A Bible that I have been asked about several times, recently, is the CSB He Reads Truth Study Bible. Having not seen one, I was not really sure if I had an opinion. Thankfully, my wife got me one for my birthday and, having spent a few days with it, I am offering this …
I have said that, as we journey through the Bible Essentials Series, we will follow the order of TaNaKh, the Old Testament as Jesus (Yeshua) and the Disciples would have known. TaNaKh is made up of 3 Sections: Torah, Nevi’im, and Ketuvim. Here is the basic structure of TaNakh. Torah The Torah (תּוֹרָה, …
Storyline of Judges Though the Israelites were deeply enmeshed in sin and their enemies were formidable, even overwhelming, all was not lost. For “the LORD raised up judges, who saved them out of the hands of these raiders” (Judges 2:16). This He did for Israel in that day—against the Amalekites, the Ammonites, and Moabites—and this …
Click Here for Additional Photos When it comes to KJV Bibles, few players have more experience than Thomas Nelson, Cambridge and Holman are, perhaps, the only two. Lately, Thomas Nelson Bibles (hereafter Nelson) has been putting out some very nice Bibles and, now, they have put out what may well be the best …
The Lord, through the Apostle John, wrote the church at Ephesus a short yet direct letter detailing their spiritual condition as a congregation. We find this letter in Revelation 2:1-7 and the typical pattern emerges through each letter: we see the destination of the letter, a description of Jesus Christ, the diagnosis of the church …
The following is a guest post from James Quiggle These subjects keep coming up in posts here and there. This essay considers them all together. God did not predestine anyone to salvation or election. Predestination is “God’s decree to conform the believer to be like Christ according to certain aspects of Christ’s spiritual character and …
The Life Recovery Bible is one of my favorite Bibles from Tyndale House Publishers. I have the 1st Edition in hardcover and burgundy bonded leather, the KJV Edition in hardcover, and the 2nd Edition/25th Anniversary Edition in a large print hardcover format. Now we are reviewing the 2nd Edition in a brown leatherlike cover and …
What Joshua Teaches Us: • Life’s battles are not won because we are strong but because God is faithful and we obey him. • Land, a political and tribal issue in Africa, belongs to God. It is God’s way of providing sustenance to his people. When people are obedient, God blesses the land; however, he brings disaster …
What Deuteronomy Teaches Us: • God, our Sovereign Lord, has promised to be our Provider and Protector if we obey his commands. He takes delight in blessing us if we obey him. But he will punish us if we disobey him (Deuteronomy 28:63). Both obedience and disobedience have consequences • As God’s people, we should live intentionally …
What Numbers Teaches Us: • Experiencing miracles does not necessarily bring faith. The children of Israel witnessed one miracle after another. The Red Sea swallowed the Egyptian soldiers; God gave them manna and quail to eat; God gave them water from a rock. Their journey was led by God himself in a cloud by day and …