Let’s take an honest look at some difficult and challenging topics found in the Bible. (Unless otherwise indicated, any verse of Scripture quoted on this site is my own translation or paraphrase.)
- WHY DIDN'T GOD MAKE ALL OF THE BIBLE EASY TO UNDERSTAND?
- GOD GAVE US A MURAL NOT A SNAPSHOT
- THE BIBLE IS LIKE A DOUBLE-SIDED PUZZLE
- HOW CAN PEOPLE TRUST THE BIBLE IF THEY CAN'T UNDERSTAND IT?
- IS THERE SUCH A THING AS THE MOST ACCURATE TRANSLATION?
- HERE'S WHAT AN EXCLUSIVELY WORD-FOR-WORD TRANSLATION LOOKS LIKE Part 1
- HERE'S WHAT AN EXCLUSIVELY WORD-FOR-WORD TRANSLATION LOOKS LIKE PART 2
- HERE'S WHAT AN EXCLUSIVELY WORD-FOR-WORD TRANSLATION LOOKS LIKE PART 3
- Question the Bible But Do It the Right Way
- JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND SOMETHING DOESN'T MAKE IT WRONG
- WHY DO THE VERSIONS OF THE BIBLE DISAGREE SO MUCH?
- A TRICK FOR PRONOUNCING LONG BIBLE NAMES
TRUTHS I WISH ALL FOLLOWERS OF JESUS UNDERSTOOD
- WHY DIDN'T GOD MAKE ALL OF THE BIBLE EASY TO UNDERSTAND?
- GOD CHOOSES MERCY OVER JUDGEMENT
- WE CAN'T CHANGE THE RULES
- THE JEWISH UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE UNIVERSE FUNCTIONS
- THE TWO KEY USES OF "UNCLEAN"
- GOD ALONE DETERMINES WHAT IS NORMAL FOR HIS KINGDOM
- THE WRONG DIRECTION
- PUT THE BIG STUFF IN FIRST
- WHAT TRUE PRAYER IS AND WHAT IT ISN'T
- THREE WAYS PRAYER CAN CHANGE THE ACTIONS OF GOD
- GOD IS FAITHFUL TO HIMSELF, NOT TO US
- THE IMPORTANCE OF FOCUS
- SATAN USES OUR FAILUERS AGAINST US
- SATAN IS THREATENED BY YOU
- THE HOLY SPIRIT SAYS "COME"
RULES AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STUDYING THE BIBLE YOURSELF
TIPPS FOR USING GREEK AND HEBREW RESOURCES
HOW DO GOD'S COVENANTS AFFECT ME TODAY? (Full-length series)
THE FORMER COVENANT (full series)
GOD'S COVENANT IN TIMES OF ADAM AND NOAH (full series)
- IF BIBLICAL TRUTH WERE A HOUSE
- WHY STUDY THE COVENANTS?
- WHAT IS A COVENANT?
- THE CURSE
- THE BIBLICAL VIEW OF DEATH
- Were They Eating from the Tree that sustains Life?
- What Is Meant by "Knowing Good and Evil"?
- A QUOTE FROM CALVIN MILLER REGARDING SELF-DENIAL
- WHY DID THEY TRY TO COVER UP?
- OTHER CONSEQUENCES OF THE FALL
- GOD'S REMEDY
- WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE THREE TYPES OF COVENANTS?
- A COVENANT BEFORE THE FLOOD?
- GOD'S COVENANT WITH NOAH
GOD'S COVENANT IN THE TIME OF ABRAM (full series)
THE LAW (full series)
INTRODUCTORY MATTERS ABOUT THE LAW (full series)
THE COVENANT FORMULA (full series)
- THE LAW FITS THE PATTERN OF SUZERAIN VASSAL COVENANTS
- AN EXAMPLE OF THE COMPONENTS OF SUZERAIN VASSAL COVENANTS
- THE TEN WORDS WERE THE SUMMARY OF THE COVENANT
- THE TABLETS OF STONE DEMONSTRATED CLOSENESS
- GOD'S INTRODUCTION TO HIS COVENANT
- THE CONDITIONS OF GOD'S COVENANT WITH ISRAEL
- THE BLESSINGS AND CURSES OF THE FORMER COVENANT
- OUR USE OF THE WORD "PROMISE"
- OUR USE OF THE TERM "BLESSING"
- SIGNS OF THE FORMER COVENANT
- WITNESSES OF THE FORMER COVENANT
- MORE WITNESSES OF THE FORMER COVENANT
GOD'S LAW TAUGHT FAITH (full series)
GOD'S LAW TAUGHT HOLINESS (full series)
CLEAN AND UNCLEAN (full series)
- THE JEWISH UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE UNIVERSE FUNCTIONS
- THE TWO KEY USES OF "UNCLEAN"
- Be Vigilant of Those Things That Need to Be Isolated
- DO NOT MIX THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT
- WHY WERE SEMEN AND BLOOD UNCLEAN?
- GOD ALONE DETERMINES WHAT IS NORMAL FOR HIS KINGDOM
- VIOLENCE IS NOT NORMAL IN GOD'S REALM
- Death is Abnormal
- DID UNCLEAN MEAN SINFUL?
- TEAR DOWN THAT MOLDY HOUSE
- THE TREATMENT OF LEPERS PART ONE
- THE TREATMENT OF LEPERS PART TWO
- "LEPROSY" IN A GARMENT
FOOD LAWS (full series)
- THE FOOD LAWS TAUGHT THREE MAJOR TRUTHS
- DIETARY RESTRICTIONS WERE NOT ABOUT HEALTH ISSUES
- THE FOOD LAWS TAUGHT HOLINESS
- THE FOOD LAWS TAUGHT THEM THAT THEY WERE GOD'S INSTRUMENTS
- THE FOOD LAWS TAUGHT WHAT IS NORMAL IN GOD'S KINGDOM
- GENERAL LESSONS FROM THE CATEGORIZING OF ANIMALS BY REALM
- LESSONS FROM SPLIT HOOVES AND CHEWING THE CUD
- COOL LESSONS FROM FINS AND SCALES
- WHY WERE THE ANIMALS THAT MOVE ALONG THE GROUND HIGHLIGHTED?
- LESSONS FROM THE INSECTS THAT FLY AND JUMP
- Conclusion and Application from the Food Laws
SEXUALITY (full series)
- WHAT MADE SEXUAL SINS WRONG?
- WHY DID SOME SEXUAL ACTS RECEIVE THE DEATH PENALTY?
- WAS GOD HARDER ON SOME SEXUAL DEVIATIONS THAN OTHERS?
- Why Was the Death Penalty for Sexual Acts Inconsistent? Part 1
- WHY WAS THE DEATH PENALTY FOR SEXUAL ACTS INCONSISTENT? PART 2
- WHY DID GOD ALLOW POLYGAMY?
- WHAT WAS UP WITH MARRYING A CAPTIVE WOMAN?
- CROSSDRESSING IS DECEPTION
- OLD TESTAMENT MOTIVATION TO ABSTAIN FROM SEXUAL MISCONDUCT
GENERAL TOPICS ABOUT HOLINESS (full series)
THE TABERNACLE AND SACRIFICES (full series)
- LESSONS FROM THE TABERNACLE PART 1
- LESSONS FROM THE TABERNACLE PART 2
- A sacrifice Must Cost You Something
- The Sacrificial System Taught Holiness and Gratitude
- Why So Much Blood?
- How Do We Know What the Sacrifices Were For?
- That "Sweet Smelling Aroma" Does Not Seem Sweet to Us
- The Purpose of the Grain Offering
- The Peace/Fellowship Offering
- The Sin Offering Was Not What I Expected
- Why Did God Hold Them Guilty for Unintentional Sins?
- The Guilt offering Was Not What I Expected
- General information about the Burnt Offering
- Where Could the Burnt Offering Be Offered?
- Something Strange about the Burnt Offering
- Wait! So Which Sacrifice Was for Deliberate Sins?
- EXAMPLES OF ATONEMENT WITHOUT BLOOD SACRIFICES
- Life Lessons from the Burnt Offering
- The Ashes of a Red Heifer
- Life Lessons from Other Sacrifices
- Bacon, Forgiveness and Atonement
GOD'S LAW TAUGHT COMPASSION (full series)
- GOD CHOOSES MERCY OVER JUDGEMENT
- LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR
- DON'T TOUCH BLOOD!
- RESPECT FOR ALL LIFE MUST INCLUDE THE UNBORN
- POPULATION CONTROL IS AN AFFRONT TO GOD
- A POPULATION CONTROL ADVOCATE'S OWN WORDS SHOW WHAT HE TRULY BELIEVES
- YOU MUST CARE FOR THE WIDOWS ORPHANS AND FOREIGNERS
- SHOW COMPASSION WHEN HARVESTING
- RESPECT GOATS AND BIRDS
- THE YEAR OF JUBILEE TAUGHT RESPECT AND PRIORITIES
- BABY GIRLS WERE JUST AS VALUABLE AS BABY BOYS
- DOESN'T THE LAW VALUE MEN MORE THAN WOMEN?
- MOSES KNEW THAT GOD FAVORS MERCY OVER JUDGMENT
WRAP UP OF THE LAW (full series)
GOD'S COVENANT FROM JOSHUA THROUGH DAVID (full series)
GOD'S COVENANT AND THE PROPHETS (full series)
THE NEW COVENANT (full series)
A NEW COVENANT IS CUT (full series)
- PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NEW COVENANT
- THE WRITTEN SUMMARY OF THE NEW COVENANT
- THE IDENTITY AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OUR COVENANT LORD
- The Conditions of the New Covenant
- The Blessings and Curses of the New Covenant
- The Signs of the New Covenant
- The Witnesses of the New Covenant
- Righteousness/Holiness
- Mercy/Compassion
- Faith
- Jesus Had the Authority to Cut a New Covenant
- The Cutting of the New Covenant
- Why Did Jesus Die on Passover instead of the Day of Atonement?
- Have We Been Sprinkled with the Blood of Jesus?
- WE CAN'T CHANGE THE RULES
WHAT CARRIES OVER FROM THE FORMER COVENANT TO THE NEW COVENANT? (full series)
JESUS FULFILLED THE OLD TESTAMENT SACRIFICES (full series)
- Jesus is the Only True Sacrifice
- THE ACTIONS OF ADAM AND JESUS AFFECT ALL OF US
- Jesus is Our Peace Offering
- Jesus Is Our Thank Offering
- Jesus is Our Oops Offering and our Restitution Offering
- Jesus Is Our Burnt Offering
- Jesus Fulfilled All the Other Offerings as Well
- Jesus Is Our Sacrifice for Defiant Sins
- Jesus Terminated All the Old Testament Sacrifices
- OUR SALVATION IS RECEIVED THROUGH FAITH
- Communion Is Multifaceted
THE RESURRECTION IN LIGHT OF THE FORMER COVENANT (full series)
A DWELLING PLACE FOR GOD (full series)
COVENANT PRINCIPLES APPLIED TO MODERN ENTERTAINMENT (full series)
- SOCIAL MEDIA AND ALGORITHMS ARE HINDERING BRAIN DEVELOPMENT
- DON'T SEEK TO SATISFY SELF
- My Favorite Place
- Association with the Impure Makes Me Impure
- Sin Is a Serious Thing
- Set Apart as Holy
- Special Tools in God's Hands
- Let God Teach You a New Normal
- We are God's Residence
- Love What God Loves and Hate What He Hates
- We Cannot Fight What We Constantly Absorb
- We Always Learn Something
- Does This Make Me More Like God?
- All Areas of Your Life Are Closely Connected
HOW DO GOD'S COVENANTS AFFECT ME TODAY? (midsize series)
THE FORMER COVENANT (Midsize series)
GOD'S COVENANT IN TIMES OF ADAM AND NOAH (midsize series)
- IF BIBLICAL TRUTH WERE A HOUSE
- WHY STUDY THE COVENANTS?
- WHAT IS A COVENANT?
- THE CURSE
- THE BIBLICAL VIEW OF DEATH
- Were They Eating from the Tree that sustains Life?
- What Is Meant by "Knowing Good and Evil"?
- WHY DID THEY TRY TO COVER UP?
- GOD'S REMEDY
- WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE THREE TYPES OF COVENANTS?
