Pieter J. Lalleman | Spurgeon's College (original) (raw)
I have been teaching New Testament studies at Spurgeon's College, London, since 2000. I recently wrote a popular book on the use of the OT in the NT, entitled "The Hidden Unity of the Bible".
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Baptist Ministers' Journal , 2018
In Antiquity there were stories about gods who could walk on water and about people who wanted to... more In Antiquity there were stories about gods who could walk on water and about people who wanted to do so at all cost. The New Testament tells us that Jesus just does it. In doing so, he shows that he is no ordinary person.
Faith and Thought, 2017
The Christian calendar was not introduced right at the birth of the Lord Jesus. The Christian era... more The Christian calendar was not introduced right at the birth of the Lord Jesus. The Christian era came hundreds of years later and is some five or six years out. The Christian chronology was calculated by the monk Dionysius Exiguus, who is introduced here.
Baptist Ministers' Journal, 2019
Baptist Ministers' Journal, 2018
We are in Jerusalem, not long after Easter and Pentecost. The growing group of followers of Jesus... more We are in Jerusalem, not long after Easter and Pentecost. The growing group of followers of Jesus is doing well. They don't have their own buildings so they meet in private houses and in the temple. 4 The make-up of the group probably reflects the general population of Jerusalem quite well, perhaps with an over-representation of poorer people. Faith in Jesus was attracting people from all walks of life, not merely from the lower classes. 5
Baptist Ministers' Journal , 2018
In Antiquity there were stories about gods who could walk on water and about people who wanted to... more In Antiquity there were stories about gods who could walk on water and about people who wanted to do so at all cost. The New Testament tells us that Jesus just does it. In doing so, he shows that he is no ordinary person.
Faith and Thought, 2017
The Christian calendar was not introduced right at the birth of the Lord Jesus. The Christian era... more The Christian calendar was not introduced right at the birth of the Lord Jesus. The Christian era came hundreds of years later and is some five or six years out. The Christian chronology was calculated by the monk Dionysius Exiguus, who is introduced here.
Baptist Ministers' Journal, 2019
Baptist Ministers' Journal, 2018
We are in Jerusalem, not long after Easter and Pentecost. The growing group of followers of Jesus... more We are in Jerusalem, not long after Easter and Pentecost. The growing group of followers of Jesus is doing well. They don't have their own buildings so they meet in private houses and in the temple. 4 The make-up of the group probably reflects the general population of Jerusalem quite well, perhaps with an over-representation of poorer people. Faith in Jesus was attracting people from all walks of life, not merely from the lower classes. 5