Accurate Head Knowledge Leads to Accurate Heart Knowledge
If Solomon was the wisest man in the whole world, why did he sin by following after other gods (1 Kings 1-10)? What does it mean to follow after other gods? Was Solomon a believer? How can a believer worship other gods? Does wisdom assure you will not sin? What does wisdom do then? What... Continue Reading →
Did Job sin? Was Job a believer? What precisely did he believe? What is the theme of the book of Job? Job did not sin in the context of the book of Job. Supporting Scripture for this is Job 1:22 and 2:10. Job was a believer. Job 1:1 says he was "fearing God and turning... Continue Reading →
What does it mean to be a man after God's own heart? How could God refer to David this way even though he transgressed significantly? I think a man after God’s own heart is someone who loves God, loves God’s law, loves God’s people, seeks the will of God above his own, and loves no... Continue Reading →
This post is on the study of faith in the book of Genesis. Although the word “faith” (and forms of it) is only found two times in the NASB, faith is a major theme. The reader sees the history of creation demonstrating God is the one Creator God, while man lacked faith in the Creator... Continue Reading →
Five Key Literary Themes Holiness required Purity required Man is unholy Man is impure Laws required These are my chosen themes because these are the truths that stood out to me and seem to remain and are abiding. God demands man be holy and pure, and yet man is unholy and impure. The law supplies... Continue Reading →
I chose to write about Charles Finney because he was successful, due to his passion, abilities to execute and the circumstances he was granted to make it possible for his passion to come to fruition. This spells a person who made an impact on this world. Passion There is no doubt Charles Finney was a man... Continue Reading →
Let's talk about millennials (which includes me). We are the foremost generation exposed from juvenile to the postmodern worldview of standards, understandings, and detestations. Justice, for example, is defined as acceptance in which moral values have misplaced objectivity to the individual and reserved agreement. We live in a biosphere where community has been forgone to... Continue Reading →
The slavery disaster that arose in the churches in the 1830s has a thought-provoking posture on the human error of reading Scripture. Southern supporters of slavery fortified the idea that slave-holding was biblically necessary and numerous in the North saw it as completely unjustified and conflicting with the Bible. Yet others in the North saw... Continue Reading →
The colonial era of American history was a far more biblically sophisticated and knowledgeable world than ours today. While several did not hold Christian faith, they were formed and existed within its value system. The colonial-era birthed the national tenet of “God Bless America”, moments of silence, and “In God We Trust”. Yet our era... Continue Reading →
I chose to write about Martin Luther for this blog because he was successful, due to his passion, abilities to execute and the circumstances he was granted to make it possible for his passion to come to fruition. This spells a person who made an impact on this world. Passion Martin Luther was born of... Continue Reading →
Surrendered and Free 