Bible Study Lessons
Have you ever worried about your life? Perhaps you asked yourself: When am I going to die? Or how am I going to die? We usually don’t think about those things but maybe you’ve had health concerns or heard a tragic story. Would it help if God told you when and how you were going … Read more
I didn’t intend to but I broke into a sanctuary. I bit too far into my apple causing the core to be exposed just a little. As I slightly turned the apple I stared at the different sections of the core. There were chambers arranged in a circle and in each chamber a black seed … Read more
Can the Bible teach us how to write? Before we answer that let’s consider a more basic question: Where do writers learn to write? Writers learn to write by reading great books. (I know, great books are not the only place where writers learn their craft.) If the Bible is a great work of literature … Read more
I’ve been working through the Ten Commandments for my course on Exodus. The second commandment (according to the enumeration used by most Protestants)—the one about not making carved images and not bowing down to them—brings up the controversial topic of making images of God. Well, I should say it brings up the historical controversy of … Read more
As I looked over my blog entries I realized that Paul’s life and teaching influenced me in a number of ways. I guess that’s not surprising considering that he wrote more New Testament books (letters) than anyone else and he’s featured prominently in the first historical record of the church—the book of Acts. Here are … Read more