Bible Bites [Exegesis]
Wisdom versus revelation – James 1:5
(Old Facebook Post) Wisdom is the God-given ability to make decisions when faced with complex situations. Revelation is a voice from heaven–God ..
Jonah and superficial repentance
(Old Facebook Post) Those of you who studied Jonah in Sunday School today may especially be interested in this study which suggests Jonah’s chap..
On taking God’s name in vain
(Old Facebook Post) “Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain” (Exodus 20:7). “The name is equivalent to the identi..
“When people add to the Word of God”
(Old Facebook Post)Dennis McCallum on adding to God’s Word:“How much should we make of Eve’s addition to God’s Word–that even touching the fruit would..
Old Facebook Posts
On borrowing pagan musical forms
(Old Facebook Post – Revised) I find hard to believe that heavenly music will be restricted to the styles of 16th to 19th century Europe. The Bi..
Church Chat [Ecclesiology]
“The difference between Christians and the rest of mankind”
(Old Facebook Post – Revised) An excerpt from The Epistle to Diognetus, written about the end of the second century: “The difference betw..
What do I love most?
(Old Facebook Post) What I love most… trumps what I believe… and determines what I fear and what I confess publicly. “Many even of ..
A doctrine of “continually renewed minds”?
(Old Facebook Post – Revised) How would Anabaptist churches be different if we taught a doctrine of “continually renewed minds” rath..
Rapture? Or a new heaven and a new earth?
(Old Facebook Post) Why do we let one passing reference to “the rapture” (mentioned only in 1 Thess. 4:17, in a manner open to alternate i..
Did Enoch and Elijah die?
(Old Facebook Post – Revised) It’s quiz time: According to the Bible, did Enoch & Elijah die natural deaths? Hint #1: Read Heb 11:5, 1..