A church that does not reflect its God
Editor’s Note: This is a continuation of posts interacting with The Historical Geography of the Holy Land by George Adams Smith. “The influence of all this Greek life on Galilee, and the beginnings of...
View ArticleA call to return to our roots
Editor’s Note: This is the last in a series of posts interacting with The Historical Geography of the Holy Land by George Adams Smith. “Pagan and Christian inscriptions contrast in two important...
View ArticleQuestioning the recommendation of an author
Editor’s Note: Over then next few posts the writer will be interacting with the book Archaeology and Bible History by Joseph P. Free and Howard F. Vos. “This whole critical tendency to trace the early...
View ArticleReaching a nation’s full measure of guilt
Editor’s Note: This is one of three posts interacting with Archaeology and Bible History by Joseph P. Free and Howard F. Vos. “…a remarkable blood-chilling verse tucked away in Genesis 15:16…the...
View ArticleAnother supposed Biblical contradiction destroyed
Editor’s note: This is the last of three posts interacting with Archaeology and Bible History by Joseph P. Free and Howard F. Vos “It is possible that Matthew wrote about the Jewish city that Christ...
View ArticleMaps, maps, so many maps!
Editor’s notes: The next four posts will be an interaction between the writer and his reading of The Sacred Bridge: Carta’s Atlas of the Biblical World by Anson F. Rainey and R. Steven Notley. “The...
View ArticleAn author’s bias exposed
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a continuing interaction with The Sacred Bridge: Carta’s Atlas of the Biblical World by Anson F. Rainey and R. Steven Notely. “The Book of Numbers, with parallels...
View ArticleWe couldn’t conquer Jerusalem so let’s celebrate something else!
Editor’s note: This is a continuation of posts interacting with The Sacred Bridge: Carta’s Atlas of the Biblical World by Anson F. Rainey and R. Steven Notley. “According to the attention paid to it in...
View ArticleThe Almighty condescends to our level
Editor’s note: This is final post in a series of posts interacting with The Sacred Bridge: Carta’s Atlas of the Biblical World by Anson F. Rainey and R. Steven Notley. “Imagery in the opening and...
View ArticleMoses and Hammurabi
Editor’s Note: This is an interaction with an article “The Code of Hammurabi” found in the ESV Bible Atlas by John D. Currid and David P. Barrett. “Some have argued that the Mosaic legislation was...
View ArticleWhat is the nature of the salvation offered in the New Testament
Salvation. The gift offered to all mankind because of the death and resurrection of Jesus. But what is it, what does it look like and who is its source? These and and several other issues will be...
View ArticleThe reason God the son became a baby…
It’s the Christmas season. Despite some great efforts to ignore the reason why there is even a Christmas, the true reason is that this is the time the Christian church in general has chosen to...
View ArticleCould the Law of the Hebrew Bible or the Christian Old Testament bring about...
Although every man has sinned, it is hypothetically possible that the law could save men if they kept it completely. This is explained in Scripture. Leviticus 18:5 states this when it states, “Which if...
View ArticleIs the New Testament Christian or follower of Jesus still under the law?
According to Scripture the believer is not under the law. This is plainly declared in the New Testament. Paul expressed it this way to the Galatians in Galatians 5:18 “Led of the Spirit … not under the...
View ArticleWhat does the Bible mean when it speaks on the election of the saints?
God, before the foundation of the world, chose all believers to salvation in Christ with all its attendant blessings and obligations. This election is not based on the will of man, it is not based on...
View ArticleIs the kingdom proclaimed by Jesus in the Gospels the same as the one of Old...
In the Old Testament a very real kingdom is prophecied repeatedly. Isaiah and Ezekiel convey a very real and righteous kingdom to the nation of Israel. But is this kingdom the same kingdom that Jesus...
View ArticleWhat happens to man after he dies? Part 1
The intermediate state of man – or the condition of man after he dies but before the resurrection – is a topic which has drawn much interest from believers and unbelievers alike. Because ever man dies,...
View ArticleWhat happens to man after he dies? Part 2 – examining three lies
Having examined the passages and truths from the first post, there are few who would read God’s Word and deny there is an intermediate state, but even in agreeing concerning the existence of such a...
View ArticleWhat happens to man after he dies? Part 3 of 3
Having examined the three major false doctrines regarding the Intermediate State in part 2 of this three part series, it is on to the truth. To examine the truth of this state it is necessary to deal...
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