- GOD'S COVENANT WITH NOAH
GOD'S COVENANT IN THE TIME OF ABRAM (midsize series)
THE LAW (midsize series)
INTRODUCTORY MATTERS ABOUT THE LAW (midsize series)
THE COVENANT FORMULA (midsize series)
- THE LAW FITS THE PATTERN OF SUZERAIN VASSAL COVENANTS
- THE TABLETS OF STONE DEMONSTRATED CLOSENESS
- GOD'S INTRODUCTION TO HIS COVENANT
- THE CONDITIONS OF GOD'S COVENANT WITH ISRAEL
- THE BLESSINGS AND CURSES OF THE FORMER COVENANT
- OUR USE OF THE WORD "PROMISE"
- OUR USE OF THE TERM "BLESSING"
- SIGNS OF THE FORMER COVENANT
- WITNESSES OF THE FORMER COVENANT
- MORE WITNESSES OF THE FORMER COVENANT
GOD'S LAW TAUGHT FAITH (midsize series)
GOD'S LAW TAUGHT HOLINESS (midsize series)
CLEAN AND UNCLEAN (midsize series)
- THE JEWISH UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE UNIVERSE FUNCTIONS
- THE TWO KEY USES OF "UNCLEAN"
- Be Vigilant of Those Things That Need to Be Isolated
- DO NOT MIX THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT
- WHY WERE SEMEN AND BLOOD UNCLEAN?
- GOD ALONE DETERMINES WHAT IS NORMAL FOR HIS KINGDOM
- VIOLENCE IS NOT NORMAL IN GOD'S REALM
- Death is Abnormal
- DID UNCLEAN MEAN SINFUL?
FOOD LAWS (midsize series)
- THE FOOD LAWS TAUGHT THREE MAJOR TRUTHS
- DIETARY RESTRICTIONS WERE NOT ABOUT HEALTH ISSUES
- THE FOOD LAWS TAUGHT HOLINESS
- THE FOOD LAWS TAUGHT THEM THAT THEY WERE GOD'S INSTRUMENTS
- THE FOOD LAWS TAUGHT WHAT IS NORMAL IN GOD'S KINGDOM
- GENERAL LESSONS FROM THE CATEGORIZING OF ANIMALS BY REALM
- Conclusion and Application from the Food Laws
SEXUALITY (midsize series)
GENERAL TOPICS ABOUT HOLINESS (midsize series)
THE TABERNACLE AND THE SACRIFICES (midsize series)
- LESSONS FROM THE TABERNACLE PART 1
- LESSONS FROM THE TABERNACLE PART 2
- A sacrifice Must Cost You Something
- The Sacrificial System Taught Holiness and Gratitude
- Why So Much Blood?
- A MID-LENGTH SUMMARY OF FOUR SACRIFICES
- Why Did God Hold Them Guilty for Unintentional Sins?
- General information about the Burnt Offering
- Where Could the Burnt Offering Be Offered?
- Something Strange about the Burnt Offering
- Wait! So Which Sacrifice Was for Deliberate Sins?
- Life Lessons from the Burnt Offering
GOD'S LAW TAUGHT COMPASSION (midsize series)
WRAP UP OF THE LAW (midsize series)
GOD'S COVENANT FROM JOSHUA THROUGH DAVID (midsize series)
GOD'S COVNENAT AND THE PROPHETS (midsize series)
THE NEW COVENANT (midsize series)
A NEW COVENANT IS CUT (midsize series)
- PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NEW COVENANT
- THE WRITTEN SUMMARY OF THE NEW COVENANT
- THE IDENTITY AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OUR COVENANT LORD
- The Conditions of the New Covenant
- The Blessings and Curses of the New Covenant
- The Signs of the New Covenant
- The Witnesses of the New Covenant
- Righteousness/Holiness
- Mercy/Compassion
- Faith
- Jesus Had the Authority to Cut a New Covenant
- The Cutting of the New Covenant
- Why Did Jesus Die on Passover instead of the Day of Atonement?
- Have We Been Sprinkled with the Blood of Jesus?
- WE CAN'T CHANGE THE RULES
WHAT CARRIES OVER FROM THE FORMER COVENANT TO THE NEW COVENANT? (midsize series)
JESUS FULFILLED THE OLD TESTAMENT SACRIFICES (midsize series)
COVENANT PRINCIPLES APPLIED TO MODERN ENTERTAINMENT (midsize series)
A NEW DWELLING PLACE FOR GOD (midsize series)
COVENANT PRINCIPLES APPLIED TO MODERN ENTERTAINMENT (midsize series)
- SOCIAL MEDIA AND ALGORITHMS ARE HINDERING BRAIN DEVELOPMENT
- DON'T SEEK TO SATISFY SELF
- My Favorite Place
- Association with the Impure Makes Me Impure
- Sin Is a Serious Thing
- Set Apart as Holy
- Special Tools in God's Hands
- Let God Teach You a New Normal
- We are God's Residence
- Does This Make Me More Like God?
HOW DO GOD'S COVENANTS AFFECT ME TODAY (short series)
THE FORMER COVENANT (short series)
GOD'S COVENANT IN TIMES OF ADAM AND NOAH (short series)
- IF BIBLICAL TRUTH WERE A HOUSE
- WHAT IS A COVENANT?
- THE CURSE
- THE BIBLICAL VIEW OF DEATH
- Were They Eating from the Tree that sustains Life?
- What Is Meant by "Knowing Good and Evil"?
- WHY DID THEY TRY TO COVER UP?
- GOD'S REMEDY
- WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE THREE TYPES OF COVENANTS?
- GOD'S COVENANT WITH NOAH
GOD'S COVENANT IN THE TIME OF ABRAM (short series)
THE LAW (short series)
INTRODUCTORY MATTERS ABOUT THE LAW (short series)
THE COVENANT FORMULA (short series)
- THE LAW FITS THE PATTERN OF SUZERAIN VASSAL COVENANTS
- THE TABLETS OF STONE DEMONSTRATED CLOSENESS
- GOD'S INTRODUCTION TO HIS COVENANT
- THE CONDITIONS OF GOD'S COVENANT WITH ISRAEL
- THE BLESSINGS AND CURSES OF THE FORMER COVENANT
- SIGNS OF THE FORMER COVENANT
- WITNESSES OF THE FORMER COVENANT
- MORE WITNESSES OF THE FORMER COVENANT
GOD'S LAW TAUGHT FAUTH (short series)
GOD'S LAW TAUGHT HOLINESS (short series)
CLEAN AND UNCLEAN (short series)
FOOD LAWS (short series)
- THE FOOD LAWS TAUGHT THREE MAJOR TRUTHS
- DIETARY RESTRICTIONS WERE NOT ABOUT HEALTH ISSUES
- THE FOOD LAWS TAUGHT HOLINESS
- THE FOOD LAWS TAUGHT THEM THAT THEY WERE GOD'S INSTRUMENTS
- THE FOOD LAWS TAUGHT WHAT IS NORMAL IN GOD'S KINGDOM
- GENERAL LESSONS FROM THE CATEGORIZING OF ANIMALS BY REALM
- Conclusion and Application from the Food Laws
SEXUALITY (short series)
GENERAL TOPICS ABOUT HOLINESS (short series)
THE TABERNACLE AND SACRIFICES (short series)
- LESSONS FROM THE TABERNACLE PART 2
- A sacrifice Must Cost You Something
- The Sacrificial System Taught Holiness and Gratitude
- A SHORT SUMMARY OF FOUR SACRIFICES
- Why Did God Hold Them Guilty for Unintentional Sins?
- General information about the Burnt Offering
- Something Strange about the Burnt Offering
- Wait! So Which Sacrifice Was for Deliberate Sins?
- Life Lessons from the Burnt Offering
GOD'S LAW TAUGHT COMPASSION (short series)
WRAP UP OF THE LAW (short series)
GOD'S COVENANT FROM JOSHUA THROUGH DAVID (short series)
GOD'S COVENANT AND THE PROPHETS (short series)
THE NEW COVENANT (short series)
A NEW COVENANT IS CUT (short series)
- PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NEW COVENANT
- THE WRITTEN SUMMARY OF THE NEW COVENANT
- THE IDENTITY AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OUR COVENANT LORD
- The Conditions of the New Covenant
- The Blessings and Curses of the New Covenant
- The Signs of the New Covenant
- The Witnesses of the New Covenant
- Righteousness/Holiness
- Mercy/Compassion
- Faith
- Jesus Had the Authority to Cut a New Covenant
- The Cutting of the New Covenant
- WE CAN'T CHANGE THE RULES
WHAT CARRIES OVER FROM THE FORMER COVENANT TO THE NEW COVENANT? (short series)
JESUS FULFILLED THE OLD TESTAMENT SACRIFICES (short series)
THE RESURRECTION IN LIGHT OF THE FORMER COVENANT (short series)
A NEW DWELLING PLACE FOR GOD (short series)
COVENANT PRINCIPLES APPLIED TO MODERN ENTERTAINMENT (short series)
LESSONS FROM GENESIS CHAPTERS 1,2 & 3
LESSONS FROM GENESIS CHAPTER 1
- Possible Symbolism of Genesis 1
- The Chemistry of Water
- The Power of the Spoken Word
- Light
- Water and Light Are the Foundations of the Physical Universe
- Light From Distant Stars
- Evening and Morning
- The Heavens Are between Two Quantities of Water
- PANGAEA
- The Celestial Bodies were Not Created until Day Four
- Signs of Seasons and Days and Years
- According to Their Kind
- God Blessed Mankind
LESSONS FROM GENESIS CHAPTER 2
LESSONS FROM GENESIS CHAPTER 3
- When Animals Could Talk
- Passive Men and Dominant Women
- The Importance of Death in Scripture
- Creation and Evolution in Light of the Fall
- Evolution is a Theological Issue Not a Scientific Issue
- The Implications of a God Who Walks with Us
- Changes Suffered by the Serpent
- Were They Eating from the Tree that sustains Life?
- What Is Meant by "Knowing Good and Evil"?
- A QUOTE FROM CALVIN MILLER REGARDING SELF-DENIAL
ADAM AND CHAVVA AFTER EDEN
- THE MEANING OF EACH NAME ADDS TO THE STORY OF ADAM AND CHAVVA
- READ THESE ASSUMPTIONS FIRST
- ADAM AND CHAVVA'S FIRST 24 HOURS OUTSIDE OF EDEN
- ADAM AND CHAVVA'S FIRST WEEK OUTSIDE OF EDEN
- LEARNING TO SURVIVE
- STARTING A FAMILY
- QAYIN AND HABEL
- SHAYTH
- QAYIN GAINED AN ADVANTAGE
- THE FINAL YEARS OF ADAM'S LIFE
GENEALOGIES
THE NEPHILIM AND GENESIS 6
THE PROGRESSION OF THE FLOOD TEACHES US GOD'S CHARACTER
- PHASE 0.1 THE ROCK LAYERS SPEAK
- PHASE 0.2 THE SITUATION BEFORE THE WORLD-WIDE FLOOD
- PHASE 0.3 WHERE DID THE WATER COME FROM FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE FLOOD?
- PHASE 0.4 JUST BEFORE THE FLOOD STARTED
- PHASE 1.1 THE INITIAL SHOCK OF THE FLOOD EVENT
- PHASE 1.2 WHEN DID PEOPLE FEEL THAT FIRST SET OF EARTHQUAKES?
- PHASE 2 THE FIRST THREE MEGASEQUENCES LOOKED MUCH THE SAME
- PHASE 3 THE WATER LEVEL BEGAN TO RISE FASTER
- PHASE 4.1 THE WATER LEVEL ROSE EVEN FASTER
- PHASE 4.2 THE ARK FLOATED
- PHASE 4.3 PROBLEMS FOR THE HUMANS OUTSIDE OF THE ARK DURING THE FIRST 40 DAYS
- PHASE 5.1 THE WATERS ROSE TO THEIR HIGHEST POINT
- PHASE 5.2 METAL SHIPS, OR A WOODEN CONTAINER?
- PHASE 5.3 DEATH CAME TO EVERYONE ON LAND BEFORE DAY 150
- PHASE 5.4 WHAT ABOUT MATTHEW 24:38 -39?
