Curious Christian

Something I have noticed from studying the Qur’an is that the Holy Spirit is never clearly defined. Several passages place the Holy Spirit in connection with Jesus and with revelation, but the text never pauses to explain what or who the Holy Spirit is. Though I have often heard Muslims identify this figure with Jibril (Gabriel), such identification is never made explicit...

Few things sound more spiritual than a call for silence.

Church leaders often speak about guarding unity, avoiding gossip, extending grace, refusing to slander others, and choosing not to fuel conflict. All of these are genuine biblical concerns. Yet there is a profound difference between silence that serves truth and sil...

Following is commentary from Peter R. Green that I am reposting here with permission.

I’m a retired Baptist pastor from Australia.

The first thing I’d like to say is that the SBC is not a member of the Baptist World Alliance, as it broke away a number of years ago. Please don’t infer anything general about Baptists from any SBC decisions.

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Authoritarian pastors rarely present themselves as controlling. More often, they appear as defenders of truth and guardians of the church. This is what makes spiritual abuse difficult to recognise: it usually hides inside the language of faithfulness, unity, and authority. The key issue is not whether pastors lead, but whether leadership forms mature people who can think ...

Earlier today I saw someone using 1 Peter 3:7 as a clobber verse against women, repeating the phrase “weaker vessel” for emphasis, but that’s a misuse of the text.

When Peter calls wives the “weaker vessel,” he’s not saying women are less valuable, less intelligent, or spiritually inferior. In the original Greek, the phrase most naturally points to a difference ...