Author Archives: johnhking_1ie7oo

The Asbury Revival currently ongoing on the campus at Asbury University in Kentucky is more than a taste of heaven. Not only are young people discovering that God’s presence was never a figment of a Christian parent’s or grandparent’s imagination … Continue reading →

25 .. husbands, … love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her.… 31 As the Scriptures say, “A man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united … Continue reading →

Objective Biblical Truth is defined as an interpretation of Scripture that is universally valid, absolutely true, and unassailably correct. Interpreting scripture is known as the study of hermeneutics but scholars maintain three principles which are, themselves, presumed reasonable paving the … Continue reading →

Look into Genesis 1:1 the first four words in English, “In the Beginning, God….” Have we graduated in our understanding beyond these four words? I haven’t! This is a fundamental statement putting into words a fundamental truth about God that … Continue reading →

I am reading “Objectivity in Biblical Interpretation” by Thomas Howe. I am basking in my profound ignorance. You can thank my friend for this, thanks to his dying this week, leaving me without that “social” smile that he gave all … Continue reading →

Reading in Melvin L. Hodges’ The Indigenous Church ( Springfield, Mo. Gospel Publishing House, 2009) I discovered I was not alone believing that the missionary approach to evangelism should work as well in the U.S.A. as it does in the … Continue reading →

I was not prepared for what I was about to learn on reading Walter Brueggemann’s commentary of Isaiah.⁠1  In his note on Isaiah 2:6b-8, he wrote, “The prophetic tradition, long before Karl Marx, understood that distorting religion and distorting economics … Continue reading →

I have been pondering my next “project” to keep busy. I have wanted to do a deep study of Isaiah since I have nibbled at the edges of his prophecy and found his work a grammatical challenge. I, apparently, am … Continue reading →

[taken from my current work: Isaiah and the Six Woes: A Cautionary Tale of Pity.] “He now goes along as He went along in the olden times.”⁠1 Habakkuk learned.  The NIV reads, “He marches on forever.”⁠2 And this is what … Continue reading →

I have been giving serious thought to the trend in the “free” world⁠1 to promote LGBTQ as a legally recognized community.⁠2 Affirmative action⁠3  acknowledges LGBTQ as a separate and diverse group worthy of equal legal and social recognition.⁠4 Some colleges have … Continue reading →