Scripture

  • Once More Around the Block

    All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness;  2 Timothy 3:16 NASB Scripture – if you’re one of those followers who has serious concerns about the integrity of the biblical text, about its history and development, about its contemporary application, then you’ve probably been distressed by the…

  • With a Capital “S”

    All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness;  2 Timothy 3:16 NASB Scripture – You can’t get far in a discussion of the authority of the Bible without running into this verse.  Of course, there’s a lot of debate about the phrase “inspired by God,” but that…

  • The Raw Data (1)

    All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man or woman of God may be fully capable, equipped for every good work.  2 Timothy 3:16-17  NASB All Scripture – The meaning of “all Scripture” in this verse has certainly been debated.  Christians tend to expand Paul’s words to…

  • Group Consciousness

    All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,  2 Timothy 3:16 Scripture – “But that’s how you read it, not how I read it.”  Ever heard that complaint?  Engage in virtually any controversial theological argument and somewhere along the way you’re bound to encounter the “this is what it…

  • Nothing Written

    The record of the genealogy of Jesus the ]Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham:  Matthew 1:1 NASB Record – By now you certainly know that Matthew purposely altered the genealogy of Yeshua to fit the Gematria numerical arrangement of the word “David.”  The fact that he did this isn’t too surprising.  What is more…

  • Variety Is the Spice of Life

    As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that were not.  Romans 4:17 NIV As it is written – When Paul used the phrase, kathōs…

  • Copying the Bible

    All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness;  2 Timothy 3:16 NASB By God – Text and transmission.  It seems as if the crucial issue about the authority of the Bible comes down to these two words.  Who wrote it and how did it come to us? …

  • Galatina

    Galatina is a small town in Puglia, Italy.  With a population under 28,000, you wouldn’t expect to see much.  But you’d be surprised.  In the basilica, absolutely unremarkable on the outside, you will find incredible frescos similar to those of Giotto.  They portray various biblical stories and themes.  Here are a few.  See if you…

  • Being Berean

    Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.  Acts 17:11 NIV Examined the Scriptures – There’s a funny contradiction buried in this verse.  The Bereans were orthodox.  Jewish orthodox.  They…