The first time I read the Bible—and I mean really read the Bible, not just random snippets that showed up on TV shows and in comic books and novels—was when I was 25. It wasn’t a book I had grown up around; it never even occurred to me that I should read it. And I’ll be honest, when I...

Do we still need priests to intercede for us today? That’s the question we’re addressing on this episode of The Hero of the Story. Listen in as we discuss: How Scripture reveals the priesthood of the believerHow this doctrine changes our understanding of our relationship with other believersWhy we need to avoid seeing pastors as having a different level of...

The Bible is full of different themes and images that foreshadow Christ’s work to save people from their sins. When we think about the role of the priest, for example, we can pretty quickly jump to Jesus being our perfect priest. And while this is true, there’s also an aspect of the priesthood that is fulfilled in God’s intention...

It seems strange that Paul would thank God that he had not baptized people (vv. 14-15). Paul’s point in making this statement was not to suggest that baptism is unimportant; rather, it was that people should not seek to identify with the person who baptized them because their only saving union is with Christ. Paul wanted the focus of...

When word of various sins—some quite severe—taking place in the church in Corinth reached Paul through a believer named Chloe, he penned a letter to admonish the church to be holy. Paul addressed what are probably the two most severe sins first and last. First, he rebuked the church for its open and willful disunity. Last, he corrected the...

How can the gospel be called foolishness? That’s the question we’re discussing on The Hero of the Story. Listen in as we discuss: The major concerns that motivated the writing of 1 CorinthiansThe danger of factions and division within the churchHow and why the gospel would be considered foolish by anyoneHow this passage points us to the gospel and...