- PHASE 6.1 THE WATERS RECEDED
- PHASE 6.2 MOUNTAINS WERE UPLIFTED
- PHASE 7.1 SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS ON THE ARK
- PHASE 7.2 AFTER THE FLOOD
- SPIRITUAL TAKE-AWAYS FROM THE PROGRESSION OF THE FLOOD
DON'T BE LIKE THE TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED PEOPLE BEFORE AND AFTER BABEL THAT DISAPPEARED
- ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY HAD TO EXIST IN ANCIENT TIMES
- ADVANCED TECH FROM ADAM TILL THE FLOOD
- ADVANCED TECH FROM THE FLOOD TILL BABEL
- ADVANCED TECH, BABEL, AND THE DISPERSION
- ADVANCED TECH WAS USED BY THE FOUNDER OF EGYPT
- ADVANCED TECH DISAPPEARED FROM ANCIENT TIMES
- ADVANCED TECH’S DISAPPEARANCE TEACHES SPIRITUAL LESSONS FOR TODAY
- ADDITIONAL INFO - THE LIMITS OF USING HUMAN POWER ALONE
- ADDITIONAL INFO - THE EGYPTIAN MINISTRY OF ANTIQUITIES
JOB
- YHVH or YHWH?
- THE NAMES OF THE RIVERS OF GENESIS 2
- THE MEANING OF EACH NAME ADDS TO THE STORY OF ADAM AND CHAVVA
- CAN A GENEALOGY TELL A STORY?
- THE STRATEGIC USE OF NAMES IN LUKE 1
- THE STRATEGIC USE OF NAMES IN MATTHEW 1
- THE STRATEGIC USE OF NAMES IN LUKE 2
- THE STRATEGIC USE OF NAMES IN MATTHEW 2
- MEASURED BY THEIR NAMES A Summary of the Names in the Nativity Story
- THE NAMES OF ACTS 2
- WHICH TRIBE IS LEFT OUT OF REVELATION 7?
- THE SEVEN CITIES CAN REPRESENT DIFFERING TYPES OF OPPOSITION
SOLOMON'S LIFE
- Intro to Solomon's Life
- Before Solomon Was Born
- The Birth and Naming of Solomon
- Solomon Was Not Like His Brothers
- Solomon Was Like His Father in Several Ways
- Solomon Was Promised the Kingship
- How Solomon Came to Distrust Women Part 1
- How Solomon Came to Distrust Women Part 2
- Solomon's Rocky Ascension to the Throne
- Solomon's Proper Inauguration
- Adonijah Asks for Abishag
- The Early Years of Solomon's Reign
- Solomon Married Pharaoh's Daughter
- Solomon Asks for Wisdom
- The Construction of the Temple
- The Dedication of the Temple
- Solomon's Participation in Worship at the Temple
- Solomon's Many Accomplishments
- Solomon and Shuly
- Solomon's Many Wives
- Only Two Daughters
- A Language Called Symbolism
- The Writing of Song of Solomon
- The Death of the Shulammite
- Why Did God Take the Shulammite Away from Solomon?
- Truncated Grief
- The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon
- When Was Ecclesiastes Written?
- Why Is Ecclesiastes So Dark?
- Why Did Solomon Turn from God to Idols?
- Did Solomon Repent?
- THE PROVERBS DID NOT PREPARE THE NEXT KING AS INTENDED
- The End of Solomon's Life
- Was the Shulammite Rehoboam's Mother?
- After His Death
- Why Were the Writings of Solomon Held in High Regard after His Death?
- Lessons from the Life of Solomon
PROBLEMATIC PROVERBS
- Types of Problematic Proverbs
- Why Do Some Proverbs Makes Sense and Some Do Not?
- Proverbs that Sound Like Absolute Statements but Are Not
- Proverbs that Seem to Contradict Each Other
- Proverbs that Had a Unique Context
- Proverbs that State "That's the Way Life Is"
- BATHSHEBA'S ADVICE TO SOLOMON IN PROVERBS 31
- Lessons to Be Learned from Proverbs 31
SONG OF SOLOMON
INTRODUCTORY MATTERS FOR SONG OF SOLOMON
- Interpret the Song as a Series of Images to Avoid Over-Spiritualizing or Over-Sexualizing
- Were They a Married Couple at the Time of its Writing?
- WHO IS SPEAKING TO WHOM?
- WHO WERE "THE DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEM"?
- How Many Times Were the Daughters' Names Used in the Song?
- What Would Solomon Say if He Could See My Paraphrase of His Song?
- Why Did the Rabbis Say This Song Is a Picture of God and Israel?
SHORT SERMONS FROM SONG OF SOLOMON
- A HEALTHY MARRIAGE IS REFRESHING
- BIBLICAL MASCULINITY PART 1 SONG OF SOLOMON CH 2 & CH 5
- BIBLICAL MASCULINITY PART 2 SONG OF SOLOMON CH 5 VS 10
- FEMININE BEAUTY PART 1 SONG OF SOLOMON CH 2 & CH 7
- FEMININE BEAUTY PART 2 SONG OF SOLOMON CH 4 & CH 6
- HOW DOES HE ENCOURAGE HER? SONG OF SOLOMON CH 6 & CH 2
- HOW DOES SHE ENCOURAGE HIM? SONG OF SOLOMON CH 2 & CH 8
- HARD TIMES
- OUR USE OF KNOWLEDGE - SONG OF SOLOMON CH 1 & CH 5
- THE WORDS WE SPEAK TO EACH OTHER
NUGGEST OF TRUTH FROM SONG OF SOLOMON
COMMENTS LIFTED FROM SONG OF SOLOMON
- I OFFER HIM MY NOURISHMENT
- LIKE A MEADOW FLOWER FROM SHARON 2:1
- "HIS BANNER OVER ME WAS LOVE" 2:4
- DO NOT AROUSE OR AWAKEN LOVE UNTIL IT SO DESIRES 2:7
- MY DOVE, YOUR FACE IS LOVELY 2:14
- THE LITTLE FOXES THAT DESTROY THE VINEYARD 2:15
- THE ONE I LOVE TO ME AND I TO HIM
- HE GRAZES AMONG THE LILIES
- BE LIKE A GAZELLE 2:17 & 8:14
- MY LOVE IS RUDDY 5:10
- HE BROWSES AMONG THE LILIES
- YOUR HAIR IS LIKE A FLOCK OF GOATS 6:5
- THE CURVES OF YOUR THIGHS ARE LIKE JEWELS
MARRIAGE GETAWAY
ECCLESIASTES
INTRODUCTION TO ECCLESIASTES
LESSONS FROM ECCLESIASTES
INTRODUCTION TO SYMBOLISM
SONG OF SOLOMON DEMONSTRATES THE POWER OF SYMBOLISM
- "HIS BANNER OVER ME WAS LOVE" 2:4
- DO NOT AROUSE OR AWAKEN LOVE UNTIL IT SO DESIRES 2:7
- MY DOVE, YOUR FACE IS LOVELY 2:14
- THE LITTLE FOXES THAT DESTROY THE VINEYARD 2:15
- BE LIKE A GAZELLE 2:17 & 8:14
- MY LOVE IS RUDDY 5:10
- LIKE A MEADOW FLOWER FROM SHARON 2:1
- YOUR HAIR IS LIKE A FLOCK OF GOATS 6:5
- YOUR NOSE IS LIKE THE TOWER OF LEBANON 7:4
- I SIT IN HIS SHADE 2:3
- AWAKE NORTH WIND, COME SOUTH WIND 4:16
- WHEN THE DAY BREATHES IN REFRESHING COOLNESS 4:6
- LIPS LIKE SCARLET RIBBON 4:3
- YOUR NAVEL IS A ROUNDED GOBLET, YOUR BELLY IS A MOUND OF WHEAT 7:2
- YOUR TEETH ARE LIKE A FLOCK OF SHEEP 4:2
- THE ONE I LOVE TO ME AND I TO HIM 2:16
REVELATION DEMONSTRATES THE POWER OF SYMBOLISM
- The Seven Bowls Have a Common Theme
- Armageddon
- The 144,000 Who Are Sealed
- The Significance of a 1000 Year Reign
- The Horses and Their Riders
- Babylon
- Gog and Magog in Revelation 20
- Locusts from the Abyss
- Streets of Gold
- The City as a Picture of the Church Rather than Heaven
- The Great White Throne
- 666
- Additional Topics in Revelation
OTHER SYMBOLISM
MARRIAGE ISSUES
- God Made the Woman in a Special Way and for a Special Purpose
- Marriage Is a Covenant
- A HEALTHY MARRIAGE IS REFRESHING
- HOW DOES HE ENCOURAGE HER? SONG OF SOLOMON CH 6 & CH 2
- HOW DOES SHE ENCOURAGE HIM? SONG OF SOLOMON CH 2 & CH 8
- GOD IS AN IDEALIST
- HARD TIMES
- OUR USE OF KNOWLEDGE - SONG OF SOLOMON CH 1 & CH 5
- THE WORDS WE SPEAK TO EACH OTHER
- WHAT MAKES A SPOUSE SEXY?
- My Recommendations for a Marriage Get-Away
THE ROLES OF MEN AND WOMEN
THE ROLES OF MEN AND WOMEN IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
- Why Did God Make the Woman? Gen ch 2
- Passive Men and Dominant Women
- Malachi 4 and Luke 1 on the Importance of Fathers
- A Good Household Manager Proverbs 31
- Lessons to Be Learned from Proverbs 31
- BIBLICAL MASCULINITY PART 1 SONG OF SOLOMON CH 2 & CH 5
- BIBLICAL MASCULINITY PART 2 SONG OF SOLOMON CH 5 VS 10
- FEMININE BEAUTY PART 1 SONG OF SOLOMON CH 2 & CH 7
- FEMININE BEAUTY PART 2 SONG OF SOLOMON CH 4 & CH 6
- WITH DELIGHT I SIT IN HIS SHADE - SONG OF SOLOMON CH 2 VS 3
- HOW DOES HE ENCOURAGE HER? SONG OF SOLOMON CH 6 & CH 2
- HOW DOES SHE ENCOURAGE HIM? SONG OF SOLOMON CH 2 & CH 8
- OUR USE OF KNOWLEDGE - SONG OF SOLOMON CH 1 & CH 5
THE ROLES OF MEN AND WOMEN IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
ROLES NOT SPECIFIC TO A HOUSE CHURCH MEETING
- This Is Not Optional Eph 5
- A High Standard Eph 5
- Love and Respect are the Foundation Eph 5
- The Need for Authority Not the Person Holding It Rom 13
- Don't Step Outside of God's Lines of Authority Rom 13
- What if there Really Is a Vacuum of Leadership? 1 Peter 3
- Don't Be a Fake 1 Peter 3
- The Examples of Sara 1 Peter 3
- Do Not Fear Anything Frightening 1 Peter 3
- How Is a Wife a Weaker Vessel? 1 Peter 3
- What Is the Connection to a Husband's Prayers? 1 Peter 3
ROLES SPECIFIC TO A HOUSE CHURCH MEETING
- No One Is Without an Authority Figure Over Them 1 Cor 11
- The Greek Way or the Hebrew Way? 1 Cor 11
- When Could a Woman Pray and Prophecy in a Meeting? 1 Cor 11
- Everyone Must Show Respect for Authority 1 Cor 11
- Different Signs of Respect for Different Recipients 1 Cor 11
- The Method of Formation Shows the Intended Purpose 1 Cor 11
- Why Were the Angels Brought into This? 1 Cor 11
- A Word of Balance 1 Cor 11
- What is Our Culture's Sign of Respect? 1 Cor 11
- How Did Nature Teach Short Hair for Men? 1 Cor 11
- Did Jesus Have Long Hair? 1 Cor 11
- Was the Hair the Same as a Veil? 1 Cor 11
- Is it Wrong for Today's Women to Cut Their Hair Short? 1 Cor 11
- This Is a Universal Principle and there Is a Cultural Element 1 Cor 11
- What Should Respect for Authority Look Like in Our Culture? 1 Cor 11
- The Context of 1 Corinthians Chapter 14
- Where Did the Law Say Women Are to Be Subordinate? 1 Cor 14
- The Idea of "Realms” 1 Cor 14
- Why Did Paul Restrict Women from Speaking in the Assembly? 1 Cor 14
- Consequences Are the Bottom Line 1 Cor 14
- Paul Knew there Was Opposition to These Ancient Principles 1 Cor 14
- A Summary of What Paul Wanted Men to Do 1 Tim 2
- Prayer Meeting, General Church Meeting, or in Public Life? 1 Tim 2
- Authority 1 Tim 2
- The Great Deception 1 Tim 2
- Rescued Through Bearing Children? Are You Kidding Me? 1 Tim 2
THE ROLES OF MEN AND WOMEN TODAY
- The Starting Point and Ending Point Regarding a Woman's Authority
- A Summary of the Biblical Roles of Men and Women
- The Foundations for the Two Major Views on the Authority of Men and Women
- Ways Males and Females Are Equal and Ways They Are Not Equal
- Every Team Has a Captain
- Insecurity is the Reason Some Women Take Over Without Realizing it
- What about Women Holding Authority Over Men in a Work Setting?
