Tag: History
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The Veracity of the Prophetic Witness
I’m always amazed at the accuracy of prophecy as recorded in the Bible. I’m currently looking at the prophetic witness leading up to Christmas for our church, a different part of the messianic prediction every day. Be sure to look for the 25 days of Christmas from Alex, that’s A-L-E-X, Southern Baptist Chapel. From 1,500…
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Let There Be Sky, Dry Land, and Plant-Life
We previously covered the authorship, genre, and background of Genesis 1-11 and made it to the very first morning and evening upon the earth. We saw that, from the very beginning, God is the only creator and commander of His creation. We saw the plurality of God from the beginning. We saw God name evening…
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Creation: Day One
Today we begin our expository journey through Genesis 1-11. There are claims that Genesis 1-11 are a separate work from Genesis 12-50. I believe they are one, cohesive work, each chapter consisting of literal history. Chapters 1-11 do differ from Chapters 12-50, however. They are more like the Ancient Near East Myths of the region,…
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Tobit- Religious Self-Betterment vs. The Gospel
Tobit 3:1-6 Unlike Job, who rebuked his wife for accusing God of being unjust, Tobit wept because of his wife’s words and because she seemed to be correct about God’s injustice. The story identifies Tobit as walking in the ways of truth and righteousness all the days of his life (1:3). Yet, he was now…
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Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men?
Thus rang the voice of the Angels as they made proclamation to the lowly shepherds about the birth of our Messiah, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.”[1] In this moment, Roman oppression of the Jewish people had grown to such a point that it would have been…
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Where science encroaches, God is driven away.
We hear this statement on a daily basis, though perhaps not in so many words. My question, though, is not whether or not science and Christianity contradict one another. My question is whether or not this scientific stance against religion is a relatively new stance for people to take. For…
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Response to Thinking Atheist: The Story of Salvation
I recently saw this picture from Thinking Atheist on a friends wall. My first instinct was to comment on the picture that he had posted, but he has a poor history of actually thinking about things. So, as I figured my comment would make little difference, I decided (perhaps in my own ignorance) to post…
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The Christian Outdoorsman
Recently (within the last two months) I have gained an interest in various outdoors activities, such as hunting, fishing and camping. As a result, I have become a gun enthusiast and a lover of the outdoors. Of course, all of these things have always interested me, just not explicitly and overwhelmingly until recently. The greatest…
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On Creation
Click here to download: On Creation Introduction The creation account, as presented to us in the first chapter of Genesis, is highly used by the Christian community in debate against the idea of the Darwinian model of evolution. Though I do believe that the Biblical account of creation is without fault, I also believe that…
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Late Night Rant #1
The Atheist You stand and create your own belief system based on what you see and what you feel and what you think. Still, you fail to realize the inconsistency despite how plausible it may be, each thought individually. Every thought is derived from a speculated interpretation of certain evidence, all interpretations relative. You claim…