PRISCA (Πρίσκα, Priska). Her name means worthy or venerable. The name is of Roman origin, and it is suggested that she belonged to a distinguished Roman family. She is also known as Priscilla (Πρίσκιλλα, Priskilla), the diminutive form of Prisca. Although Roman by birth, she was a Jewish-Christian teacher and coworker of Paul who supported and led churches with her […]
Category: New Testament
Martha – The woman Jesus loved!
Strong’s concordance 3136. Martha… Names are supposed to tell us something, right? In this case, we learn she is Martha, a Christian woman, and we are told she is the sister of Mary and Lazarus of Bethany. That is pretty much it. But over time we have created an entire mythology around her. She is […]
A reflection on James
The book of James is such an extremely practical book. Aimed at mature believers in the first century, it was written by James, the brother of Jesus, to encourage them to show the reality of Jesus Christ in their everyday lives. I know from church history that Luther rejected the book ‘as one of straw’[i]. […]