Bible Summary / Survey…A good summary / survey of the Bible is difficult to achieve. The Bible is comprised of 2 testaments, 66 different books, 1189 chapters, 31173 verses, and 773692 words. The different books of the Bible cover different topics and were addressed to different audiences. The books of the Bible were written by […]
How Scripture Examines Us I had left a large evangelistic rally in our city one day when I was 21 years old, and was surprised to see the speaker, Leighton Ford, walking across the parking lot where I happened to be. Seeing an opportunity talk to the great man, I introduced myself and told him […]
Are There Paradoxes In Scripture? By Dr. Paul M. Elliott To answer this question, we must first define the term. A reader writes: I recently heard someone say that the Scripture’s teaching on God’s sovereignty in salvation and man’s responsibility to believe are both true and that they are a paradox. I noticed as I […]
How Can We Hear God's Voice in Scripture? Some years back, I did a survey of our church's congregation with the simple question: "If you could ask God one thing, what would it be?" I was not surprised that the most frequent response had to do with the problem of evil in the world, but […]
How Should We Read the Epistles of the New Testament? I was just eight years old at the time, but I still remember the day an irritated elderly lady came storming out of her house to yell at me. I was walking home from our three-room rural elementary school, goofing off with a couple of […]
How Should We Understand the Acts of the Apostles? How shall we describe the amazing narrative we know as The Acts of the Apostles? Fast-paced, expansive, sweeping, intense, surprising, gripping, poignant, compelling, epic? All such descriptions would apply, and more. We have not read Acts rightly if we've just noted a string of historical details. […]
Die BYBEL Die bybel is die omvattendewil van God Die toestand van die mens Die weg tot saligheid Die veroordeling van sondaars En Die blydskap van die gelowiges Die leerstelling van die Bybel is heilig Die voorskriftebindend Die geskiedeniswaar Die besliuteonveranderlik Bestudeerdit tot toename in wysheid Gloditomveiligtewees Beoefendit tot heiligmaking Ditbevat die lig tot jouleiding […]