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Bible Translations

On November 16, 2008 By

I have been read­ing my Bible for devo­tions using the New Living Translation (NLT). I also have been lis­ten­ing through the Bible with the pod­Bible daily net­cast which uses the Contemporay English Version (CEV) trans­la­tion (not to be con­fused with podBible.org — an iPod copy of the ESV). Both […]

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The Bible Is Precious!

On October 2, 2008 By

This past week has been an inter­est­ing one. I am teach­ing an eight week New Testament sur­vey at Flatland. For the first week, we dis­cussed why study the New Testament. I had also been asked to sub­sti­tute teach a class on Wednesday night at Flatland and the topic was “Why should […]

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On Jesus: His Humanity

On May 13, 2008 By

Modern think­ing often wants to make Jesus only a man and not God. However, ancient think­ing often refused to acknowl­edge Jesus’ human­ity. Both were declared hereti­cal. This study looks at the human­ity of Jesus and why it is important.

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Paul states his cen­tral theme of Romans and of the Gospel itself in Romans 1:17 [show]Romans 1:17 [17]For in it the right­eous­ness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is writ­ten, “The right­eous shall live by faith.” (ESV)
, “This Good […]

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Romans: Paul Introduces Himself

On April 11, 2008 By

Paul starts out his let­ter to the church in Rome (Romans 1:1–18 [show]Romans 1:1–18 Paul, a ser­vant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apos­tle, set apart for the gospel of God, [2]which he promised before­hand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, [3]concerning his […]

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On Jesus: An Introduction

On April 9, 2008 By

Last night I watched the movie Da Vinci Code star­ing Tom Hanks. It got me to think­ing. It presents one of two posi­tions that were deemed hereti­cal by the church, namely, Jesus was a mere man and not God. The movie goes so far as to pro­claim a rather far fetched fan­tasy that not only […]

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Romans: An Intro

On April 4, 2008 By

The Letter to the Church in Rome — Romans — is the apos­tle Paul’s sig­na­ture writ­ing. It is as close to a sys­tem­atic the­ol­ogy as we get in the New Testament. Its cen­tral theme is right­eous­ness. God’s right­eous­ness which bestows right­eous­ness upon believ­ers stands in stark con­trast to the unright­eous­ness of the world. It is […]

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On Suffering

On April 3, 2008 By

Those who have known me for long have seen that for the past 15 years or so I have really strug­gled with my health. There have been extended peri­ods of time where I barely could drag myself out of bed. The list of things that have afflicted me seems long: thy­roid, gluten-intolerance, nueropa­thy, vasal vagal syndrome […]

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