- What about Women Holding Authority Over Men in an "Organized Church"?
- Can a Christian Mother Work Outside the Home?
- WHAT ABOUT SINGLE, DIVORCED OR WIDOWED WOMEN TODAY?
- Is Our Society More Advanced than That of Ancient Israel?
- WHAT ABOUT HOUSEHOLD CHORES?
- INSECURITY IS TO A WOMAN WHAT LUST IS TO A MAN
- WHEN JESUS LEADS A HOME
- WHAT IF A WOMAN WERE TO FOLLOW THE BIBLE'S TEACHING ABOUT A WOMAN'S ROLE IN THE HOME?
- Resources I Recommend on the Roles of Men and Women
LUST
GAIN VICTORY OVER LUST
HELPFUL WORD PICTURES
PRINCIPLES FROM GOD'S COVENANTS THAT RELATE TO LUST
- THE MOST CRUCIAL POSITION IN THIS SPIRITUAL BATTLEFIELD IS THE HOME
- My Favorite Place
- Association with the Impure Makes Me Impure
- Sin Is a Serious Thing
- Let God Teach You a New Normal
- A Dwelling Place for God
- Love What God Loves and Hate What He Hates
- We Cannot Fight What We Constantly Absorb
- Does This Make Me More Like God?
- We Always Learn Something
- All Areas of Your Life Are Closely Connected
DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE
- MISSING PUZZLE PIECES AND SOME GUIDING PRINCIPLES ABOUT DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE
- DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE IN THE LAW - DEUT 24
- GOD DID NOT CONDONE DIVORCE AS A LOOPHOLE FOR ADULTERY - MALACHI 2
- JESUS WAS ASKED ABOUT DIVORCE MT 19
- HOW SHOULD WE TREAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DIVORCED AND REMARRIED?
- WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS
- OPTION #1 FOLLOW THE PRINCIPLES AND THE TEACHING METHODS
- OPTION #2 FOLLOW THE PRINCIPLES
- WHERE DO THE WORDS OF JESUS LEAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DIVORCED AND REMARRIED?
- STAY AS YOU ARE
- MY ADVICE FOR THOSE THAT ARE REMARRIED WITH CHILDREN
- CONSIDER HOMESCHOOLING
- I CHALLENGE EVERYONE TO THINK DIFFERENTLY AND SEEK GOD FIRST
- CONCLUSION TO THE TOPIC OF DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE
- WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE BLESSED?
- DID MARY STAY FOR THE BIRTH OF JOHN?
- HOW CLOSE DID MARY COME TO GETTING STONED?
- WHAT WAS THE PROCEDURE FOR STONING SOMEONE?
- WHAT WERE JOSEPH'S OPTIONS?
- WHAT WAS THAT PLACE WE USUALLY CALL AN "INN"?
- WHAT ABOUT THE TOWER OF THE FLOCK?
- WHY ARE SOME DETAILS OF THE STORY LEFT OUT?
- WHAT IS MEANT BY "NO ROOM"?
- WHAT WAS THE PROCLAMATION OF THE ANGEL INTENDED TO COMMUNICATE?
- HOW DID THE WISE MEN KNOW WHAT THE STAR MEANT?
- IN WHAT WAY WAS THIS THE STAR THEY HAD SEEN IN THE EAST?
- HOW MANY GIFTS DID THE WISE MEN BRING?
- HOW MANY WISE MEN WERE THERE?
SOME SPECIFIC SAYINGS OF JESUS
REGARDING BLASPHEMY
REGARDING DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE
- MISSING PUZZLE PIECES AND SOME GUIDING PRINCIPLES ABOUT DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE
- DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE IN THE LAW - DEUT 24
- GOD DID NOT CONDONE DIVORCE AS A LOOPHOLE FOR ADULTERY - MALACHI 2
- JESUS WAS ASKED ABOUT DIVORCE MT 19
- HOW SHOULD WE TREAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DIVORCED AND REMARRIED?
- WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS
- OPTION #1 FOLLOW THE PRINCIPLES AND THE TEACHING METHODS
- OPTION #2 FOLLOW THE PRINCIPLES
- WHERE DO THE WORDS OF JESUS LEAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DIVORCED AND REMARRIED?
- STAY AS YOU ARE
- MY ADVICE FOR THOSE THAT ARE REMARRIED WITH CHILDREN
- CONSIDER HOMESCHOOLING
- I CHALLENGE EVERYONE TO THINK DIFFERENTLY AND SEEK GOD FIRST
- CONCLUSION TO THE TOPIC OF DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE
HOUSE CHURCHES
THE PRIORITIES OF THE HOUSE CHURCHES OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
- THE PRIORITIES OF THE EARLY CHURCH
- THE NEED FOR DISCIPLESHIP
- WHAT ABOUT PROTECTING SOUND DOCTRINE?
- HELPING THE NEEDY MADE THE EARLY CHURCH VERY ATTRACTIVE
- HOW DID THEY HAVE TIME TO MEET AT THE TEMPLE EVERY DAY?
- THERE WERE LARGE MEETINGS AND THERE WERE SMALL MEETINGS
- THEY ATE TWO TYPES OF MEALS IN THEIR HOMES
- THEY WERE WINSOME WITHOUT EVANGELISTIC STRATEGIES
LEADERSHIP IN THE HOUSE CHURCHES OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
- How Was the Leadership of These Meetings Determined?
- Leaders in the Early Church
- LEADERSHIP WAS BASED ON FAMILIAL AND SPIRITUAL QUALIFICATIONS
- AUTHORITY IN A HOUSE CHURCH WAS AN EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY IN THE HOME
- A WITNESS FROM THOSE OUTSIDE AND A SNARE OF THE DEVIL
- WHAT SHALL WE CALL LEADERS-IN-TRAINING? LET'S CALL THEM SERVANTS!
MY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOUSE CHURCHES
ROLES OF MEN AND WOMEN
ROLES OF MEN AND WOMEN IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
- Why Did God Make the Woman? Gen ch 2
- Passive Men and Dominant Women
- Malachi 4 and Luke 1 on the Importance of Fathers
- A Good Household Manager Proverbs 31
- Lessons to Be Learned from Proverbs 31
- BIBLICAL MASCULINITY PART 1 SONG OF SOLOMON CH 2 & CH 5
- BIBLICAL MASCULINITY PART 2 SONG OF SOLOMON CH 5 VS 10
- FEMININE BEAUTY PART 1 SONG OF SOLOMON CH 2 & CH 7
- FEMININE BEAUTY PART 2 SONG OF SOLOMON CH 4 & CH 6
- WITH DELIGHT I SIT IN HIS SHADE - SONG OF SOLOMON CH 2 VS 3
- HOW DOES HE ENCOURAGE HER? SONG OF SOLOMON CH 6 & CH 2
- HOW DOES SHE ENCOURAGE HIM? SONG OF SOLOMON CH 2 & CH 8
- OUR USE OF KNOWLEDGE - SONG OF SOLOMON CH 1 & CH 5
ROLES OF MEN AND WOMEN IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
GENERAL - NOT SPECIFIC TO A HOUSE CHURCH MEETING
- This Is Not Optional Eph 5
- A High Standard Eph 5
- Love and Respect are the Foundation Eph 5
- The Need for Authority Not the Person Holding It Rom 13
- Don't Step Outside of God's Lines of Authority Rom 13
- What if there Really Is a Vacuum of Leadership? 1 Peter 3
- Don't Be a Fake 1 Peter 3
- The Examples of Sara 1 Peter 3
- Do Not Fear Anything Frightening 1 Peter 3
- How Is a Wife a Weaker Vessel? 1 Peter 3
- What Is the Connection to a Husband's Prayers? 1 Peter 3
SPECIFIC TO A HOUSE CHURCH MEETING
- No One Is Without an Authority Figure Over Them 1 Cor 11
- The Greek Way or the Hebrew Way? 1 Cor 11
- When Could a Woman Pray and Prophecy in a Meeting? 1 Cor 11
- Everyone Must Show Respect for Authority 1 Cor 11
- Different Signs of Respect for Different Recipients 1 Cor 11
- The Method of Formation Shows the Intended Purpose 1 Cor 11
- Why Were the Angels Brought into This? 1 Cor 11
- A Word of Balance 1 Cor 11
- What is Our Culture's Sign of Respect? 1 Cor 11
- How Did Nature Teach Short Hair for Men? 1 Cor 11
- Did Jesus Have Long Hair? 1 Cor 11
- Was the Hair the Same as a Veil? 1 Cor 11
- Is it Wrong for Today's Women to Cut Their Hair Short? 1 Cor 11
- This Is a Universal Principle and there Is a Cultural Element 1 Cor 11
- What Should Respect for Authority Look Like in Our Culture? 1 Cor 11
- The Context of 1 Corinthians Chapter 14
- Where Did the Law Say Women Are to Be Subordinate? 1 Cor 14
- The Idea of "Realms” 1 Cor 14
- Why Did Paul Restrict Women from Speaking in the Assembly? 1 Cor 14
- Consequences Are the Bottom Line 1 Cor 14
- Paul Knew there Was Opposition to These Ancient Principles 1 Cor 14
- A Summary of What Paul Wanted Men to Do 1 Tim 2
- Prayer Meeting, General Church Meeting, or in Public Life? 1 Tim 2
- Authority 1 Tim 2
- The Great Deception 1 Tim 2
- Rescued Through Bearing Children? Are You Kidding Me? 1 Tim 2
ROLES OF MEN AND WOMEN TODAY
- The Starting Point and Ending Point Regarding a Woman's Authority
- A Summary of the Biblical Roles of Men and Women
- The Foundations for the Two Major Views on the Authority of Men and Women
- Ways Males and Females Are Equal and Ways They Are Not Equal
- Every Team Has a Captain
- Insecurity is the Reason Some Women Take Over Without Realizing it
- What about Women Holding Authority Over Men in a Work Setting?
- What about Women Holding Authority Over Men in an "Organized Church"?
- Can a Christian Mother Work Outside the Home?
- WHAT ABOUT SINGLE, DIVORCED OR WIDOWED WOMEN TODAY?
- Is Our Society More Advanced than That of Ancient Israel?
- WHAT ABOUT HOUSEHOLD CHORES?
- INSECURITY IS TO A WOMAN WHAT LUST IS TO A MAN
- WHEN JESUS LEADS A HOME
- WHAT IF A WOMAN WERE TO FOLLOW THE BIBLE'S TEACHING ABOUT A WOMAN'S ROLE IN THE HOME?
