Tag: romans 4
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Daily Devotional: Romans 4:9-25
Remember, Paul’s audience is Roman––Greek and gentile. Paul has been explaining the Law. God gave the Law to the Jews. The Christ was Jewish. The Jews are considered the people of Yahweh. So, Paul answers a question that was doubtless on the minds of those reading his gospel message, “What about us? We are not…
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Daily Devotional: Romans 4:1-8
Paul exposits Genesis 15:6 and Psalm 32:1-2. Paul does not wax eloquent according to his own philosophies or thoughts and then appropriate Scripture to try to prove his point. He takes the plain wording of the text, examines it carefully, and explains a theological truth to his audience. Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned,…
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Response to Contradictions in the Bible by reasonproject.org
bibleContra_big copy <<click to download and view original Reason Project PDF detailing perceived Biblical errancy. Perceived Contradiction #1 “How many men did the chief of David’s captain kill? 8 These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite; he was chief of the three.[a] He wielded his spear[b] against eight hundred…