Studying and Believing Dr. Mel Lawrenz is Minister at Large for Elmbrook Church and the author of 18 books, including the new Prayers for Our Lives: 95 Lifelines to God for Everyday Circumstances. Many people today have heard that faith is not possible anymore, that we know better than that now. To say that you […]
The apostolic fathers . A body of writings around the time of the books of the New Testament is known as the apostolic fathers and the period is known has to be apostolic age. Special significance is attached to this period, defined as the time between the death and resurrection of Jesus and the death […]
SEVEN GREAT BIBLE PARADOXES……Intro: The Bible is a unique and strange Book. It is very different from any other "sacred book" of other religions. The Bible contains "God's thoughts" which are strange and yet marvelous spiritual teachings. Among them are paradoxes. A Paradox is defined as a seemingly self-contradictory declaration but is in fact true. […]
Jeremiah and Inspiration Jeremiah 20:9…9 But if I say I'll never mention the Lord or speak in his name,his word burns in my heart like a fire. It's like a fire in my bones!I am worn out trying to hold it in! I can't do it! Contained within the books of the Old Testament are […]
What are the most common things people think are in the Bible that are not actually in the Bible? In Psalm 119:16, David promises God, “I shall delight in Your statutes; I shall not forget Your word.” In Deuteronomy 11:18-19, God exhorts the Israelites, “You shall therefore impress these words of mine on your heart […]
The new covenant. Heb 8:6-7, 13.“But now Jesus, our High Priest, has been given a ministry that is far superior to the old priesthood for He is the One who mediates for us a far better covenant with God, based on better promises. 7 If the first covenant had been faultless, there would have been […]
The Gospel What’s the best piece of news you ever received? Maybe it was the day the love of your life said “yes” when you asked, on your knees, if she would marry you. Maybe it was the news that you’d just landed your dream job, the one you’d been aiming at for as long […]