Author: Dr. Russ Bowers

  • The Back Page – History

    The Back Page History “The only thing we learn from history is … that we don’t learn from history.” Sad. If we are Christians, we need to learn. Christians are […]

  • The Back Page – On Bishops and Elders

    The Back Page On Bishops and Elders “We don’t have bishops and elders at Second Cape. Sounds sort of Catholic to me!” But the New Testament church had both. “Bishop” […]

  • The Back Page – Music

    The Back Page Music “‘…now bring me a harpist.’ While the harpist was playing, the hand of Yahweh came on Elisha” (2 Ki 3:15). On this occasion, music preceded and […]

  • The Back Page – lord Lord LORD

    The Back Page lord Lord LORD In Bible times people sometimes used “lord” (’ādôn in Hebrew, kyrios in Greek) simply as a polite form of address, similar to our “Mr./sir” […]

  • The Back Page – The Lord’s Supper

    The Back Page The Lord’s Supper It has many names—the Lord’s Supper, Holy Communion, Eucharist, the Mass. Whatever we call it, this ritual is how we obey the Lord’s request […]

  • The Back Page – The Church

    The Back Page The Church “Church” translates a Greek word meaning “an assembly of people,” whether a regularly summoned legislative body (as in Acts 19:39), a casual gathering (as in […]

  • The Back Page – Faith

    The Back Page Faith Faith is the first and foundational of the three cardinal Christian virtues of “faith, hope, and love.” But since this is The Back Page, we have […]

  • The Back Page – Hope

    The Back Page Hope There are two kinds of hope. The first is where we long for something, but are unsure whether or not what we hope for will happen: […]

  • The Back Page – Love

    The Back Page Love “Love is a many-splendored thing.” Because it is, the Greeks had four words for it: 1. erōs (ε»ρως). Erōs was used mostly for sexual passion. Capitalized, […]

  • The Back Page – The New Testament

    The Back Page The New Testament Our New Testament consists of 27 books: Gospels (4): Matthew–John History (1): Acts Letters (21): Romans–Jude Prophecy (1): Revelation These books were written during […]