Fifty-three years ago, I prayed, “God, make me enjoy reading Scripture.” At 4:30 a.m. this morning I woke up thinking, “It’s too early to get up. I’ll try to sleep for another hour and then I can get up and read the Bible. My number one answered prayer — I love reading God’s Word and […]
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The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever (Isaiah 40:8, ESV). AD 330: After Roman Emperor Constantine legalized Christianity, he ordered 50 copies of the New Testament to be completed and sent throughout the empire. Note: An archeologist named Indiana Jones in the movie “Raiders of the Lost
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No prophecy of Scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit (2 Peter 1:20-21, ESV). Where did we get our Bible? A legitimate question. The word “canon” has been used to describe the Old
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Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path (Psalm 119:105, ESV). My favorite college professor once told our class, “I believe in the Bible because of verisimilitude!” which is a very “big and beautiful”* theological word meaning “very similar throughout.” The Bible, written over 1,400 years, contains 66 books
I’ve been blessed to travel often both for ministry and vacation. Many of us love to travel, and I, along with most of you, love to hear about travel hacks to make our trips cheaper and easier. Rick Steves, Globe Trekker, and Samantha Brown live a life of travel made possible by their insights and
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Knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit (2 Peter 1:20-21, ESV). From the beginning of Christendom, two viewpoints have dominated the topic of how
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Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock (Matthew 7:25, NLT). Walking on a beach recently, my wife and I noticed this house. . . The previous summer, a hurricane with torrents of rain, winds exceeding 130
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God wants to speak to us. Are we listening? Christianity is a relationship, and great relationships have good communication. To make sure that we hear Him, God has provided the most miraculous method of conversation in the history of the world. Don’t think email, Facebook™, or LinkedIn™ – think the Bible! The Bible has 66
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Jesus said. . . The words that I have spoken to you are spirit, and are life (John 6:63, NASB). We are created by God as spirit, soul, and body — the words of Jesus (and the rest of Bible) are inspired by the Spirit. . . But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture becomes
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Open my eyes, that I may behold Wonderful things from Your Law (Psalm 119:18, NASB). Charles Spurgeon, known as the Prince of Preachers, once described all the books he had read by saying. . . I read them once with considerable pleasure, but now they are of no use to me. They were good in
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