Posts Tagged ‘the Bible’

If you are worried that this is going to be a post about economic theories and the all that, I assure you that it is not and you are safe to read on without having to sharpen any axes for the elephants or the donkeys.  This post is a commentary on two happenings in Luke’s [...]

This morning we found a burned cd in our office. We had no idea how it got there, but I popped it into my lappy to see what it was.  It turned out to be “The Cream of Clapton”, which was a delightful surprise to me. My boss told me that I could keep it [...]

This is for my students that recently attended an evangelism equipping weekend called Dare 2 Share.  We learned that there are 3 levels of sharing your faith. The first was telling. The second is explaining. The third is discussion.  Greg Stier used (overused IMO) a surfing term “shredding the gnar” for taking the hard but [...]

About a month ago I finished reading this book, and have been waiting for a few spare minutes to review it.  I heard about this book from Andy Rowell’s blog and was immediately interested.  Andy and his wife were visiting professors while I was a student at Taylor University (they are both alumni as [...]

Days, weeks, months, years, decades, centuries go by after Israel had been told that a Messiah would come. The anticipation turned sour. Some doubted that it would ever happen. Others spent their lives projecting all of their hopes onto this predicted and fateful moment in history. Much like how we wait [...]

I was reading through Paul’s second letter to the Thessalonians today and thinking about who or what the “restrainer” is in 2:6-7.
6And you know what restrains him now, so that in his time he will be revealed.
7For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he [...]

It is finally here!!! and available for pre-order. I just got an email from Logos:
Logos Bible Software for Mac is almost ready to go. We are so close we are now accepting pre-orders.
http://www.MacBibleSoftware.com
Logos is a great Bible and Christian history study tool. Now it is sexy too
Buy me a copy while you [...]

I have been ‘doing’ the Book of James recently for my quiet times. Parts of this little book are frighteningly surprising to me. Get this: I can remember teaching from James at least 4 times during high school and possibly my first year of college.  I should know what it says.
I didn’t spend much time studying James [...]

In our high school guys’ small group, we have been studying the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5-7).  We do it in chunks, starting out time together by reading through an entrie passage, and discussion it verse by verse.  
So we got to this part:
 22Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy [...]