Introduction Understanding how the Apostle Paul proves that Jesus is the Christ—the promised Messiah—is foundational to grasping Pauline theology and…
Introduction Paul’s Christology profoundly embraces both the full humanity and full divinity of Jesus as the Messiah. This article explores…
Introduction The death and resurrection of Jesus stand at the heart of Paul’s proclamation that Jesus is the Christ. This…
Introduction Paul’s letter to the Romans not only presents Jesus as the Messiah but also calls believers to live ethically…
Introduction Paul’s letter to the Galatians strongly emphasizes Christian freedom rooted in faith in Christ the Messiah, contrasting it with…
Introduction In Philippians, Paul presents Jesus as the humble yet exalted Messiah and calls believers to imitate this model. This…
Introduction Paul’s ecclesiology is deeply rooted in his Christology. In Romans and 1 Corinthians, he describes the church as the…
Introduction In Galatians, Paul presents the church as the new covenant community established through faith in Christ, the Messiah. This…
Introduction Paul’s letter to the Philippians emphasizes the church’s calling to imitate the Messiah’s humility and exaltation. This article examines…
Introduction Paul’s theology is a unified whole where Christology, ethics, and ecclesiology are deeply interconnected. This article explores how Paul’s…
Introduction Paul’s integrated theology of Christology, ethics, and ecclesiology offers timeless guidance for contemporary Christian communities and individual believers. This…
1 – God is Omnipotent, Yet Jesus Slept in the Boat: Infinite Power and Human Weakness 2 – God is…
Divine Paradoxes: Resolving Seeming Contradictions in Christian TheologyCategory 1: God’s Nature vs. Christ’s Earthly Life 1. Introduction One of the…
Divine Paradoxes: Resolving Seeming Contradictions in Christian TheologyCategory 1: God’s Nature vs. Christ’s Earthly Life 1. Introduction The paradox of…
Divine Paradoxes: Resolving Seeming Contradictions in Christian TheologyCategory 1: God’s Nature vs. Christ’s Earthly Life 1. Introduction One of the…
Divine Paradoxes: Resolving Seeming Contradictions in Christian TheologyCategory 1: God’s Nature vs. Christ’s Earthly Life 1. Introduction The Christian faith…
Divine Paradoxes: Resolving Seeming Contradictions in Christian TheologyCategory 1: God’s Nature vs. Christ’s Earthly Life 1. Introduction Few paradoxes in…
Divine Paradoxes: Resolving Seeming Contradictions in Christian TheologyCategory 1: God’s Nature vs. Christ’s Earthly Life 1. Introduction One of the…
Divine Paradoxes: Resolving Seeming Contradictions in Christian TheologyCategory 1: God’s Nature vs. Christ’s Earthly Life 1. Introduction Christian orthodoxy holds…
Divine Paradoxes: Resolving Seeming Contradictions in Christian TheologyCategory 1: God’s Nature vs. Christ’s Earthly Life 1. Introduction Christian theology affirms…
Divine Paradoxes: Resolving Seeming Contradictions in Christian TheologyCategory 1: God’s Nature vs. Christ’s Earthly Life 1. Introduction The paradox of…
Divine Paradoxes: Resolving Seeming Contradictions in Christian TheologyCategory 1: God’s Nature vs. Christ’s Earthly Life 1. Introduction The doctrine of…
Divine Paradoxes: Resolving Seeming Contradictions in Christian TheologyCategory 1: God’s Nature vs. Christ’s Earthly Life 1. Introduction Scripture declares that…
