Roger Severino

Tag Archives: Jesus

Jesus’ Favorite Way to Refer to Himself

August 18, 2015
“Son of Man” is the phrase used more frequently than any other to refer to Jesus in the Gospels. It is almost always a self-designation on the lips of Jesus. It is not a title used by his enemies or his followers. For many years, I assumed that the title “Son of God” referred to the deity of Christ,...more

WWJD or WIJD?

August 12, 2015
Reflections on Ephesians 4:7-16  Do you remember that ol’ slogan, “What Would Jesus Do?” that became popular in the 1990’s and got slapped onto various wrist bands and t-shirts? The idea was for the Christian to face any given situation and ask what Jesus would have done and then to follow his example. Now, in some ways, that is...more

REDEMPTIVE SUFFERING

May 21, 2015
Reflections on 1 Peter 2:21-25 In this passage, it is important to see how Jesus’ suffering serves as an example to us, how it is unique and unrepeatable, and the importance of affirming both of these (and in the right order). How Jesus’ Redemptive Suffering is an Example to Us Jesus suffered unjustly, and Peter tells his readers that...more

The Benefits of Jesus Being Like Us and Not Like Us

May 14, 2015
Reflections from Hebrews 4:14-16 The Bible clearly teaches, and church tradition affirms, that Jesus is fully human as well as being fully God. In today’s world, it is the deity of Christ that is normally assailed, but one of the earliest controversies in the church was in its assertion of the humanity of Jesus. John the Apostle may have...more

Alternatives to the Resurrection of Jesus

March 31, 2015
Both skeptics and believers alike will tend to agree that a man known as Jesus of Nazareth was executed by Roman crucifixion in the first century A.D. and that his followers came to believe that Jesus had risen from the dead. Christians have affirmed through the ages that Jesus rose bodily from the dead in a miracle that only...more

The Source of Truth: Getting To Know Jesus

January 23, 2015
Last time, we considered that the truth is not a philosophy or religion, but a person: Jesus Christ. So, if Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life (see John 14:6), how do we get to know Him? Fortunately, the Living Word (Jesus) has been captured in the Written Word (the Bible). For a scholarly yet reasonably accessible...more

The Truth: Who, Not What

January 16, 2015
In John 14:1-7, Jesus tells His disciples that they will know the way to where He is going. One of them says: “Lord, we don’t know where You are going. How can we know the way?” Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” Ohhh. So...more
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