Fall On Your Knees For the Savior Alone

Two-thousand years ago, the Jewish people found themselves in a sad and sorrowful time.  The Roman government had overtaken all that they knew as near and dear for their religion to be promising.  You could say that they were living in a time of bad news.  A few men found themselves in a unique situation …

What Is the Bible?

Bart Ehrman, a prolific agnostic author and professor poses a question to his students each semester he begins his course over the Bible at the secular university at which he teaches.  Ehrman has summarized the routine as follows: "So, part of the deal of teaching in the Bible Belt is that lots of my students …

Which Words Are God’s Words?

What books belong in the Bible? How do we know we have the right books in the Bible? Do we have an authoritative list of books, or a list of authoritative books? With so many today (even pastors) questioning the authority of the Bible, this question is more valuable than ever.  The questions we will …

When We Think God is Not “With Us”

A few months ago, I listened to a sermon by a prominent evangelical pastor in which he referenced the words “God with us” as among the foremost of the goals of God and the storyline of Scripture.  The goal of this post is to give a brief understanding of what he means behind these words.  …

The Joy of the Old Testament

As a junior in college, I began to read Scripture more routinely and joyfully. It was in a house with four other guys, that I would wake up and have my time with God and His Word at 8:00 am (early for a 20 year old college guy!). Depending on the day would depend how …