Divine Paradoxes: Resolving Seeming Contradictions in Christian TheologyCategory 1: God’s Nature vs. Christ’s Earthly Life 1. Introduction Christian doctrine holds…
Divine Paradoxes: Resolving Seeming Contradictions in Christian TheologyCategory 1: God’s Nature vs. Christ’s Earthly Life 1. Introduction The divine immutability…
Divine Paradoxes: Resolving Seeming Contradictions in Christian TheologyCategory 1: God’s Nature vs. Christ’s Earthly Life 1. Introduction The unchangeableness of…
Divine Paradoxes: Resolving Seeming Contradictions in Christian TheologyCategory 1: God’s Nature vs. Christ’s Earthly Life 1. Introduction God is omniscient—He…
Divine Paradoxes: Resolving Seeming Contradictions in Christian TheologyCategory 1: God’s Nature vs. Christ’s Earthly Life 1. Introduction In Scripture, God…
Divine Paradoxes: Resolving Seeming Contradictions in Christian TheologyCategory 1: God’s Nature vs. Christ’s Earthly Life 1. Introduction Scripture affirms that…
Divine Paradoxes: Resolving Seeming Contradictions in Christian TheologyCategory 1: God’s Nature vs. Christ’s Earthly Life 1. Introduction The Bible clearly…
Divine Paradoxes: Resolving Seeming Contradictions in Christian TheologyCategory 1: God’s Nature vs. Christ’s Earthly Life 1. Introduction Christian theology confesses…
Divine Paradoxes: Resolving Seeming Contradictions in Christian TheologyCategory 1: God’s Nature vs. Christ’s Earthly Life 1. Introduction One of the…
Divine Paradoxes: Resolving Seeming Contradictions in Christian TheologyCategory 1: God’s Nature vs. Christ’s Earthly Life 1. Introduction Scripture affirms that…
Divine Paradoxes: Resolving Seeming Contradictions in Christian TheologyCategory 1: God’s Nature vs. Christ’s Earthly Life 1. Introduction The sovereignty of…
Divine Paradoxes: Resolving Seeming Contradictions in Christian TheologyCategory 1: God’s Nature vs. Christ’s Earthly LifeThe Author of Life Enters Through…
Divine Paradoxes: Resolving Seeming Contradictions in Christian TheologyCategory 1: God’s Nature vs. Christ’s Earthly Life 1. Introduction Scripture presents God…
1. Title of the Parable The Parable of the Sower 2. Scripture Reference(s) 3. Thematic Category Kingdom of God /…
1. Title of the Parable The Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds (Tares) 2. Scripture Reference(s) 3. Thematic Category…
1. Title of the Parable The Parable of the Mustard Seed 2. Scripture Reference(s) 3. Thematic Category Kingdom of God…
1. Title of the Parable The Parable of the Leaven(also known as The Parable of the Yeast) 2. Scripture Reference(s)…
1. Title of the Parable The Parable of the Hidden Treasure 2. Scripture Reference(s) 3. Thematic Category Kingdom of God…
1. Title of the Parable The Parable of the Pearl of Great Price(also known as The Pearl of Great Value)…
1. Introduction The Parable of the Growing Seed, found only in Mark’s Gospel (Mark 4:26–29), is one of Jesus’ shortest…
1. Title of the Parable The Parable of the Dragnet(also known as The Net) 2. Scripture Reference(s) 3. Thematic Category…
1. Title of the Parable The Parable of the Ten Virgins(also known as The Wise and Foolish Virgins) 2. Scripture…
1. Title of the Parable The Parable of the Talents(related but distinct from The Parable of the Minas in Luke…
1. Title of the Parable The Parable of the Minas(also called The Ten Servants or The Pounds) 2. Scripture Reference(s)…
1. Title of the Parable The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats(also known as The Judgment of the Nations)…
