Notes

2. Don Payne, “Biblical and Theological Reflection on the Practice of Ministry,” Class Lecture Notes, Denver Seminary, July 2019.3.

3. Packer, Knowing God, 53.

4. Please forgive me the intentional grammatical error of not capitalizing that lying lizard’s name, even though “enemy” or “satan” are technically proper pronouns!

5. Robert H. Stein, The Method and Message of Jesus’s Teachings (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1994), 4–5.

6. Timothy Keller, Jesus the King (New York: Penguin Books, 2016), 227.

7. Keller, Jesus the King, 227.

8. Donna B. Stinnett, “Nazareth’s Rich History Places Visitors in Footsteps of Jesus,” GoSanAngelo, December 21, 2013, https://archive.gosanangelo.com/lifestyle/nazareths-rich-history-places-visitors-in-footsteps-of-jesus-ep-305779993-355218701.html/.

9. William Hendriksen, New Testament Commentary: Exposition of the Gospel According to Luke (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1996), 255.

10. Gerhard F. Hasel, “Sabbath,” ed. David Noel Freedman, The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary (New York: Doubleday, 1992), 849.

11. https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2016/01/crime-and-punishment-in-pharaonic-egypt/#:~:text=Corporal%20punishments%20consisted%20of%20beatings,mutilation%20of%20nose%20and%20ears

12. James Dobson, Coming Home: Timeless Wisdom for Families (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 1998), 194–95.

13. https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/112333/jewish/Nimrod-and-Abraham.htm

14. F. L. Cross and Elizabeth A. Livingstone, eds., The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2005), 1,724.

15. Craig Blomberg, Interpreting the Parables (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press; 2012), 447–49.

16. Blomberg, Interpreting the Parables, 447–49.

17. Taken from John Ortberg’s message, Was Christianity Opposed to Women?, http://www.johnortberg.com.

18. Ortberg’s message, Was Christianity Opposed to Women?

19. Flavius Josephus, Against Apion, 2.201.

20. Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, eds. J. B. Green, S. McKnight, and I. H. Marshall (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1992), 880.

21. J. Julius Scott Jr., Jewish Backgrounds of the New Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1995), 248–49.

22. ESV Study Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version) (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 1967).

23. Barbara Johnson, Boomerang Joy: Joy That Goes Around, Comes Around (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2000), 167.

24. Robert James Utley, The Beloved Disciple’s Memoirs and Letters: The Gospel of John, I, II, and III John, vol. 4, Study Guide Commentary Series (Marshall, TX: Bible Lessons International, 1999).

25. The Police, “Every Breath You Take,” by Sting. Originally released in 1983, track A on Synchronicity AMLX 63735, 45 rpm. A&M Records Ltd.

26. Mark Taylor, Volume 28: 1 Corinthians, New American Commentary: An Exegetical and Theological Exposition of Holy Scripture (Nashville: B&H Publishing, 2014), 408.

27. The line of logic here is informed by Stephen T. Um, 1 Corinthians: The Word of the Cross, Preaching the Word Commentary Series (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2015), 277.

28. The distinction between the first Adam receiving life and the Second Adam imparting life was sourced from Mark Taylor, Volume 28: 1 Corinthians, 408, and Preben Vang, 1 Corinthians, Teach the Text Commentary Series (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2014), 215.

29. Um, 1 Corinthians: The Word of the Cross, 276.

30. D. A. Carson, The Gospel According to John, The Pillar New Testament Commentary (Leicester, England; Grand Rapids, MI: Inter-Varsity Press; W. B. Eerdmans, 1991), 467–68.

31. Ben Witherington III, The Gospel of Mark: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2001), 102–03.

32. James R. Edwards, The Gospel According to Mark, The Pillar New Testament Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI; Leicester, England: Eerdmans; Apollos, 2002).

33. Walter A. Elwell and Barry J. Beitzel, “Heart,” in Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1988), 1:938.

34. Madame Jeanne Guyon, Experiencing God Through Prayer (Springdale, PA: Whitaker House, 1984), 11.

35. Jan Johnson, When the Soul Listens; 2nd ed. (Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress, 2017), 35.

36. Larry Warner, Journey with Jesus: Discovering the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Books, 2010), 28–31.

37. G. Chamberlain, “Refuge,” International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised, ed. Geoffrey W. Bromiley (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans), 4:66.

38. Rodney L. Cooper, Mark, Holman New Testament Commentary, vol. 2 (Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2000).

39. Spiros Zodhiates, ed., Hebrew-Greek Key Word Study Bible, NIV Edition (Chattanooga, TN: AMG, 1996), 2,122.

40. William Hendriksen, New Testament Commentary: Exposition of the Gospel According to Matthew (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Publishing Group, 1973), 516.

41. See these resources for more on the Greek word ἵστημι: https://www.studylight.org/lexicons/eng/greek/2476.html and https://biblehub.com/greek/2476.htm.

42. Charles Haddon Spurgeon, “Jesus Wept,” The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Sermons (London: Passmore & Alabaster, 1889), 35:338. Italics in quote are author emphasis.

43. Arnold Dallimore, Spurgeon: A New Biography (Edinburgh, UK; Banner of Truth, 1987), 186.

44. Spurgeon, “Jesus Wept.”

45. Dictionary of the New Testament Background, eds. C. A. Evans and S. E. Porter (Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 2000), 1276–80.

46. Frederick Buechner, Wishful Thinking (San Francisco, CA: HarperOne, 1993).

47. Walter A. Elwell and Barry J. Beitzel, “Apostle, Apostleship,” in Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1988), 1:131.

48. Craig L. Blomberg, Who Is Jesus of Nazareth (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2021), 4.

49. Kenneth E. Bailey, Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes (Downers Grove, IL; IVP Academic, 2008), 95.

50. John Ashton, “Abba,” The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary, ed. David Noel Freedman (New York: Doubleday, 1992), 1:7.

51. Bailey, Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes, 91.

52. Hendriksen, New Testament Commentary, 184.

53. Hendriksen, Exposition of the Gospel According to Luke, 186.

54. Stuart K. Weber, Matthew, Vol. 1, Holman New Testament Commentary (Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2000).

55. Donald K. Campbell, “Foreword,” in Basic Bible Interpretation: A Practical Guide to Discovering Biblical Truth, ed. Craig Bubeck Sr. (Colorado Springs, CO: David C. Cook, 1991), 101.

56. “There Is None Like You,” lyrics by Don Moen, music by Lenny LeBlanc.