Podcast: Download ()Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Wednesday 10/30/19 Series: Thru the Bible Message – The Walls of Jericho…Shout your Victory! Joshua 5:1-15, “(1) When all the Amorite kings across the Jordan to the west and all the Canaanite kings near the sea heard how the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over, they lost heart and their courage failed because of the Israelites. (2) At that time the LORD said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelite men again.” (3) So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised […]
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My God, My God, why have your forsaken Me?
Share this: My God, My God, why have your forsaken Me? Mark 15:34, “(34) And at three Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lemá sabachtháni?“ which is translated, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” This passage has come under scrutiny in recent years, and scrutiny is sometimes good – so long as it is due to valid reasons within a given text. If we cannot allow scripture to be questioned, then that becomes a statement that our beliefs need protecting because we are afraid that they cannot stand up under scrutiny. I have […]
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Are the Scriptures Reliable? There are three major terms one needs to understand when approaching the question of the reliability of the scriptures. These terms are Inerrancy, Infallibility and Inspiration. One common misunderstanding is that inerrancy and infallibility are the same thing. To further complicate this issue, there is no “official” and universally accepted definition for the word “inerrancy” when used in reference to the scriptures. Nevertheless, these two terms, are most often treated differently, with infallibility being a far more foundational doctrine, with far greater implications than inerrancy. Inerrancy For some, inerrancy means that the entire Bible was dictated […]
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