Understanding the Bible includes four preliminary chapters on the why, who, which, and how of biblical understanding, followed by eight brief thematic chapters covering the core of the Hebrew Bible and six covering the Christian scriptures, plus chronologies, maps, and helpful suggestions for further...
I endeavoured to read the Scriptures again with an open mind and laying aside any preconceived ideas and concepts that I had been taught. To say that the Scriptures came alive would be an understatement. There was more there than I had been taught by contrived Bible studies. All the ...
The scriptures tell us that God will destroy the wicked at his coming. From this, it is often assumed that God will per- sonally execute those who remain but who have not met his standards. Girard challenges us to conceive of a God who de- stroys the wicked by another means: by the...
This system remains true to the original teachings of Prince Siddhartha, (also known as Sakyamuni Gautama Buddha), that are found in the Pali scriptures. Copyright Siamese Dream / The Buddha Garden This Document May Be Distributed Freely As Long As It Is UNMODIFIED in any way. All copyright ...
- 45 part series on the law - Part 45 is a Summary (Reader's Digest version-pdf.)*All audio word studies and presentations are in WORD STUDY AUDIOS menu* WHAT IS THE MATRIX? I know why you’re here. I know what you have been taught, and what you’ve been believing. I know ...
The man who shapes his mind to accord with God's Holy Scriptures is learning how to think along with God, but so is the man who shapes his mind to accord with God's Creation. The modern man who can re- shape his damaged mind to accord with both God's Holy Scriptures and the ...
The article will first examine the Old Testament background of the term Ofirstborn,O showing how Paul would have understood and used the word. This will be followed by an evaluation of the arguments the Watchtower uses in Reasoning from the Scriptures to defend their claim.by Robert Keay...
In addition, early Jewish scholars, translating the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek (the Septuagint), chose ekklesia to render the Hebrew word qahal ("assembly").3In the context of the Old Testament the "assembly" of Israel was a people of God's own possession. God claimed his people t...