Grace and wisdom of the ages from 66 books, by 40 authors, over 2200 years, in 3 languages, on 3 continents, with 1 divinely-inspired theme of love and redemption for every tribe and language and people and nation on earth
The Bible contains many superlative inflection points but Acts 13 is the most important for the church. Before Acts 13, most of the great commission happened in Jerusalem and Samaria, but it had not spread very far in a global sense. But at this great inflection point, in Acts 13, the gospel starts to spread throughout the world. And it Continue reading Acts 13 the most important inflection in the great commission
Promise of abundant prosperity God wants you to be rich beyond your wildest dreams. He offers an abundant life overflowing with more than the bare necessities. But God doesn’t measure your prosperity by your physical possessions or your financial wealth. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: (John 10:10 KJV) I came that Continue reading Biblical doctrine of prosperity prayers
Sometimes, I am appalled at people’s lack of Bible literacy. Not hard esoteric doctrinal things. But basic things. Not rote memorization of hundreds of verses. But enough to know right from wrong. There are many great churches. Lots of good expository teaching. And accessible small groups for deeper Bible studies. But still thousands come and go without learning anything. It Continue reading A crisis in Bible literacy cannot distinguish right from wrong
There are some common special Christian Biblical days, such as March 16, which is 3/16, and reminds us of John 3:16. This made me wonder if there was a special verse of the day for every day of the year. So, I wrote a Python script using the scrollmapper sqlite bible_databases to find all the verses for each day of Continue reading Verse of the day
The Bible has always been called the Word of God because it contains a written account of the verbal words of God. These words are recorded from the first pages of Genesis, throughout all the history, prophets, poems, writings, gospels, and letters, to the last pages of Revelation. This is the mystery of the Christian faith that exceeds all the Continue reading Why is the Bible called the Word of God?