On January 1st, I began reading the Bible all over again, starting with Genesis. I’ve said this before, but it bears repeating. The more you read and study His Word, the more your eyes are open to the valuable truths found within His Word....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Hebrews 4 is an interesting passage. There are no less than 5 interpretations of the "rest" mentioned here in this chapter. Dr. Thomas Constable, in his "notes" on Hebrews, summarizes these interpretations concisely (see image). As can be seen,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
He has told you, O man, what is good;and what does the Lord require of youbut to do justice, and to love kindness,and to walk humbly with your God? (Micah 6:8 ESV) This morning, my Bible reading was Micah chapters 5, 6, and 7, as we continue...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I find it fascinating when I talk with Preterists or Covenant/Reformed theologians who generally interpret Scripture literally (not literalistically), until they come to prophetic portions of Scripture. For some reason, they choose to allegorize...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I think anyone who is authentically saved comes to understand that living the Christian life is not an easy road. The only “easy” part of becoming or being a Christian is at the very beginning when a person’s eyes are often...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I listened intently to the guest speaker at our church this past Sunday. His message was insightful and biblical. I'm going to paraphrase key points for you. One of the key questions he asked was this: Can people be good? Christians understand...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
In part 1 of this two-part series, we briefly discussed the issues related to a mainline protestant denomination we used to attend, but walked away when it became clear that their theology was conforming more to the world’s philosophy than...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Recall the book by the late W. Phillip Keller, Predators in Our Pulpits, published 1988. I recall reading this book and still have a copy and it wowed me. I also recall Mr. Keller stating that he wrote it because he felt compelled by God to so but...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Ezekiel 13 highlights the fact that there were many false prophets who affected Israel then negatively. The first two verses of Ezekiel 13 bring this out in vivid detail. The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, prophesy against the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
This subject is personally frustrating for me because for a number of years, we attended and were members of a Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) church. During most of the time we were there, things were relatively good. The senior pastor was a...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
