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Category Archives: Bible Basics
Bible Background: The Samaritans
Throughout the gospels, we read about different people groups that played a significant role in the land of Palestine during the first century. These people influenced the culture in which Christ ministered, and He tailored His messages in order to both reach and respond to these groups. Learning more about these people can add greater detail and deeper understanding to our study of the gospels. What follows is a thumbnail sketch of one of these groups–the Samaritans. Continue reading
Bible Background: The Synagogues
Throughout the gospels, we read about sites that played a significant role in the land of Palestine during the first century. These places influenced the culture in which Christ ministered, and He tailored His message to reach and respond to the people who met there. Learning more about these meeting spaces can add greater detail and deeper understanding to our study of the gospels. What follows is a thumbnail sketch of the synangogues. Continue reading
Bible Background: The Scribes
Throughout the gospels, we read about different people groups that played a significant role in the land of Palestine during the first century. These people influenced the culture in which Christ ministered, and He tailored His messages in order to both reach and respond to these groups. Learning more about these people can add greater detail and deeper understanding to our study of the gospels. What follows is a thumbnail sketch of the first of these groups–the Pharisees. Continue reading
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Bible Background: The Temple
Throughout the gospels, we read about a special place that played a significant role in the land of Palestine during the first century. This place influenced the culture in which Christ ministered, and He tailored His message to reach and respond to the people who met here. Learning more about this place can add greater detail and deeper understanding to our study of the gospels. What follows is a thumbnail sketch of the Temple. Continue reading
Bible Background: The Galileans
Throughout the gospels, we read about different people groups that played a significant role in land of Palestine during the first century. These people influenced the culture in which Christ ministered, and He tailored His messages both to reach and to respond to these groups. Learning more about these people can add greater detail and deeper understanding to our study of the gospels. What follows is a thumbnail sketch of the first of these groups–the Galileans. Continue reading
Bible Background: The Sadducees
Throughout the gospels, we read about different people groups that played a significant role in land of Palestine during the first century. These people influenced the culture in which Christ ministered, and He tailored His messages both to reach and to respond to these groups. Learning more about these people can add greater detail and deeper understanding to our study of the gospels. What follows is a thumbnail sketch of the first of these groups–the Sadducees. Continue reading
Bible Background: The Pharisees
Throughout the gospels, we read about different people groups that played a significant role in land of Palestine during the first century. These people influenced the culture in which Christ ministered, and He tailored His messages both to reach and to respond to these groups. Learning more about these people can add greater detail and deeper understanding to our study of the gospels. What follows is a thumbnail sketch of the first of these groups–the Pharisees.
Extreme Makeover: Mind Edition
Have you’ve ever seen Extreme Makeover: Home Edition? On that show, they renovate homes. They clear them out and remake them in such a way that the original home is all but unrecognizable. God wants us to do the same thing with our minds. Continue reading
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The Outline of Acts
In the previous post, Reading Acts for All It’s Worth, I encouraged us to read Acts as a historical narrative. Acts tells a story. Of course, it is part of the larger story line of Scripture, but Acts has a wonderful story … Continue reading
Biblical Buoys in the Creation Science Debate
Occasionally the issue of creation and evolution rears its head in our community. No one that I know questions the issue of micro-evolution–the subtle changes over time within a particular species. Evolutionists see that as the bedrock of their system; … Continue reading →