? He who is “the light of life” intrudes himself upon the deepest shadows to bring a redemption no one else can.
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