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Another consequence of claiming Jesus as our personal Lord is Savior is it can turn a local congregation into a “Bless Me” club. As a teacher of Scripture and pastor of a congregation, I refuse to spend most of my time in the pulpit soothing the saved and reassuring the redeemed. Conse...
Hermeneutics and the Myth of Biblical Authority At the 2019 Mennonite Brethren denominational conference on hermeneutics (the study of how to interpret Scripture, in case you wondered), a significant theme in the event was the authority of Scripture. The basic premise of biblical authority is that...
We must remind ourselves daily of one of the undeniable truths of Scripture: our lives are short. The Bible underscores few truths as repeatedly—even monotonously—as this one. “Our days on earth are a shadow,” Job’s friend Bildad tells Job (Job 8:9). “My life is a breath,” Jo...
For example, a church we follow online ended a worship service with a time of quiet contemplation. Fair enough. But they based that exercise on scripture references (Book, chapter number, verse number) projected on the screen. Just the references. No complete text. Nothing read aloud. People...
You can look as long and as hard as you want to, but you will not find anywhere in Scripture where we are instructed to devote our time to politics or winning elections. We are, however, instructed to let our light so shine before men that they may see our good works and glorify ...
In some of the discussions following my previous posts, the point was made that Paul was fluent in both Hebrew and Greek as a serious student of Scripture and a man of “great learning” (Acts 26:24). While I do not doubt that Paul probably used both Greek and Hebrew/Aramaic, my read...
“These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children…” - Deuteronomy 6 “His delight is in the law of the Lord and on His Law he meditates day and night” - Psalm 1 Most of us understand theimportanceof Bible memory... ...
Our contextualization of these verses simply exists alongside the view of other believers around the world. Where do they think of when they hear Jesus’ words? I asked that recently in a Zoom call with two dozen people from every part of the world. Here are some of the results: ...
I heard Larry Randolph recently describe someone being helped through a low patch by memorizing scripture. Ever up for a challenge, I started with Ephesians, having heard it set alight by fantastic teaching from Alfred Pinnington in my church about the links between the Roman adoption process and...