- Resources I Recommend on the Roles of Men and Women
TONGUES IN THE EARLY CHURCH AND TODAY (Full, Medium and Short Series)
TONGUES (Full Series)
TONGUES IN ACTS (Full Series)
- FULL LIST OF COMMENTS ON TONGUES BY VERSE
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 2:1-2
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 2:3
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 2:4-8
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 2:9-15
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 2:37 & 41
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 10:30-31
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 10:44-47
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 19:1-5
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 19:6-7
TONGUES IN I CORINTHIANS (Full Series)
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM 1 CORINTHIANS 1:4-7
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:1-7
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:8-11
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:21-26
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:27-30
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:31 & 13:1
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 13:2, 8-13
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:1
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:2
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:3-5
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:6-10
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:11-17
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:18-21
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:22-25
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:26-28
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:29-31
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:32-33A
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:33B -35
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:36-38
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:39 & 40
Additional Subtopics about Tongues
TONGUES (Mid length series)
TONGUES IN ACTS (Mid Length Series)
- MID LENGTH LIST OF COMMENTS ON TONGUES BY VERSE
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 2:2
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 2:3
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 2:4-8
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 2:41
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 10:30-31
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 10:44-47
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 19:1-5
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 19:6-7
TONGUES IN I CORINTHIANS (Mid Length Series)
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM 1 CORINTHIANS 1:4-7
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:7,22,25
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:28-30
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:31 & 13:1
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 13:2,8,10
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:1
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:2
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:3-5
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:6-10
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:12-15
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:18-19
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:22 & 23
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:26-28
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:33
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:33B -35
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:36-38
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:39 & 40
TONGUES (Short series)
TONGUES IN ACTS (Short Series)
TONGUES IN I CORINTHIANS (Short Series)
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 1:5&7
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:7,22,25,30
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:31 & 13:1
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:1
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:2
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:4 & 5
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:6 & 10
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:13 & 15
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:22 & 23
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:26-28
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:33
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:39 & 40
THE BOOK OF HEBREWS HAD MORE THAN ONE CONTRIBUTOR
HOW TO HEAR GOD'S VOICE
WHY SOME PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED AND SOME ARE NOT
- WHAT TRUE PRAYER IS AND WHAT IT ISN'T
- THREE WAYS PRAYER CAN CHANGE THE ACTIONS OF GOD
- HEBREW AND GREEK WORDS FOR PRAYER
- GOD IS FAITHFUL TO HIMSELF, NOT TO US
- WHAT HAS GOD BOUND HIMSELF TO?
- WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO PRAY "IN THE NAME OF JESUS"?
- IS PRAYER FOR HEALING TRUE PRAYER?
- ARE MOST OF OUR PRAYER REQUESTS TRUE PRAYER?
- WHAT ABOUT PRAYER BEFORE MEALS?
- WHAT ABOUT THE PRAYER OF JABEZ?
YOU NEED REST (Sabbathing)
HOW THIS STUDY ON REST IS ORGANIZED
CONNECTING PRODUCES A PARADIGM SHIFT
PRIORITIES PRODUCE SIMPLICITY
- PUT THE BIG STUFF IN FIRST
- HUNGER-DRIVEN BIBLE READING
- CONSTANT PERSONAL WORSHIP
- GOD-GLORIFYING PRAYER
- WHAT TRUE PRAYER IS AND WHAT IT ISN'T
- THREE WAYS PRAYER CAN CHANGE THE ACTIONS OF GOD
- GOD IS FAITHFUL TO HIMSELF, NOT TO US
- WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO PRAY “IN THE NAME OF JESUS?”
- QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT PRAYER
- ADMONITIONS ABOUT PRAYER
- CONSIDER SOME HEROES OF PRAYER
- SIMPLICITY
- ROADBLOCKS TO SIMPLICITY
SELFLESSNESS PRODUCES HEALING
CELEBRATING PRODUCES INTIMACY
PREPARING PRODUCES DISCIPLINE
STAYING HOME PRODUCES CLOSENESS
RESTING IN CYCLES PRODUCES OVERFLOW
CONNECTING FULLY PRODUCES ANTICIPATION OF HEAVEN
NOT WORKING PRODUCES A DAY THAT IS SET APART - HOLY
WRAPPING UP THE TOPIC OF REST
TONGUES (my Full, Mid Length, and Short Series)
TONGUES (my full series)
TONGUES IN ACTS (my Full Series)
- FULL LIST OF COMMENTS ON TONGUES BY VERSE
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 2:1-2
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 2:3
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 2:4-8
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 2:9-15
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 2:37 & 41
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 10:30-31
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 10:44-47
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 19:1-5
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 19:6-7
TONGUES IN I CORINTHIANS (My Full Series)
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM 1 CORINTHIANS 1:4-7
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:1-7
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:8-11
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:21-26
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:27-30
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:31 & 13:1
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 13:2, 8-13
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:1
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:2
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:3-5
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:6-10
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:11-17
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:18-21
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:22-25
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:26-28
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:29-31
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:32-33A
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:33B -35
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:36-38
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:39 & 40
MY ADDITIONAL SUBTOPICS ABOUT TONGUES
TONGUES (My Mid Length Series)
TONGUES IN ACTS (My Mid Length Series)
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 2:2
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 2:3
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 2:4-8
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 2:41
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 10:30-31
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 10:44-47
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 19:1-5
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 19:6-7
- MID LENGTH LIST OF COMMENTS ON TONGUES BY VERSE
TONGUES IN I CORINTHIANS (My Mid Length Series)
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM 1 CORINTHIANS 1:4-7
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:7,22,25
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:28-30
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:31 & 13:1
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 13:2,8,10
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:1
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:2
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:3-5
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:6-10
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:12-15
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:18-19
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:22 & 23
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:26-28
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:33
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:33B -35
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:36-38
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:39 & 40
TONGUES (My Short Series)
TONGUES IN ACTS (My Short Series)
TONGUES IN I CORINTHIANS (My Short Series)
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 1:5&7
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:7,22,25,30
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:31 & 13:1
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:1
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:2
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:4 & 5
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:6 & 10
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:13 & 15
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:22 & 23
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:26-28
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:33
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:39 & 40
THE PSALMS AND HOW TO UNDERSTAND THEM
EMOTIONAL HEALING FROM A BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE
KEY BIBLICAL TRUTHS ABOUT EMOTIONAL HEALING
A BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE ON AFFIRMATION STATEMENTS
HOW VARIOUS EMOTIONAL ISSUES RELATE TO SELF-CENTEREDNESS
AUDRY
DON'T HELP SATAN BY BEATING UP ON YOURSELF
INTRODUCTORY STUFF FOR "DON'T BEAT UP ON YOURSELF"
SATAN USES OUR FAILURES AGAINST US
SATAN USES OUR PAIN AGAINST US
SATAN USES OUR EMOTIONS AGAINST US
SATAN USES OUR CONSCIENCE AGAINST US
SATAN USES A VARIETY OF TOOLS AGAINST US
SATAN USES OUR BRAIN STRUCTURE AGAINST US
WRAP US FOR "DON'T BEAT UP ON YOURSELF"
PROPHECY AND REVELATION
PRELIMINARY INFO ON REVELATION
THE KEYS THAT OPEN UP REVELATION
- KEY # 1 Learn the Rules of Interpretation
- Key #2 Maintain a Balance Between Perseverance and Imminence
- KEY #3 Understand the Purpose of Apocalyptic Literature in Scripture
- KEY #4 Use Biblical Terminology Properly
- KEY #5 Don't Try to Figure it Out
- KEY #6 Be Willing to Consider a New Method
- KEY #7 Interpret the Symbols as the Original Audience Did
- Revelation Is Symbolism Not Geopolitical Predictions
- THE POWER OF IMAGES
- Interpret Apocalyptic Images in Light of Bible History
- Symbolism Is for Interpreting What Is, Not for Predicting What Will Be
- The Spiritual Admonition Comes from the Symbolism Not from a Literal Interpretation
- Revelation is Not an Allegory
- Types of Symbols Used in Revelation
THE REASON THOSE 7 CHURCHES WERE CHOSEN
- THE SEVEN CITIES CAN REPRESENT DIFFERING TYPES OF OPPOSITION
- The Possible Symbolism of Ephesus
- The Possible Symbolism of Smyrna
- The Possible Symbolism of Pergamum
- The Possible Symbolism of Thyatira
- The Possible Symbolism of Sardis
- The Possible Symbolism of Philadelphia
- The Possible Symbolism of Laodicea
A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON POPULAR TOPICS IN REVELATION
- How Christ and the Church Conquer Satan
- There Is No 7-Year Tribulation in Revelation
- 666
- Is “Harvesting” the Same as the “Rapture”?
- The 144,000 Who Are Sealed
- The Seven Bowls Have a Common Theme
- The Significance of a 1000 Year Reign
- Armageddon
- What Brings A “New Heaven and a New Earth?” Is it Destruction or Renewal?
- An Army of 200 Million
- Babylon
- Gog and Magog in Revelation 20
- The Horses and Their Riders
- Locusts from the Abyss
- Streets of Gold
- The Holy City, Jerusalem
- The City as a Picture of the Church Rather than Heaven
- The Great White Throne
- The Seal Of God
- The Sixth Trumpet Depicts Acts of God Not Satan
- What Does “Come” Mean?
- Additional Topics in Revelation
THE MOST IMPORTANT STUFF FROM REVELATION
PROPHECY IN THE GOSPELS
THE TEACHING OF MATTHEW 24
- The Themes Covered in the Discourse of Matthew 24 and 25
- The End of Which Age?
- Evangelization Marked the Completion of an Age, but Which Age?
- The Stench of Desolation Spoken of by Daniel
- "If Those Days Had Not Been Cut Short"
- "In the Barren Wastelands" and " In the Inner Room"
- Will Jesus' Return Be Visible or Secret?
- What Was Meant by the Title "Son of Man"?
- Powerful Signs
- "Coming on the Clouds"
- "Gathered the Chosen Ones"
- The Illustration of the Fig Tree
- What Is Meant Here by "This Generation"?
- This Is Strong Assurance
THE EXAMPLES OF MATTHEW 24
THE PARABLES OF MATTHEW 25
JOHN 14
PROPHECY IN THE EPISTLES
PROPHECY IN THE OLD TESTAMENT PROPHETS
- A SUMMARY OF ALL THE VISIONS GIVEN TO DANIEL
- DANIEL'S REACTIONS TO THE VISIONS GIVEN TO HIM
- Daniel Needed Encouragement
- GOD PLACED ISRAEL AT THE CENTER OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
- WHAT DO THE SEVENS OF DANIEL'S VISION REFER TO?
- WHAT IS THE GOAL OF THESE SEVENS?
- WAS DANIEL REFERRING TO ANTIOCHUS OR TITUS?
- SUMMARY OF THE SEVENTY SEVENS OF DANIEL'S VISION
- THIS WAS A POWERFUL OATH AND A TREMENDOUS ENCOURAGEMENT
- THE ANSWER TO DANIEL'S QUESTION
- WHAT'S UP WITH 1290 DAYS AND 1335 DAYS?
- GOG AND MAGOG IN EZEKIEL 38 AND 39
- ALL PROPHECIES HAVE A SPIRITUAL PURPOSE AND A SPIRITUAL FULFILLMENT
PROPHECY AND PERSECUTION IN OUR TIMES
HOW DOES THE PROGRESSION OF THE FLOOD TEACH US GOD'S CHARACTER?
- PHASE 0.1 THE ROCK LAYERS SPEAK
- PHASE 0.2 THE SITUATION BEFORE THE WORLD-WIDE FLOOD
- PHASE 7.1 SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS ON THE ARK
- PHASE 0.3 WHERE DID THE WATER COME FROM FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE FLOOD?
- PHASE 0.4 JUST BEFORE THE FLOOD STARTED
- PHASE 1.1 THE INITIAL SHOCK OF THE FLOOD EVENT
- PHASE 1.2 WHEN DID PEOPLE FEEL THAT FIRST SET OF EARTHQUAKES?
- PHASE 2 THE FIRST THREE MEGASEQUENCES LOOKED MUCH THE SAME
- PHASE 3 THE WATER LEVEL BEGAN TO RISE FASTER
- PHASE 4.1 THE WATER LEVEL ROSE EVEN FASTER
- PHASE 4.2 THE ARK FLOATED
- PHASE 4.3 PROBLEMS FOR THE HUMANS OUTSIDE OF THE ARK DURING THE FIRST 40 DAYS
- PHASE 5.1 THE WATERS ROSE TO THEIR HIGHEST POINT
- PHASE 5.2 METAL SHIPS, OR A WOODEN CONTAINER?
- PHASE 5.3 DEATH CAME TO EVERYONE ON LAND BEFORE DAY 150
- PHASE 5.4 WHAT ABOUT MATTHEW 24:38 -39?
- PHASE 6.1 THE WATERS RECEDED
- PHASE 6.2 MOUNTAINS WERE UPLIFTED
- PHASE 7.2 AFTER THE FLOOD
- SPIRITUAL TAKE-AWAYS FROM THE PROGRESSION OF THE FLOOD
THE STRUCTURE OF OUR BRAINS TEACHES SPIRITUAL LESSONS
WHY DIDN'T GOD MAKE ALL OF THE BIBLE EASY TO UNDERSTAND?
