A well-known Christian ministry wanted to know the top 10 Bible verses in the world. They had AI bots study “searched verses” in major search engines, and they came up with the following results. Okay, let’s make this more interesting. I will give you the verses without the references (but with them listed below). Let’s […]
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Your eternal word, O Lord, stands firm in heaven (Psalm 119:89, NLT). One of the most irritating aspects of Biblical scholarship is the “cultural agnostic elite” scattered through all forms of modern media, who speak and live as if the Bible contains myths and falsehoods, implying to their readers and listeners that only fools would
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The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever (Isaiah 40:8, ESV). Before Christ, the Jews didn’t call the Old Testament the Old Testament. They used the phrase “Mikra,” meaning “that which is read.” Before the Christian church, scrolls were the format of the Old Testament (oops, Mikra). Books
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God means what he says. What he says goes. His powerful Word is sharp as a surgeon’s scalpel, cutting through everything, whether doubt or defense, laying us open to listen and obey. Nothing and no one can resist God’s Word (Hebrews 4:12-13a, MSG). There’s a church growth movement that focuses on reading and obeying the Bible.
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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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