Six simple suggestions Did you love hearing stories from the Old Testament as a child? Of course you did. Stories about Adam and Eve, Noah, Moses, and King David enthralled us as children. So do you love studying the Old Testament today? I hope so, but I’m also realistic. Somewhere along the line, many of […]
It is often suggested—sometimes even by Christians—that many of the most well-known events of the Old Testament aren’t to be taken literally. They are, we are told, merely stories intended to convey a message. The events of the first eleven chapters of Genesis are particularly questioned in this regard. How should we interpret Old Testament […]
Cutting a straight line through the Word So, how do you read the Bible? What is your goal? Ezra is a beautiful example of how one should approach Scripture. “For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the Law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances to Israel” (Ezra […]
What’s in a Name? Quite a bit, actually … There are many names for God; no one name could express all that He is. The study of them is not only most illuminating but should lead us into intimate fellowship with Him. By it we enter into the heritage of all His people: the unfolding […]
Engaging, creative, but ultimately disappointing The novel The Shack has taken the Christian community by storm. It is likely that someone you know has read it. This self-published work has sold well over one million copies in a single year and has stood at the number one position for paperback fiction on the New York […]
If the world is going faster, why are Western young people slowing down? It’s impossible to keep up. The world hurtles at dizzying speed toward it’s final destiny. There are new wars du jour whenever we turn on the TV; Armageddon seems to be in dress rehearsal mode. Meanwhile science grows exponentially, and, among other […]
The veil is removed. The Jewish religious leaders of New Testament times had devoted their lives to studying the Old Testament. In many cases, their motives were noble—a desire to please God and even a desire to gain eternal life. But, however commendable their motives, they had missed the main point, and, one day, the […]
The earthly gives way to the heavenly “If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?” (John 3:12). In the quiet of the night, Nicodemus came to the Lord Jesus Christ. He had seen the signs our Lord did (v.2; also 2:23). […]
On the Emmaus Road, the Lord began with Moses and the Prophets. The Old Testament makes up almost three-quarters of the Bible and yet it remains a closed book to many of us. How many of us, when asked to turn to the book of Obadiah, begin to feel queasy? How often do we read […]