- WHY DIDN'T GOD MAKE ALL OF THE BIBLE EASY TO UNDERSTAND?
- GOD GAVE US A MURAL NOT A SNAPSHOT
- THE BIBLE IS LIKE A DOUBLE-SIDED PUZZLE
- HOW CAN PEOPLE TRUST THE BIBLE IF THEY CAN'T UNDERSTAND IT?
- IS THERE SUCH A THING AS THE MOST ACCURATE TRANSLATION?
- HERE'S WHAT AN EXCLUSIVELY WORD-FOR-WORD TRANSLATION LOOKS LIKE Part 1
- HERE'S WHAT AN EXCLUSIVELY WORD-FOR-WORD TRANSLATION LOOKS LIKE PART 2
- HERE'S WHAT AN EXCLUSIVELY WORD-FOR-WORD TRANSLATION LOOKS LIKE PART 3
- Question the Bible But Do It the Right Way
- JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND SOMETHING DOESN'T MAKE IT WRONG
- WHY DO THE VERSIONS OF THE BIBLE DISAGREE SO MUCH?
- A TRICK FOR PRONOUNCING LONG BIBLE NAMES
CUTLERY FOR THE HUNGRY
TRUTHS I WISH ALL FOLLOWERS OF JESUS UNDERSTOOD
- WHY DIDN'T GOD MAKE ALL OF THE BIBLE EASY TO UNDERSTAND?
- GOD CHOOSES MERCY OVER JUDGEMENT
- WE CAN'T CHANGE THE RULES
- THE JEWISH UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE UNIVERSE FUNCTIONS
- THE TWO KEY USES OF "UNCLEAN"
- GOD ALONE DETERMINES WHAT IS NORMAL FOR HIS KINGDOM
- THE WRONG DIRECTION
- PUT THE BIG STUFF IN FIRST
- WHAT TRUE PRAYER IS AND WHAT IT ISN'T
- THREE WAYS PRAYER CAN CHANGE THE ACTIONS OF GOD
- GOD IS FAITHFUL TO HIMSELF, NOT TO US
- THE IMPORTANCE OF FOCUS
- SATAN USES OUR FAILUERS AGAINST US
- SATAN IS THREATENED BY YOU
- THE HOLY SPIRIT SAYS "COME"
RULES AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STUDYING THE BIBLE YOURSELF
TIPPS FOR USING GREEK AND HEBREW RESOURCES
HOW DO GOD'S COVENANTS AFFECT ME TODAY? (Full, Medium and Short Series)
HOW DO GOD'S COVENANTS AFFECT ME TODAY? (Full-length series)
THE FORMER COVENANT (full series)
GOD'S COVENANT IN TIMES OF ADAM AND NOAH (full series)
- IF BIBLICAL TRUTH WERE A HOUSE
- WHY STUDY THE COVENANTS?
- WHAT IS A COVENANT?
- THE CURSE
- THE BIBLICAL VIEW OF DEATH
- Were They Eating from the Tree that sustains Life?
- What Is Meant by "Knowing Good and Evil"?
- A QUOTE FROM CALVIN MILLER REGARDING SELF-DENIAL
- WHY DID THEY TRY TO COVER UP?
- OTHER CONSEQUENCES OF THE FALL
- GOD'S REMEDY
- WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE THREE TYPES OF COVENANTS?
- A COVENANT BEFORE THE FLOOD?
- GOD'S COVENANT WITH NOAH
GOD'S COVENANT IN THE TIME OF ABRAM (full series)
THE LAW (full series)
INTRODUCTORY MATTERS ABOUT THE LAW (full series)
THE COVENANT FORMULA (full series)
- THE LAW FITS THE PATTERN OF SUZERAIN VASSAL COVENANTS
- AN EXAMPLE OF THE COMPONENTS OF SUZERAIN VASSAL COVENANTS
- THE TEN WORDS WERE THE SUMMARY OF THE COVENANT
- THE TABLETS OF STONE DEMONSTRATED CLOSENESS
- GOD'S INTRODUCTION TO HIS COVENANT
- THE CONDITIONS OF GOD'S COVENANT WITH ISRAEL
- THE BLESSINGS AND CURSES OF THE FORMER COVENANT
- OUR USE OF THE WORD "PROMISE"
- OUR USE OF THE TERM "BLESSING"
- SIGNS OF THE FORMER COVENANT
- WITNESSES OF THE FORMER COVENANT
- MORE WITNESSES OF THE FORMER COVENANT
GOD'S LAW TAUGHT FAITH (full series)
GOD'S LAW TAUGHT HOLINESS (full series)
CLEAN AND UNCLEAN (full series)
- THE JEWISH UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE UNIVERSE FUNCTIONS
- THE TWO KEY USES OF "UNCLEAN"
- Be Vigilant of Those Things That Need to Be Isolated
- DO NOT MIX THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT
- WHY WERE SEMEN AND BLOOD UNCLEAN?
- GOD ALONE DETERMINES WHAT IS NORMAL FOR HIS KINGDOM
- VIOLENCE IS NOT NORMAL IN GOD'S REALM
- Death is Abnormal
- DID UNCLEAN MEAN SINFUL?
- TEAR DOWN THAT MOLDY HOUSE
- THE TREATMENT OF LEPERS PART ONE
- THE TREATMENT OF LEPERS PART TWO
- "LEPROSY" IN A GARMENT
FOOD LAWS (full series)
- THE FOOD LAWS TAUGHT THREE MAJOR TRUTHS
- DIETARY RESTRICTIONS WERE NOT ABOUT HEALTH ISSUES
- THE FOOD LAWS TAUGHT HOLINESS
- THE FOOD LAWS TAUGHT THEM THAT THEY WERE GOD'S INSTRUMENTS
- THE FOOD LAWS TAUGHT WHAT IS NORMAL IN GOD'S KINGDOM
- GENERAL LESSONS FROM THE CATEGORIZING OF ANIMALS BY REALM
- LESSONS FROM SPLIT HOOVES AND CHEWING THE CUD
- COOL LESSONS FROM FINS AND SCALES
- WHY WERE THE ANIMALS THAT MOVE ALONG THE GROUND HIGHLIGHTED?
- LESSONS FROM THE INSECTS THAT FLY AND JUMP
- Conclusion and Application from the Food Laws
SEXUALITY (full series)
- WHAT MADE SEXUAL SINS WRONG?
- WHY DID SOME SEXUAL ACTS RECEIVE THE DEATH PENALTY?
- WAS GOD HARDER ON SOME SEXUAL DEVIATIONS THAN OTHERS?
- Why Was the Death Penalty for Sexual Acts Inconsistent? Part 1
- WHY WAS THE DEATH PENALTY FOR SEXUAL ACTS INCONSISTENT? PART 2
- WHY DID GOD ALLOW POLYGAMY?
- WHAT WAS UP WITH MARRYING A CAPTIVE WOMAN?
- CROSSDRESSING IS DECEPTION
- OLD TESTAMENT MOTIVATION TO ABSTAIN FROM SEXUAL MISCONDUCT
GENERAL TOPICS ABOUT HOLINESS (full series)
THE TABERNACLE AND SACRIFICES (full series)
- LESSONS FROM THE TABERNACLE PART 1
- LESSONS FROM THE TABERNACLE PART 2
- A sacrifice Must Cost You Something
- The Sacrificial System Taught Holiness and Gratitude
- Why So Much Blood?
- How Do We Know What the Sacrifices Were For?
- That "Sweet Smelling Aroma" Does Not Seem Sweet to Us
- The Purpose of the Grain Offering
- The Peace/Fellowship Offering
- The Sin Offering Was Not What I Expected
- Why Did God Hold Them Guilty for Unintentional Sins?
- The Guilt offering Was Not What I Expected
- General information about the Burnt Offering
- Where Could the Burnt Offering Be Offered?
- Something Strange about the Burnt Offering
- Wait! So Which Sacrifice Was for Deliberate Sins?
- EXAMPLES OF ATONEMENT WITHOUT BLOOD SACRIFICES
- Life Lessons from the Burnt Offering
- The Ashes of a Red Heifer
- Life Lessons from Other Sacrifices
- Bacon, Forgiveness and Atonement
GOD'S LAW TAUGHT COMPASSION (full series)
- GOD CHOOSES MERCY OVER JUDGEMENT
- LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR
- DON'T TOUCH BLOOD!
- RESPECT FOR ALL LIFE MUST INCLUDE THE UNBORN
- POPULATION CONTROL IS AN AFFRONT TO GOD
- A POPULATION CONTROL ADVOCATE'S OWN WORDS SHOW WHAT HE TRULY BELIEVES
- YOU MUST CARE FOR THE WIDOWS ORPHANS AND FOREIGNERS
- SHOW COMPASSION WHEN HARVESTING
- RESPECT GOATS AND BIRDS
- THE YEAR OF JUBILEE TAUGHT RESPECT AND PRIORITIES
- BABY GIRLS WERE JUST AS VALUABLE AS BABY BOYS
- DOESN'T THE LAW VALUE MEN MORE THAN WOMEN?
- MOSES KNEW THAT GOD FAVORS MERCY OVER JUDGMENT
WRAP UP OF THE LAW (full series)
GOD'S COVENANT FROM JOSHUA THROUGH DAVID (full series)
GOD'S COVENANT AND THE PROPHETS (full series)
THE NEW COVENANT (full series)
A NEW COVENANT IS CUT (full series)
- PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NEW COVENANT
- THE WRITTEN SUMMARY OF THE NEW COVENANT
- THE IDENTITY AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OUR COVENANT LORD
- The Conditions of the New Covenant
- The Blessings and Curses of the New Covenant
- The Signs of the New Covenant
- The Witnesses of the New Covenant
- Righteousness/Holiness
- Mercy/Compassion
- Faith
- Jesus Had the Authority to Cut a New Covenant
- The Cutting of the New Covenant
- Why Did Jesus Die on Passover instead of the Day of Atonement?
- Have We Been Sprinkled with the Blood of Jesus?
- WE CAN'T CHANGE THE RULES
WHAT CARRIES OVER FROM THE FORMER COVENANT TO THE NEW COVENANT? (full series)
JESUS FULFILLED THE OLD TESTAMENT SACRIFICES (full series)
- Jesus is the Only True Sacrifice
- THE ACTIONS OF ADAM AND JESUS AFFECT ALL OF US
- Jesus is Our Peace Offering
- Jesus Is Our Thank Offering
- Jesus is Our Oops Offering and our Restitution Offering
- Jesus Is Our Burnt Offering
- Jesus Fulfilled All the Other Offerings as Well
- Jesus Is Our Sacrifice for Defiant Sins
- Jesus Terminated All the Old Testament Sacrifices
- OUR SALVATION IS RECEIVED THROUGH FAITH
- Communion Is Multifaceted
THE RESURRECTION IN LIGHT OF THE FORMER COVENANT (full series)
A DWELLING PLACE FOR GOD (full series)
COVENANT PRINCIPLES APPLIED TO MODERN ENTERTAINMENT (full series)
- SOCIAL MEDIA AND ALGORITHMS ARE HINDERING BRAIN DEVELOPMENT
- DON'T SEEK TO SATISFY SELF
- My Favorite Place
- Association with the Impure Makes Me Impure
- Sin Is a Serious Thing
- Set Apart as Holy
- Special Tools in God's Hands
- Let God Teach You a New Normal
- We are God's Residence
- Love What God Loves and Hate What He Hates
- We Cannot Fight What We Constantly Absorb
- We Always Learn Something
- Does This Make Me More Like God?
- All Areas of Your Life Are Closely Connected
HOW DO GOD'S COVENANTS AFFECT ME TODAY? (midsize series)
THE FORMER COVENANT (Midsize series)
GOD'S COVENANT IN TIMES OF ADAM AND NOAH (midsize series)
- IF BIBLICAL TRUTH WERE A HOUSE
- WHY STUDY THE COVENANTS?
- WHAT IS A COVENANT?
- THE CURSE
- THE BIBLICAL VIEW OF DEATH
- Were They Eating from the Tree that sustains Life?
