Selected Articles By Dwight A. Pryor
A Sure Foundation
Supersessionism is deeply rooted in Christian thinking and tradition. This is the notion that because the Jewish people “rejected Christ” God rejected them as His chosen people and replaced Israel with the Church in His redemptive purposes in the earth.
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Abounding In Hesed
Hesed is a chief characteristic of the God of Israel and a core covenantal concept. Its range of meaning is wide and deep: lovingkindness, mercy, steadfast love, covenant loyalty and even grace.
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Behold the Man!
Two Millennia ago the Roman prefect Pontius Pilate derisively declared, “Ecce Homo” – “Behold the Man!” Today the Spirit of God is quickening Christians around the world to look afresh at the Jewish Sage, Jesus of Nazareth.
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From Passover to Promised Land
We can go forth into the world as the redeemed of the Lord, confident that He will meet us there, leading us on the journey and empowering us for His service. Even today we hear the Shepherd of Israel's voice calling: "Follow me!" (literally "Walk after me!"
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Give Bountifully and Be Full of Light
The words of Jesus are like precious coins, conveyed to us via the gospels. In their original form however they were minted in a foreign currency, as it were – in a first-century Semitic setting and language far removed from our time.
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He Arose! … But When?
The evidence for the resurrection is compelling. That he arose seems abundantly clear. What is less certain is the timing. When did Jesus actually come forth from the grave?
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Husband of One Wife
Scholars long have disagreed over the meaning of the phrase, “husband of one wife” (as it usually is translated). The terminology is found in the New Testament only in the Pastoral Epistles—applying to elders in 1 Timothy 3:2 and Titus 1:6, and to deacons in 1 Timothy 3:12—and its meaning is not self-evident. The text requires interpretation.
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Is Heaven Our Destiny?
The belief in life after death is nearly universal among the world’s religions. Unique to the biblical faiths of Judaism and Christianity, however, is the conviction that there will be a life after life-after-death...
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Is the Sabbath Made for Man, or Not?
In what sense can we say that “the Sabbath is for humankind”—including Christians who also wish to honor God by remembering Shabbat?
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