My Boy Scout leader was a World War II veteran and two-time Purple Heart recipient named Billy Meharg. He would tell us a long story and then say, “I’ve said all that, to say this.” Allow me to borrow the idea. To get to today’s article, the groundwork of the Bible story had to be… Read More »
Rightly Handling The Word Of Truth; Part IV
In today’s article, we wrap up our introductory look into the story of the Bible and where major events fit in a timeline of world history. As we switch to the New Testament (NT) we narrow our window of years. The Old Testament was written during a period of a thousand years. The Holy Spirit… Read More »
Rightly Handling The Word Of Truth; Part III
Once a new Bible student has a grasp on the history of the nation of Israel, everything else falls into place. When Solomon died, the kingdom split into the northern ten tribes (called Israel) and two southern tribes (known as Judah). The northern kingdom was captured by the Assyrians in 722 BC. Judah was forced… Read More »
Rightly Handling The Word Of Truth; Part II
“solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.”-Hebrews 5:14 There is no substitute for reading the Bible. This system of organizing the Bible in a way to make it easier to find things, assumes you know the story of the… Read More »
Rightly Handling The Word Of Truth; Part I
It is not easy for me to remember phone numbers, addresses, or Bible verses. As a Christian seeking the truth of Scripture in my early 20’s, I gave up trying to remember specific, proof texts1. Don’t get me wrong, there are a few I could remember (Matthew 28:19; Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38) but I struggled… Read More »