HOW TO STUDY THE BIBLE As our key text, I am going to take Revelation chapter 19, verse 10. There an angel told Yohanan: "Worship God! For the testimony of Yeshua is the spirit of prophecy." In other words, all prophecy is meant to be a revelation of the Messiah. And our own sages in […]

How Should We to Apply Scripture to Life? It is dangerous to understand the Bible better. It is all too easy for us to feel just a bit of pride about pulling out the meaning of biblical texts, as if we were beginning to master the Scriptures when, of course, exactly the opposite is the […]

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 […]

Why Logos?……“Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the Logos. With this in mind, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I too […]

How to Use Bible Commentaries Dr. Mel Lawrenz is Minister at Large for Elmbrook Church and Director of The Brook Network. His writings may be found at WordWay. ____________ One day God prompted the apostle Philip to approach a man riding in a chariot along a desert road that went from Jerusalem to Gaza. In […]

How Should We Understand the Book of Revelation? If we did not realize already that it takes a lifetime to understand the Bible (and that's a good thing), the point is driven home when we get to the last book in the Bible-Revelation. It starts out simply enough, it is a "revelation (in Greek, apocalypse) […]