I was a young-Earth creationist (YEC) before I was a Christian. I'll qualify that statement a bit. I became a YEC at age 15, but did not understand the gospel of God's grace through Jesus Christ until age 19. That is when I came to a clear faith in Christ and began to experience real …
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Imagine that The Lord of the Rings ended with Frodo Baggins standing in the magma-lit cavern in Mount Doom and saying, "I have come, but I do not choose now to do what I came to do. I will not do this deed. The Ring is mine!" and then putting the ring on his finger. …
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"Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path." – Psalm 119:105 ESV Among my most-treasured possessions are a small stack of wide-margin Bibles that I have been writing notes in for almost two decades. These Bibles contain much of what I have learned from my personal time of reading …
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"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." -- Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." -- John 1:1 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish …
Justin Taylor is senior vice president of Crossway Books, a theologically conservative Christian publishing company. Crossway is best known as the publisher of the English Standard Version (ESV) Bible, along with the ESV Study Bible, perhaps the most comprehensive theologically conservative study Bible ever produced for a general Christian audience. Justin Taylor believes the Bible. …
Many Christians go through a time when they are troubled in their faith when confronted with challenges from skeptics and unbelievers. Christianity today has posted the testimony of Gregory Alan Thornbury, who almost gave up his faith when challenged by the teachings of people beyond the liberal fringe of Christianity such as Marcus Borg, a member of the Jesus …
Think of some idea that you think is loony that other people believe in and adamantly support. My list would include alien abductions, the face on Mars, conspiracy theories about the Apollo moon landings, and thinking that Che Guevara or Hugh Hefner are cool. Your list would probably differ from mine. That's OK; I hope we can still have …
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(This is a re-posting from 12/31/2013) "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God." Matthew 4:4 ESV It is through the Scriptures that we can know God, Christ, ourselves, and how to live in regards to God and our neighbor. I cannot think of any …
"Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God." Matthew 4:4 ESV It is through the Scriptures that we can know God, Christ, ourselves, and how to live in regards to God and our neighbor. I cannot think of any greater thing in life than to …
I recently had a GeoChristian reader raise the issue of "Bible inconsistencies and errors" in a comment. Specifically, they brought up the reference in the Gospel of Matthew to "Jesus being in the tomb for 'three' nights." If Jesus was crucified on Friday and resurrected on Sunday, isn't it an error to say that he …
Hristos a înviat! Adevărat a înviat! Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! The empty tomb -- Here are 14 Evidences for the Resurrection. This is a central teaching of Christianity. Put all other issues aside for a while---questions about evolution, biblical inerrancy, gay rights, or whatever else keeps you from Christ---and give some thought to …
THOU SHALT COMMIT ADULTERY -- Parchment & Pen Blog has Bible translation bloopers and typos throughout the ages. An example: “Wife-Beaters’ Bible” (Matthew’s Bible, 1537): A footnote to I Peter 3:7 is rendered “And if she be not obedient and healpeful unto him, endevoureth to beat the fear of God into her head, that thereby …
"Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God." Matthew 4:4 ESV It is through the Scriptures that we can know God, Christ, ourselves, and how to live in regards to God and our neighbor. I cannot think of any greater thing in life than to …
From Dallas Theological Seminary: Earliest Manuscript of the New Testament Discovered? On 1 February 2012, I [Dr. Daniel Wallace] debated Bart Ehrman at UNC Chapel Hill on whether we have the wording of the original New Testament today. This was our third such debate, and it was before a crowd of more than 1000 people. …
Continue reading The authenticity of the New Testament text — strong and getting stronger
"Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God." Matthew 4:4 ESV I read the Bible every day. It is through the Scriptures that I know God, Christ, myself, and how to live in regards to God and my neighbor. I cannot think of any greater …
From the 28th chapter of Job --- 1 “There is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined. 2 Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore. 3 Man puts an end to the darkness; he searches the farthest recesses for ore in the blackest darkness. 4 Far …
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Many make a New Year's resolution to read the Bible more consistently than they have in the past, and many don't stick to that resolution. Here's what works for me. Rather than using a reading schedule, with a daily listing of what chapters to read, I usually use a Bible reading checklist: The GeoChristian Bible …
I recently paged through the Apologetics Study Bible for Students from the Southern Baptist B&H Publishing Group, and was pleased to see a balanced approach to the questions of the age of the Earth, the extent of the flood, and even somewhat on the role of biological evolution. Here's the section on the age of …
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It is not too late to make a Bible-reading goal for 2010! Many make a New Year's resolution to read the Bible more consistently than they have in the past, and many don't stick to that resolution. Here's what works for me. Rather than using a reading schedule, with a daily listing of what chapters …
Further wackiness from Conservapedia (the conservative alternative to Wikipedia): The Conservative Bible. This Bible will get rid of liberal bias in Bible translations, such as the inclusion of that liberal "woman caught in adultery" passage in John 8. Some further objectives: express free market parables; explaining the numerous economic parables with their full free-market meaning …
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