by Dawson Jarrell | Oct 2, 2023 | Biblical studies, Christian Living, Discipleship, Spiritual Growth
Demons, Sickness and the Idolatrous Practices The Jewish view of demonic and sickness began to be developed in the Second Temple period. They held ideas like, God permits human sickness and other disasters to occur. They also held that sometimes demons are involved,...
by Dawson Jarrell | Sep 10, 2023 | Biblical studies, Christian Living
Demons, Sickness and the Second Temple In the cultural waters of Jesus and Paul, people already had an idea of the demonic. In Hellenistic Greek, “daimonia” were semi-divine beings with powers of various sorts who could be either good or evil. Basically, the same...
by Dawson Jarrell | Sep 2, 2023 | Biblical studies, Devotional, Discipleship, Spiritual Growth
Old Pictures & Renewed Vision Years ago, in my grandfather’s living room, there were two little black-and-white pictures of him that my grandmother hung with pride. Both were true of him and were taken around the same time. One was him in his garden leaning on a...
by Dawson Jarrell | Jul 26, 2023 | Biblical studies, Hermeneutics
THE GARDEN OF EDEN WAS A TEMPLE? G.K. Beale, the name sounds like a superhero or a CEO media mogul, like Clark Kent or Josh Lewis. In reality, G.K. Beale is a biblical scholar, so he is neither rich nor has superpowers, but he is knowledgeable. Beale is known for his...
by Dawson Jarrell | Feb 2, 2022 | Biblical studies
Mark the Man: Biographical construction The story of John Mark scattered through a handful of verses in the New Testament is actually a beautiful picture of failure and restoration. In this brief biographical sketch I outline his story using five pictures, drawn from...
by Dawson Jarrell | Jan 22, 2022 | Biblical studies
Marks supposed errors in geography In Academic discussion about the gospel of Mark much ink is spilt over Mark’s supposed geographical ignorance. While many scarf a case can be made for the reliability of mark and explanation given mark’s geographic descriptions....
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