Daniel 7:13-14 is an incredible scene that most Christians have read a dozen times and understood correctly maybe once. We read past it the way a soldier reads past a warning sign he has seen a thousand times before — familiar enough to ignore, important enough that ignoring it costs him. Daniel 7:13-14 is not merely fanciful, hard-to-understand language. It is one of the load-bearing texts of biblical eschatology, and how we get there matters almost as much as where we land. I want to walk through it the way I think Daniel himself intended it to be read — not as a riddle later writers solved for him, but as a passage he built with his own hands, out of Scripture he already had in front of him.

   Over the years, I have been asked what Jesus is referring to in John 3:5, where it says, Jesus answered, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. Many have misinterpreted this verse and debated its possible meanings; however, when considered in the context of the passage and in relation to whom Jesus is speaking, I believe we can arrive at a clear biblical interpretation of what Jesus is referring to. John 3 begins with an interaction between Christ and Nicodemus. Understanding Nicodemus is crucial to accurately interpreting this verse.

Lottie Moon and Annie Armstrong are two of the most honored women in Baptist history, but they did not answer the question of women in pastoral ministry the same way. This article argues that Annie Armstrong offers the clearer biblical pattern: a woman of staggering gospel usefulness who changed the world for missions without stepping into the pastor’s office or pulpit.