- What Is Meant by "Knowing Good and Evil"?
- WHY DID THEY TRY TO COVER UP?
- GOD'S REMEDY
- WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE THREE TYPES OF COVENANTS?
- GOD'S COVENANT WITH NOAH
GOD'S COVENANT IN THE TIME OF ABRAM (midsize series)
THE LAW (midsize series)
INTRODUCTORY MATTERS ABOUT THE LAW (midsize series)
THE COVENANT FORMULA (midsize series)
- THE LAW FITS THE PATTERN OF SUZERAIN VASSAL COVENANTS
- THE TABLETS OF STONE DEMONSTRATED CLOSENESS
- GOD'S INTRODUCTION TO HIS COVENANT
- THE CONDITIONS OF GOD'S COVENANT WITH ISRAEL
- THE BLESSINGS AND CURSES OF THE FORMER COVENANT
- OUR USE OF THE WORD "PROMISE"
- OUR USE OF THE TERM "BLESSING"
- SIGNS OF THE FORMER COVENANT
- WITNESSES OF THE FORMER COVENANT
- MORE WITNESSES OF THE FORMER COVENANT
GOD'S LAW TAUGHT FAITH (midsize series)
GOD'S LAW TAUGHT HOLINESS (midsize series)
CLEAN AND UNCLEAN (midsize series)
- THE JEWISH UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE UNIVERSE FUNCTIONS
- THE TWO KEY USES OF "UNCLEAN"
- Be Vigilant of Those Things That Need to Be Isolated
- DO NOT MIX THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT
- WHY WERE SEMEN AND BLOOD UNCLEAN?
- GOD ALONE DETERMINES WHAT IS NORMAL FOR HIS KINGDOM
- VIOLENCE IS NOT NORMAL IN GOD'S REALM
- Death is Abnormal
- DID UNCLEAN MEAN SINFUL?
FOOD LAWS (midsize series)
- THE FOOD LAWS TAUGHT THREE MAJOR TRUTHS
- DIETARY RESTRICTIONS WERE NOT ABOUT HEALTH ISSUES
- THE FOOD LAWS TAUGHT HOLINESS
- THE FOOD LAWS TAUGHT THEM THAT THEY WERE GOD'S INSTRUMENTS
- THE FOOD LAWS TAUGHT WHAT IS NORMAL IN GOD'S KINGDOM
- GENERAL LESSONS FROM THE CATEGORIZING OF ANIMALS BY REALM
- Conclusion and Application from the Food Laws
SEXUALITY (midsize series)
GENERAL TOPICS ABOUT HOLINESS (midsize series)
THE TABERNACLE AND THE SACRIFICES (midsize series)
- LESSONS FROM THE TABERNACLE PART 1
- LESSONS FROM THE TABERNACLE PART 2
- A sacrifice Must Cost You Something
- The Sacrificial System Taught Holiness and Gratitude
- Why So Much Blood?
- A MID-LENGTH SUMMARY OF FOUR SACRIFICES
- Why Did God Hold Them Guilty for Unintentional Sins?
- General information about the Burnt Offering
- Where Could the Burnt Offering Be Offered?
- Something Strange about the Burnt Offering
- Wait! So Which Sacrifice Was for Deliberate Sins?
- Life Lessons from the Burnt Offering
GOD'S LAW TAUGHT COMPASSION (midsize series)
WRAP UP OF THE LAW (midsize series)
GOD'S COVENANT FROM JOSHUA THROUGH DAVID (midsize series)
GOD'S COVNENAT AND THE PROPHETS (midsize series)
THE NEW COVENANT (midsize series)
A NEW COVENANT IS CUT (midsize series)
- PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NEW COVENANT
- THE WRITTEN SUMMARY OF THE NEW COVENANT
- THE IDENTITY AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OUR COVENANT LORD
- The Conditions of the New Covenant
- The Blessings and Curses of the New Covenant
- The Signs of the New Covenant
- The Witnesses of the New Covenant
- Righteousness/Holiness
- Mercy/Compassion
- Faith
- Jesus Had the Authority to Cut a New Covenant
- The Cutting of the New Covenant
- Why Did Jesus Die on Passover instead of the Day of Atonement?
- Have We Been Sprinkled with the Blood of Jesus?
- WE CAN'T CHANGE THE RULES
WHAT CARRIES OVER FROM THE FORMER COVENANT TO THE NEW COVENANT? (midsize series)
JESUS FULFILLED THE OLD TESTAMENT SACRIFICES (midsize series)
COVENANT PRINCIPLES APPLIED TO MODERN ENTERTAINMENT (midsize series)
A NEW DWELLING PLACE FOR GOD (midsize series)
COVENANT PRINCIPLES APPLIED TO MODERN ENTERTAINMENT (midsize series)
- SOCIAL MEDIA AND ALGORITHMS ARE HINDERING BRAIN DEVELOPMENT
- DON'T SEEK TO SATISFY SELF
- My Favorite Place
- Association with the Impure Makes Me Impure
- Sin Is a Serious Thing
- Set Apart as Holy
- Special Tools in God's Hands
- Let God Teach You a New Normal
- We are God's Residence
- Does This Make Me More Like God?
HOW DO GOD'S COVENANTS AFFECT ME TODAY (short series)
THE FORMER COVENANT (short series)
GOD'S COVENANT IN TIMES OF ADAM AND NOAH (short series)
- IF BIBLICAL TRUTH WERE A HOUSE
- WHAT IS A COVENANT?
- THE CURSE
- THE BIBLICAL VIEW OF DEATH
- Were They Eating from the Tree that sustains Life?
- What Is Meant by "Knowing Good and Evil"?
- WHY DID THEY TRY TO COVER UP?
- GOD'S REMEDY
- WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE THREE TYPES OF COVENANTS?
- GOD'S COVENANT WITH NOAH
GOD'S COVENANT IN THE TIME OF ABRAM (short series)
THE LAW (short series)
INTRODUCTORY MATTERS ABOUT THE LAW (short series)
THE COVENANT FORMULA (short series)
- THE LAW FITS THE PATTERN OF SUZERAIN VASSAL COVENANTS
- THE TABLETS OF STONE DEMONSTRATED CLOSENESS
- GOD'S INTRODUCTION TO HIS COVENANT
- THE CONDITIONS OF GOD'S COVENANT WITH ISRAEL
- THE BLESSINGS AND CURSES OF THE FORMER COVENANT
- SIGNS OF THE FORMER COVENANT
- WITNESSES OF THE FORMER COVENANT
- MORE WITNESSES OF THE FORMER COVENANT
GOD'S LAW TAUGHT FAUTH (short series)
GOD'S LAW TAUGHT HOLINESS (short series)
CLEAN AND UNCLEAN (short series)
FOOD LAWS (short series)
- THE FOOD LAWS TAUGHT THREE MAJOR TRUTHS
- DIETARY RESTRICTIONS WERE NOT ABOUT HEALTH ISSUES
- THE FOOD LAWS TAUGHT HOLINESS
- THE FOOD LAWS TAUGHT THEM THAT THEY WERE GOD'S INSTRUMENTS
- THE FOOD LAWS TAUGHT WHAT IS NORMAL IN GOD'S KINGDOM
- GENERAL LESSONS FROM THE CATEGORIZING OF ANIMALS BY REALM
- Conclusion and Application from the Food Laws
SEXUALITY (short series)
GENERAL TOPICS ABOUT HOLINESS (short series)
THE TABERNACLE AND SACRIFICES (short series)
- LESSONS FROM THE TABERNACLE PART 2
- A sacrifice Must Cost You Something
- The Sacrificial System Taught Holiness and Gratitude
- A SHORT SUMMARY OF FOUR SACRIFICES
- Why Did God Hold Them Guilty for Unintentional Sins?
- General information about the Burnt Offering
- Something Strange about the Burnt Offering
- Wait! So Which Sacrifice Was for Deliberate Sins?
- Life Lessons from the Burnt Offering
GOD'S LAW TAUGHT COMPASSION (short series)
WRAP UP OF THE LAW (short series)
GOD'S COVENANT FROM JOSHUA THROUGH DAVID (short series)
GOD'S COVENANT AND THE PROPHETS (short series)
THE NEW COVENANT (short series)
A NEW COVENANT IS CUT (short series)
- PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NEW COVENANT
- THE WRITTEN SUMMARY OF THE NEW COVENANT
- THE IDENTITY AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OUR COVENANT LORD
- The Conditions of the New Covenant
- The Blessings and Curses of the New Covenant
- The Signs of the New Covenant
- The Witnesses of the New Covenant
- Righteousness/Holiness
- Mercy/Compassion
- Faith
- Jesus Had the Authority to Cut a New Covenant
- The Cutting of the New Covenant
- WE CAN'T CHANGE THE RULES
WHAT CARRIES OVER FROM THE FORMER COVENANT TO THE NEW COVENANT? (short series)
JESUS FULFILLED THE OLD TESTAMENT SACRIFICES (short series)
THE RESURRECTION IN LIGHT OF THE FORMER COVENANT (short series)
A NEW DWELLING PLACE FOR GOD (short series)
COVENANT PRINCIPLES APPLIED TO MODERN ENTERTAINMENT (short series)
EARLY MAN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
LESSONS FROM GENESIS CHAPTERS 1,2 & 3
LESSONS FROM GENESIS CHAPTER 1
- Possible Symbolism of Genesis 1
- The Chemistry of Water
- The Power of the Spoken Word
- Light
- Water and Light Are the Foundations of the Physical Universe
- Light From Distant Stars
- Evening and Morning
- The Heavens Are between Two Quantities of Water
- PANGAEA
- The Celestial Bodies were Not Created until Day Four
- Signs of Seasons and Days and Years
- According to Their Kind
- God Blessed Mankind
LESSONS FROM GENESIS CHAPTER 2
LESSONS FROM GENESIS CHAPTER 3
- When Animals Could Talk
- Passive Men and Dominant Women
- The Importance of Death in Scripture
- Creation and Evolution in Light of the Fall
- Evolution is a Theological Issue Not a Scientific Issue
- The Implications of a God Who Walks with Us
- Changes Suffered by the Serpent
- Were They Eating from the Tree that sustains Life?
- What Is Meant by "Knowing Good and Evil"?
- A QUOTE FROM CALVIN MILLER REGARDING SELF-DENIAL
ADAM AND CHAVVA AFTER EDEN
- THE MEANING OF EACH NAME ADDS TO THE STORY OF ADAM AND CHAVVA
- READ THESE ASSUMPTIONS FIRST
- ADAM AND CHAVVA'S FIRST 24 HOURS OUTSIDE OF EDEN
- ADAM AND CHAVVA'S FIRST WEEK OUTSIDE OF EDEN
- LEARNING TO SURVIVE
- STARTING A FAMILY
- QAYIN AND HABEL
- SHAYTH
- QAYIN GAINED AN ADVANTAGE
- THE FINAL YEARS OF ADAM'S LIFE
GENEALOGIES
THE NEPHILIM AND GENESIS 6
THE PROGRESSION OF THE FLOOD TEACHES US GOD'S CHARACTER
- PHASE 0.1 THE ROCK LAYERS SPEAK
- PHASE 0.2 THE SITUATION BEFORE THE WORLD-WIDE FLOOD
- PHASE 0.3 WHERE DID THE WATER COME FROM FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE FLOOD?
- PHASE 0.4 JUST BEFORE THE FLOOD STARTED
- PHASE 1.1 THE INITIAL SHOCK OF THE FLOOD EVENT
- PHASE 1.2 WHEN DID PEOPLE FEEL THAT FIRST SET OF EARTHQUAKES?
- PHASE 2 THE FIRST THREE MEGASEQUENCES LOOKED MUCH THE SAME
- PHASE 3 THE WATER LEVEL BEGAN TO RISE FASTER
- PHASE 4.1 THE WATER LEVEL ROSE EVEN FASTER
- PHASE 4.2 THE ARK FLOATED
- PHASE 4.3 PROBLEMS FOR THE HUMANS OUTSIDE OF THE ARK DURING THE FIRST 40 DAYS
- PHASE 5.1 THE WATERS ROSE TO THEIR HIGHEST POINT
- PHASE 5.2 METAL SHIPS, OR A WOODEN CONTAINER?
