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Reconciliation for Africa

The heart of this booklet is what the Bible teaches about ethnic reconciliation, but we open first by talking about what history and some recent events show us about the relevance and importance of this subject today.

Assumptions in Historical-Jesus Research

This paper by Dr. Craig was published in the Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus. This is a recent scholarly article summarizing some of Craig’s research on the Gospels and Jesus.

Matthew Bible Study

This 32-page Word document is just an initial sample, that goes through Matthew 5:20. It may take Craig a few years to have sufficient free time to provide all the Bible studies he would like. This study models how Bible background can be used in understanding the Bible better.

Women in Ministry

Contrary to what some detractors claim, some of us support women in ministry because we believe that it is biblical. Here is a PDF from Enrichment Journal, published in spring 2001.

Some New Testament Invitations to Ethnic Reconciliation

“Most parts of the world currently experience some forms of ethnic conflict. Because prejudices from these conflicts inevitably affect Christians, they invite Christian theological reflection on ethnic reconciliation, which in turn invites an examination of biblical teaching on the subject.”

This is a 2003 article published in Evangelical Quarterly.

Crooked Spirits and Identity Theft: A Keener Response to Crooks?

Mark Crooks’ article offers a new paradigm for exploration: namely, that many instances in the transcultural phenomenon of spirit possession reflect the activity of genuine and harmful spirits. Although subsequent research may refine a number of points, the activity of genuine spirits reflects the most common indigenous explanation and makes sense of a significant part of the data that is more difficult to explain on some other academic paradigms.

Indigenous explanations do not always view all spirits as harmful, but they usually treat many spirits as harmful, and a case can be made that this is true of much other spirit activity as well. Crooks’ explanatory model brings coherence to many points of data less well served by some competing models, and thus merits continuing exploration.

Initial Response to John MacArthur’s Strange Fire

In English: http://pneumareview.com/john-macarthurs-strange-fire-reviewed-by-craig-s-keener/

In Spanish: http://razondelaesperanza.com/2014/06/29/resena-de-macarthur-fuego-extrano-por-craig-keener

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