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 …
Why the Genesis Account Introduction The early chapters of Genesis have been debated and written about for thousands of years, and it is easy to see why anyone who reads it comes away with many questions. After studying many different views, I want to share what I think is the proper way of understanding the …
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 …
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Please open a Bible to Genesis, chapter one (preferably a King James Bible). In the beginning, God created! These are the very first words of the Bible and the most important words. They present you with a choice, either believe there is a God or believe there is not. One must be at least willing …
I want to share with you a testimony I read on Facebook. But before I do, let me tell you a little back story. A while back I had a dead tree in my backyard that needed to be cut down. A coworker of mine said he could do it for me; I think he …
Understanding the days of Christ Crucifixion This is a updated article to “The Day Christ Was Crucified” published 3/17/2020 Preface Here is why this is so important to me, and I hope it is important to you. I am not a simple man when it comes to believing things. I need to be showed sensible …
How learning about creation can help us deal with the pandemic We are in the middle of the 2020 Pandemic. Are we to fear this? Fear will come, but the fear of things like this is not of God. We need to deal with this kind of fear. 2 Timothy 1:7 Tells us we have …
Come to the Bible on its own terms One of the significant problems in our world is misunderstandings. People have prejudices about many things. We determine things about other people before we have full knowledge of them. Prejudice also will cause a person to look for facts that either support or ignore the truth to …
John’s Commentary on Genesis John 1:1 There are two things I want us to gain from this discussion. That God is the mastermind behind the Bible. It is an intricately, woven story that could only be from the mind of God. That Jesus is to be found, as He claimed, in the scriptures ( John …
The phrase, “the God of the gaps”, comes from a notion that all things that cannot be explained must come from a god. Admittedly, if we just used God as an answer to all questions, we would have learned very little about our world. People who refuse to acknowledge God’s existence will often use “God …
