A couple of years ago my wife and I bought a foreclosure, remodeled it, and moved our family into it. In the front yard was this plum tree. This year the tree yielded abundantly. It was good fruit, and the tree was simply enjoyable to view. I could not help but think of Jesus’ words: ...
1Samuel 19:1-21 Rest Elijah had just experienced an amazing victory in which God had demonstrated His power by raining fire from the sky in response to Elijah’s prayer. Baal, who was being worshiped by Israel at that time, had failed to do so. Though Elijah was in the minority, he was bold in his victory ...
F.F. Bruce, who is a great scholar of the New Testament says the following in “The New Testament Documents”: Augustine, for example, says that Marks seems to have followed Matthew “as his lackey and abbreviator, so to speak.” But anyone who studies a synopsis of the Gospels where the common material is arranged in parallel ...
MT 1:17 There were twenty-eight generations from David to Jesus. LK 3:23-38 There were forty-three. Is this truly an issue of an inconsistency or discrepancy? Could it be that the Biblical writers wrote with a purpose? Could that purpose not necessitate a strict listing of every person in the lineage of Jesus? We have already ...
Spiritual Depression, Habits, and Dependencies “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some ...
This was originally posted in parts one and two. This is the final product of those two posts. Much credit goes to John Sailhamer’s The Meaning of the Pentateuch for forming my ideas here. A Brief Look At The New Testament Use of The Old Testament In my time of studying the Bible I have ...
One is made to wonder if some who are in power think so. Chuck Baldwin writes about a monograph for the School of Strategic Studies entitled “Strategic Implications of American Millennialism.” Here is the TABLE OF CONTENTS: Why Millennialism Matters The Role of Civil Religion and Culture Millennial Theologies in America Post-Millennialism and the Founding ...
Spiritual Depression “As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? When ...
Pure Pleasure: Why Do Christians Feel So Bad about Feeling Good? by Gary L. Thomas My rating: 5 of 5 stars Pure Pleasure by Gary Thomas I’ve known that Gary Thomas was out there writing books, but this is the first book of his that I have read. That being said, I enjoyed Pure Pleasure. ...
The Discipline of Grace by Jerry Bridges My rating: 5 of 5 stars If there is a modern day Puritan, Jerry Bridges would be that Puritan. I shall rush to affirm that I say that in a very positive manner. Bridges seeks to strike the appropriate balance between the work of God within man and ...