Understanding Biblical Literary Style. We need to understand that our expectations of the Biblical literary style may not be correct. As a 21st-century reader of the Bible, we can come to some ideas about its text that are probably incorrect. How we think about things can change slowly over time, and later generations can struggle …
Like it or not you need absolute truth. The need for truth I recently heard a report that most young people in America do not believe absolute truth exists, which concerns me for their sake. I know from experience that life is one and lost in our minds. What people believe about who they are …
The gift of tongues divided the early church. If you have not read my article on the gift of Biblical theology and the gift of tongues, please take a few moments to read it before continuing here. In 1 Corinthians chapter 12, the apostle Paul addresses the topic of spiritual gifts. Throughout the chapter, he …
The church is to have unity in diversity of gifts. Read More »
Is the story of David and Goliath taught outside the Biblical story? Understanding the story of David and Goliath can help us understand how to read and teach the Bible. Please read on to see how Biblical theology can change how you teach or understand the Bible. Biblical theology is one of the things I …
We really should know our destination is an earthly kingdom! When people are heading places for an extended stay, even to work, they have a mindset that anticipates what will take place at that location. If you have ever gone on a trip or vacation, you are preparing for that destination. What is being discussed …
The Christian’s Destination Is God‘s earthly Kingdom Read More »
Jesus performs His first miracle at a wedding; let’s see why. I understand that miracles do not seem to be a show of power, rather they are a vision of what is to come. When Jesus sets up His kingdom there will be healing and peace. If one meditates on the miracles they can see …
In this article, I will attempt to place together the resurrection account found in the four gospels. I have looked over the four gospels to see if I could develop a timeline of the account of the resurrection that fits all four gospels, and I now present it to you. Jesus was taken off the …
A new understanding has come to my mind from teachers and the Bible. Here is an illustration I want to use to show something I think is essential. My Illustration I believe the church is like a sports team, and it gets pep talks from the coach and practices every day to be good athletes. …
I came up with the dislike fallacy because atheists always have a fallacy they use to refute things. There is an argument by atheists that goes like this. The God of the Bible is a capricious, malevolent, misogynistic, genocidal, and slavery endorsing God. Therefore He cannot be a God. It is a way to say …
What does the Bible teach about the length of hair In the church, I attended our pastor had an office with an odd triangular-shaped closet. A few men decided that they should remove the closet to expand the size of the room. As they remove the outer wall, something terrible happened! See, our church was …
