One of the best ways to study a smaller book of the Bible is to read it over and over and over again. For instance, if you want to know the book of...
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While I have never struggled with thoughts of suicide personally I know there are numerous people around us each and every day who have. They sit next to us in the pews at...
The other day I taught a class to a group of teenagers on the topic of suicide. Suicide is a very real danger for teenagers and for many others who struggle with depression....
One argument against the current formation of the NT that we saw in Part 2 is the assertion that these books are 100% human and have no divine element to them at all. God...
Another important issue in the make-up of our present day Bibles is why certain books are excluded from the New Testament when -on the surface - they appear to be much like our current NT...
A big question that surrounds the Bible - and rightfully so - is this: Why are there 66 specific books included and not more or less? Some other important questions include: Who decided...
I often hear questions about how the Old Testament commandment for the Israelites to keep the Sabbath day holy applies to us in the New Covenant. In the OT the Sabbath was Saturday....
What does the Bible say? Does God change his mind? On a few occasions in Scripture the answer, at least on the surface, would seem to be YES. For example, in Exodus 32...
In the Bible the Temple is always the place where a holy God comes into contact with sinful human beings. It's an extraordinary thing seeing as God cannot dwell with evil (Ps. 5:4)...
Want to infuriate an author or speaker? Quote their words out of context and use them to make a point the author never intended to make. I'm convinced we do this a lot...
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