Norman H. Young

Paul clearly underlines that the law, in its proper role, “is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good” (Rom. 7:12; see also v. 16) ¹ and even spiritual (v. 14). The apostle therefore defines the law’s proper role when…

Chris Barker, titled an imperial wizard with the Ku Klux Klan, relied upon the ethnic specificity of Leviticus 19:18 when he violently protested, during an interview with Ilia Calderón,…

It was a small group of believers, only 20 or 30, but they shared a common experience of hardship.¹ They had left behind the assurance and secure identity that only an ancient and close-knit community can provide in the form of…

New Testament scholars frequently use two grammatical functions of the verb—the indicative and the imperative—to describe two aspects of the Christian gospel. The indicative mood is the form of the verb that makes statements and asks questions.…

In a previous article, ¹ I discussed the "Imperatives of Salvation' and emphasized those New Testament exhortations that either urged the unbeliever to accept the gospel (imperatives of evangelism) or appealed to the believer to…