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Author R. Herbert

R. Herbert holds a Ph.D. in ancient Near Eastern languages, biblical studies, and archaeology. He served as an ordained minister and church pastor for a number of years. He writes for several Christian venues and for his websites at http://www.LivingWithFaith.org and http://www.TacticalChristianity.org, where you can also find his free e-books. R. Herbert is a pen name.
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Categories BA July August 2023

Go and Show

  • By R. Herbert
  • August 11, 2023

After His resurrection, Jesus’ guidance of His disciples changed from “Come and see” (John 1:39) to “Go and show” (Matthew 28:19, 20) — from training…

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Categories BA March April 2023

The Goodness of Judgment

  • By R. Herbert
  • March 31, 2023

When we consider what the Bible clearly shows regarding God’s promised judgment on sin and unrepentant humans, it is easy to see only the darker…

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Categories BA November December 2022

“You are My Witnesses”

  • By R. Herbert
  • November 4, 2022

One of the clearest identifying marks of God’s people has always been their call to carry the gospel into all the world. As a result,…

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Categories BA September October 2022

Learning from a List

  • By R. Herbert
  • September 9, 2022

As he closes his magnificent epistle to the church in Rome, the apostle Paul sends greetings to a number of his friends, co-workers, and acquaintances…

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Categories BA May June 2022

The Gospels and Time

  • By R. Herbert
  • May 6, 2022

The four Gospels are amazingly complex portraits of the Son of God. Each account verbally “paints” its subject from many different angles, capturing different aspects…

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Categories BA March April 2022

The Gospel According to Paul

  • By R. Herbert
  • April 15, 2022

It is often said that the apostle Paul changed the focus of the Christian gospel from kingdom of God, stressed in the four Gospels (Matthew…

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Categories BA January February 2022

Psalm of the Cross

  • By R. Herbert
  • February 4, 2022

Two Gospel writers, Matthew and Mark, record that near His death, Jesus called out in a loud voice with what might seem to be a…

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Categories BA March April 2021

A Tale of Two Prophets

  • By R. Herbert
  • April 23, 2021

Two prophets – Jonah and Nahum. Both messengers of God prophesied against the great Assyrian capital of Nineveh, the largest city in the world at…

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Categories BA March April 2020

The Meaning of ‘Life’

  • By R. Herbert
  • April 2, 2020

In the English language we get by with a single word for life, but the ancient Greeks realized that the concept can include very different…

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Categories BA November December 2019

Patience, First and Last

  • By R. Herbert
  • November 21, 2019

Have you ever noticed that in his famous list of love’s qualities in 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, the apostle Paul begins and ends the list with…

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