1. Title of the Parable The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Builders(also known as The Two Foundations) 2. Scripture…
1. Title of the Parable The Parable of the Faithful and Unfaithful Servants(also known as The Wise Manager or The…
1. Title of the Parable The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree 2. Scripture Reference(s) 3. Thematic Category Judgment and…
1. Title of the Parable The Parable of the Lost Sheep 2. Scripture Reference(s) 3. Thematic Category Grace, Mercy, and…
1. Title of the Parable The Parable of the Lost Coin 2. Scripture Reference(s) 3. Thematic Category Grace, Mercy, and…
1. Title of the Parable The Parable of the Prodigal Son(also known as The Lost Son) 2. Scripture Reference(s) 3.…
1. Title of the Parable The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant 2. Scripture Reference(s) 3. Thematic Category Grace, Mercy, and…
1. Title of the Parable The Parable of the Two Debtors 2. Scripture Reference(s) 3. Thematic Category Grace, Mercy, and…
1. Title of the Parable The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard(also known as The Labourers in the Vineyard)…
1. Title of the Parable The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector 2. Scripture Reference(s) 3. Thematic Category…
1. Title of the Parable The Parable of the Cost of Discipleship(also known as The Tower Builder and the Warring…
1. Title of the Parable The Parable of the Friend at Midnight 2. Scripture Reference(s) 3. Thematic Category Discipleship and…
1. Title of the Parable The Parable of the Unjust Judge(also known as The Persistent Widow) 2. Scripture Reference(s) 3.…
1. Title of the Parable The Parable of the Rich Fool 2. Scripture Reference(s) 3. Thematic Category Discipleship and Faith;…
1. Title of the Parable The Parable of the Dishonest Manager(also known as The Shrewd Steward) 2. Scripture Reference(s) 3.…
1. Title of the Parable The Parable of the Lamp under a Basket(also known as The Lamp on a Stand)…
1. Title of the Parable The Parable of the New Cloth and New Wineskins 2. Scripture Reference(s) 3. Thematic Category…
1. Title of the Parable The Parable of the Good Samaritan 2. Scripture Reference(s) 3. Thematic Category Love and Mercy…
1. Title of the Parable The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus 2. Scripture Reference(s) 3. Thematic Category Love…
1. Title of the Parable The Parable of the Great Banquet(also known as The Wedding Banquet) 2. Scripture Reference(s) 3.…
1. Title of the Parable The Parable of the Two Sons 2. Scripture Reference(s) 3. Thematic Category Love and Mercy…
1. Title of the Parable The Parable of the Wicked Tenants(also known as The Parable of the Vineyard or The…
1. Title of the Saying The Salt of the Earth 2. Scripture Reference(s) 3. Thematic Category Short Parabolic Sayings /…
1. Title of the Saying The Light of the World 2. Scripture Reference(s) 3. Thematic Category Short Parabolic Sayings /…
1. Title of the Saying The Eye as a Lamp of the Body 2. Scripture Reference(s) 3. Thematic Category Short…
1. Title of the Saying The Speck and the Log(also known as The Mote and the Beam) 2. Scripture Reference(s)…
1. Title of the Saying The Blind Leading the Blind 2. Scripture Reference(s) 3. Thematic Category Short Parabolic Sayings /…
1. Title of the Parable The Parable of the Wedding Banquet (with emphasis on rejection) 2. Scripture Reference(s) 3. Thematic…
