I’m a very task-oriented person and I resonate with being told what to “do” in order to “get busy” serving Jesus. I didn’t have that great of a grasp on who I was in Christ. In seminary, one of my professors heavily emphasized “being before doing” and that has stuck...

Knowing the world behind, in, and around the New Testament enables us – in movie terms – to see things in digital, colour, three dimensional precision. It adds clarity, depth, realism, and clarity. You just understand the New Testament better and are less prone to weird anchronisms...