by Donald Simmons | Mar 24, 2023
Matthew’s gospel tells us one of Jesus’s many intriguing parables, the parable of the talents. Like many parables, this one makes us think and reflect as the story unfolds in unexpected ways. In the parable (found in Matthew 25:14-30), Jesus tells of a man who...
by Donald Simmons | Aug 30, 2022
My fourth guest blog post at the BAM Review has gone live. You can read it here.
by Donald Simmons | Aug 23, 2022
I’m pleased to share my third guest post on the BAM Review blog. You can read it here. BAM Global will be hosting an online one-day conference on September 15th. There will be lots of great speakers and I’m excited to play a small part by leading a...
by Donald Simmons | Jun 10, 2022
The writer of Acts likes absolutes. Look at the definitive, all-encompassing, leaving-no-room-for-exceptions declarations in the four sentences below, from chapter 2, vv 32-35: All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their...
