Jesus’ Teaching on Divorce in Mark 10
I have been working through Mark 10 this week. The chapter starts with the Pharisees testing Jesus on his view of the legality of divorce. It is possible given Mark 10:1 that Jesus just crossed over into Herod Antipas’ territory. Herod had divorced his wife to marry his half-brother’s ex-wife. So marriage, divorce and re-marriage […]
Am I In Or Am I Out? Freedom From Being Neurotic About Our Salvation
There are a lot of people who are plagued by these questions. “Am I saved or am I lost.” “Am I in or am I out?” The odd thing is, the people I am thinking of are people who have faith, are baptized, have repented of their sin, attend church, love God, read the Bible, […]
Understanding How We Read the Bible Part 2 – Command, Example, Necessary Inference
It is so important we understand how we read the Bible. It is possible we do something for so long or it is modeled for us and never explained that we don’t really understand the actual process for interpreting the meaning of the text that we are using. This video gives some history of how […]
A Must Have Discipleship Conversation – How We Read the Bible
Please watch the following video and let’s discuss in the comments. We have a major problem with how we typically read the Bible. We miss important meanings because we are looking for the wrong things. We find things that aren’t there because we are looking for the wrong things. Understanding how to read the Bible […]
My Simple Note Taking System in the Bible Margins
I hope you find this as helpful as I have. It is one simple thing to help organize the notes you take in the margins of your Bible
How to Choose the Right Bible: 5 Tips
People died to put an English Bible in our hands. It is up to us to read it. Which Bible is the best Bible? I heard an answer to that question once that stuck with me. It is the one you will read. I know that is not entirely helpful in answering the question as […]
Video: Applying the Bible Study Method to the Parable of the Sower
I took the outline I gave in the last video and used the Parable of the Sower from Matthew 13 to show how it would work on a specific text. I have found this approach quite helpful. We need to be in the word. I often hear people talk about how they don’t have time […]
Broadening Our View of Gospel and Salvation
The term for gospel as a noun only occurs in Matthew and Mark about a dozen times. It doesn’t appear in Luke or in John. It doesn’t show up again until Acts 15:7. The verb form (to preach or proclaim the good news) does show up a few times in Luke and the early chapters […]
Five Reasons You Need to Read The Old Testament
The more I study the New Testament (NT), the more I understand my need to study the Old Testament (OT). The Jesus’ story is a story of two testaments, not one. The Gospel is best understood when one has some comprehension of the whole Bible in order to get the full meaning of what is […]
Bible Study Tip #7 Rely on the Spirit
The Bible is the word of God inspired by the Holy Spirit (2 Tim 3:16). The Spirit helped write the words that we have and the Spirit has full comprehension of the meaning of what the Spirit has communicated to us through the Bible. So the Spirit helps on the “speaking” end of the conversation. […]