1. Title of the Parable The Parable of the Rich Fool (with application to the Pharisees) 2. Scripture Reference(s) 3.…
Matthew (Joseph’s Line) Luke(Mary’s Line) Lexnary – God God – I. From Adam to Noah I. From Adam to Noah…
I. PRIMORDIAL AND ANTEDILUVIAN LINEAGE: FROM ADAM TO NOAH (Genesis 5; Luke 3:34–38) 1. Name and Meaning 2. Genealogical Placement…
1. Name and Meaning• Name: Seth (Hebrew: שֵׁת, Šēt)• Meaning: “Appointed” or “granted,” from the Hebrew root šît (“to place” or “set”);…
1. Name and Meaning• Name: Enosh (Hebrew: אֱנוֹשׁ, ’Ĕnôsh)• Meaning: “Man” or “mortal man”; derived from the Hebrew root ’ānash, often conveying…
1. Name and Meaning• Name: Kenan (also rendered as Cainan; Hebrew: קֵינָן, Qēnān)• Meaning: Likely derived from the root qānāh meaning “to…
1. Name and Meaning• Name: Mahalalel (Hebrew: מַהֲלַלְאֵל, Mahălal’ēl)• Meaning: “Praise of God” or “The Blessed God”; composed of mahalal (“praise”) and…
1. Name and Meaning• Name: Jared (Hebrew: יָרֶד, Yāreḏ)• Meaning: “Descent” or “he shall come down,” from the root yārad, meaning “to…
1. Name and Meaning• Name: Enoch (Hebrew: חֲנוֹךְ, Ḥănōḵ)• Meaning: “Dedicated” or “initiated,” from the Hebrew root ḥānak, meaning “to train” or…
1. Name and Meaning• Name: Methuselah (Hebrew: מְתוּשֶׁלַח, Mᵊṯûšélaḥ)• Meaning: Commonly interpreted as “Man of the dart” or “When he dies, it…
1. Name and Meaning• Name: Lamech (Hebrew: לֶמֶךְ, Lemeḵ)• Meaning: Uncertain, though possibly related to “strong” or “lowly”; interpretations vary and may…
1. Name and Meaning• Name: Noah (Hebrew: נֹחַ, Nōaḥ)• Meaning: “Rest” or “comfort,” from the Hebrew root nûaḥ, meaning “to rest” or…
1. Name and Meaning• Name: Shem (Hebrew: שֵׁם, Šēm)• Meaning: “Name” or “renown”; often interpreted as representing dignity, legacy, or identity—possibly linked…
II. POST-FLOOD AND PATRIARCHAL LINEAGE: FROM SHEM TO ABRAHAM (Genesis 11:10–26; Luke 3) 1. Name and Meaning• Name: Arphaxad (Hebrew: אַרְפַּכְשַׁד,…
1. Name and Meaning• Name: Shelah (Hebrew: שֶׁלַח, Šélaḥ)• Meaning: Possibly “sent” or “extract,” from the root šālaḥ, meaning “to send”; may…
1. Name and Meaning• Name: Eber (Hebrew: עֵבֶר, ʿĒḇer)• Meaning: “Beyond” or “the other side,” from the root ʿābar meaning “to cross…
1. Name and Meaning• Name: Peleg (Hebrew: פֶּלֶג, Péleḡ)• Meaning: “Division” or “split,” from the root pālag, meaning “to divide” or “separate”;…
1. Name and Meaning• Name: Reu (Hebrew: רְעוּ, Rᵊ‘û)• Meaning: Possibly “friend” or “shepherd,” from the root rā‘a, meaning “to tend,” “to…
1. Name and Meaning• Name: Serug (Hebrew: שְׂרוּג, Śᵊrûḡ)• Meaning: Possibly “branch” or “shoot”; some scholars link it to the idea of…
1. Name and Meaning• Name: Nahor (Hebrew: נָחוֹר, Nāḥôr)• Meaning: Possibly “snorting” or “panting,” though the exact meaning is debated; the name…
1. Name and Meaning• Name: Terah (Hebrew: תֶּרַח, Téraḥ)• Meaning: Possibly “station,” “delay,” or “wanderer”; the name may reflect a life of…
III. ABRAHAM TO ISRAEL (JACOB) 1. Name and Meaning• Name: Abraham (originally Abram) (Hebrew: אַבְרָם / אַבְרָהָם, ’Avrām / ’Avrāhām)• Meaning: Abram…
1. Name and Meaning• Name: Isaac (Hebrew: יִצְחָק, Yiṣḥāq)• Meaning: “He laughs” or “laughter,” reflecting the joyful and miraculous nature of his…
1. Name and Meaning• Name: Jacob (Hebrew: יַעֲקֹב, Yaʿăqōḇ); renamed Israel (יִשְׂרָאֵל, Yiśrāʾēl)• Meaning: Jacob means “heel-grabber” or “supplanter”; Israel means “he…