- PHASE 5.3 DEATH CAME TO EVERYONE ON LAND BEFORE DAY 150
- PHASE 5.4 WHAT ABOUT MATTHEW 24:38 -39?
- PHASE 6.1 THE WATERS RECEDED
- PHASE 6.2 MOUNTAINS WERE UPLIFTED
- PHASE 7.1 SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS ON THE ARK
- PHASE 7.2 AFTER THE FLOOD
- SPIRITUAL TAKE-AWAYS FROM THE PROGRESSION OF THE FLOOD
DON'T BE LIKE THE TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED PEOPLE BEFORE AND AFTER BABEL THAT DISAPPEARED
- ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY HAD TO EXIST IN ANCIENT TIMES
- ADVANCED TECH FROM ADAM TILL THE FLOOD
- ADVANCED TECH FROM THE FLOOD TILL BABEL
- ADVANCED TECH, BABEL, AND THE DISPERSION
- ADVANCED TECH WAS USED BY THE FOUNDER OF EGYPT
- ADVANCED TECH DISAPPEARED FROM ANCIENT TIMES
- ADVANCED TECH’S DISAPPEARANCE TEACHES SPIRITUAL LESSONS FOR TODAY
- ADDITIONAL INFO - THE LIMITS OF USING HUMAN POWER ALONE
- ADDITIONAL INFO - THE EGYPTIAN MINISTRY OF ANTIQUITIES
JOB
THE STRATEGIC USE OF NAMES IN THE BIBLE
- YHVH or YHWH?
- THE NAMES OF THE RIVERS OF GENESIS 2
- THE MEANING OF EACH NAME ADDS TO THE STORY OF ADAM AND CHAVVA
- CAN A GENEALOGY TELL A STORY?
- THE STRATEGIC USE OF NAMES IN LUKE 1
- THE STRATEGIC USE OF NAMES IN MATTHEW 1
- THE STRATEGIC USE OF NAMES IN LUKE 2
- THE STRATEGIC USE OF NAMES IN MATTHEW 2
- MEASURED BY THEIR NAMES A Summary of the Names in the Nativity Story
- THE NAMES OF ACTS 2
- WHICH TRIBE IS LEFT OUT OF REVELATION 7?
- THE SEVEN CITIES CAN REPRESENT DIFFERING TYPES OF OPPOSITION
SOLOMON'S LIFE AND WRITINGS
SOLOMON'S LIFE
- Intro to Solomon's Life
- Before Solomon Was Born
- The Birth and Naming of Solomon
- Solomon Was Not Like His Brothers
- Solomon Was Like His Father in Several Ways
- Solomon Was Promised the Kingship
- How Solomon Came to Distrust Women Part 1
- How Solomon Came to Distrust Women Part 2
- Solomon's Rocky Ascension to the Throne
- Solomon's Proper Inauguration
- Adonijah Asks for Abishag
- The Early Years of Solomon's Reign
- Solomon Married Pharaoh's Daughter
- Solomon Asks for Wisdom
- The Construction of the Temple
- The Dedication of the Temple
- Solomon's Participation in Worship at the Temple
- Solomon's Many Accomplishments
- Solomon and Shuly
- Solomon's Many Wives
- Only Two Daughters
- A Language Called Symbolism
- The Writing of Song of Solomon
- The Death of the Shulammite
- Why Did God Take the Shulammite Away from Solomon?
- Truncated Grief
- The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon
- When Was Ecclesiastes Written?
- Why Is Ecclesiastes So Dark?
- Why Did Solomon Turn from God to Idols?
- Did Solomon Repent?
- THE PROVERBS DID NOT PREPARE THE NEXT KING AS INTENDED
- The End of Solomon's Life
- Was the Shulammite Rehoboam's Mother?
- After His Death
- Why Were the Writings of Solomon Held in High Regard after His Death?
- Lessons from the Life of Solomon
PROBLEMATIC PROVERBS
- Types of Problematic Proverbs
- Why Do Some Proverbs Makes Sense and Some Do Not?
- Proverbs that Sound Like Absolute Statements but Are Not
- Proverbs that Seem to Contradict Each Other
- Proverbs that Had a Unique Context
- Proverbs that State "That's the Way Life Is"
- BATHSHEBA'S ADVICE TO SOLOMON IN PROVERBS 31
- Lessons to Be Learned from Proverbs 31
SONG OF SOLOMON
INTRODUCTORY MATTERS FOR SONG OF SOLOMON
- Interpret the Song as a Series of Images to Avoid Over-Spiritualizing or Over-Sexualizing
- Were They a Married Couple at the Time of its Writing?
- WHO IS SPEAKING TO WHOM?
- WHO WERE "THE DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEM"?
- How Many Times Were the Daughters' Names Used in the Song?
- What Would Solomon Say if He Could See My Paraphrase of His Song?
- Why Did the Rabbis Say This Song Is a Picture of God and Israel?
SHORT SERMONS FROM SONG OF SOLOMON
- A HEALTHY MARRIAGE IS REFRESHING
- BIBLICAL MASCULINITY PART 1 SONG OF SOLOMON CH 2 & CH 5
- BIBLICAL MASCULINITY PART 2 SONG OF SOLOMON CH 5 VS 10
- FEMININE BEAUTY PART 1 SONG OF SOLOMON CH 2 & CH 7
- FEMININE BEAUTY PART 2 SONG OF SOLOMON CH 4 & CH 6
- HOW DOES HE ENCOURAGE HER? SONG OF SOLOMON CH 6 & CH 2
- HOW DOES SHE ENCOURAGE HIM? SONG OF SOLOMON CH 2 & CH 8
- HARD TIMES
- OUR USE OF KNOWLEDGE - SONG OF SOLOMON CH 1 & CH 5
- THE WORDS WE SPEAK TO EACH OTHER
NUGGEST OF TRUTH FROM SONG OF SOLOMON
COMMENTS LIFTED FROM SONG OF SOLOMON
- I OFFER HIM MY NOURISHMENT
- LIKE A MEADOW FLOWER FROM SHARON 2:1
- "HIS BANNER OVER ME WAS LOVE" 2:4
- DO NOT AROUSE OR AWAKEN LOVE UNTIL IT SO DESIRES 2:7
- MY DOVE, YOUR FACE IS LOVELY 2:14
- THE LITTLE FOXES THAT DESTROY THE VINEYARD 2:15
- THE ONE I LOVE TO ME AND I TO HIM
- HE GRAZES AMONG THE LILIES
- BE LIKE A GAZELLE 2:17 & 8:14
- MY LOVE IS RUDDY 5:10
- HE BROWSES AMONG THE LILIES
- YOUR HAIR IS LIKE A FLOCK OF GOATS 6:5
- THE CURVES OF YOUR THIGHS ARE LIKE JEWELS
MARRIAGE GETAWAY
ECCLESIASTES
INTRODUCTION TO ECCLESIASTES
LESSONS FROM ECCLESIASTES
SYMBOLISM IN THE BIBLE - Song of Solomon, Revelation, and more
INTRODUCTION TO SYMBOLISM
SONG OF SOLOMON DEMONSTRATES THE POWER OF SYMBOLISM
- "HIS BANNER OVER ME WAS LOVE" 2:4
- DO NOT AROUSE OR AWAKEN LOVE UNTIL IT SO DESIRES 2:7
- MY DOVE, YOUR FACE IS LOVELY 2:14
- THE LITTLE FOXES THAT DESTROY THE VINEYARD 2:15
- BE LIKE A GAZELLE 2:17 & 8:14
- MY LOVE IS RUDDY 5:10
- LIKE A MEADOW FLOWER FROM SHARON 2:1
- YOUR HAIR IS LIKE A FLOCK OF GOATS 6:5
- YOUR NOSE IS LIKE THE TOWER OF LEBANON 7:4
- I SIT IN HIS SHADE 2:3
- AWAKE NORTH WIND, COME SOUTH WIND 4:16
- WHEN THE DAY BREATHES IN REFRESHING COOLNESS 4:6
- LIPS LIKE SCARLET RIBBON 4:3
- YOUR NAVEL IS A ROUNDED GOBLET, YOUR BELLY IS A MOUND OF WHEAT 7:2
- YOUR TEETH ARE LIKE A FLOCK OF SHEEP 4:2
- THE ONE I LOVE TO ME AND I TO HIM 2:16
REVELATION DEMONSTRATES THE POWER OF SYMBOLISM
- The Seven Bowls Have a Common Theme
- Armageddon
- The 144,000 Who Are Sealed
- The Significance of a 1000 Year Reign
- The Horses and Their Riders
- Babylon
- Gog and Magog in Revelation 20
- Locusts from the Abyss
- Streets of Gold
- The City as a Picture of the Church Rather than Heaven
- The Great White Throne
- 666
- Additional Topics in Revelation
OTHER SYMBOLISM
REGARDING MARRIAGE (and the Roles of Men and Women, Lust, Divorce and Remarriage)
MARRIAGE ISSUES
- God Made the Woman in a Special Way and for a Special Purpose
- Marriage Is a Covenant
- A HEALTHY MARRIAGE IS REFRESHING
- HOW DOES HE ENCOURAGE HER? SONG OF SOLOMON CH 6 & CH 2
- HOW DOES SHE ENCOURAGE HIM? SONG OF SOLOMON CH 2 & CH 8
- GOD IS AN IDEALIST
- HARD TIMES
- OUR USE OF KNOWLEDGE - SONG OF SOLOMON CH 1 & CH 5
- THE WORDS WE SPEAK TO EACH OTHER
- WHAT MAKES A SPOUSE SEXY?
- My Recommendations for a Marriage Get-Away
THE ROLES OF MEN AND WOMEN
THE ROLES OF MEN AND WOMEN IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
- Why Did God Make the Woman? Gen ch 2
- Passive Men and Dominant Women
- Malachi 4 and Luke 1 on the Importance of Fathers
- A Good Household Manager Proverbs 31
- Lessons to Be Learned from Proverbs 31
- BIBLICAL MASCULINITY PART 1 SONG OF SOLOMON CH 2 & CH 5
- BIBLICAL MASCULINITY PART 2 SONG OF SOLOMON CH 5 VS 10
- FEMININE BEAUTY PART 1 SONG OF SOLOMON CH 2 & CH 7
- FEMININE BEAUTY PART 2 SONG OF SOLOMON CH 4 & CH 6
- WITH DELIGHT I SIT IN HIS SHADE - SONG OF SOLOMON CH 2 VS 3
- HOW DOES HE ENCOURAGE HER? SONG OF SOLOMON CH 6 & CH 2
- HOW DOES SHE ENCOURAGE HIM? SONG OF SOLOMON CH 2 & CH 8
- OUR USE OF KNOWLEDGE - SONG OF SOLOMON CH 1 & CH 5
THE ROLES OF MEN AND WOMEN IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
ROLES NOT SPECIFIC TO A HOUSE CHURCH MEETING
- This Is Not Optional Eph 5
- A High Standard Eph 5
- Love and Respect are the Foundation Eph 5
- The Need for Authority Not the Person Holding It Rom 13
- Don't Step Outside of God's Lines of Authority Rom 13
- What if there Really Is a Vacuum of Leadership? 1 Peter 3
- Don't Be a Fake 1 Peter 3
- The Examples of Sara 1 Peter 3
- Do Not Fear Anything Frightening 1 Peter 3
- How Is a Wife a Weaker Vessel? 1 Peter 3
- What Is the Connection to a Husband's Prayers? 1 Peter 3
ROLES SPECIFIC TO A HOUSE CHURCH MEETING
- No One Is Without an Authority Figure Over Them 1 Cor 11
- The Greek Way or the Hebrew Way? 1 Cor 11
- When Could a Woman Pray and Prophecy in a Meeting? 1 Cor 11
- Everyone Must Show Respect for Authority 1 Cor 11
- Different Signs of Respect for Different Recipients 1 Cor 11
- The Method of Formation Shows the Intended Purpose 1 Cor 11
- Why Were the Angels Brought into This? 1 Cor 11
- A Word of Balance 1 Cor 11
- What is Our Culture's Sign of Respect? 1 Cor 11
- How Did Nature Teach Short Hair for Men? 1 Cor 11
- Did Jesus Have Long Hair? 1 Cor 11
- Was the Hair the Same as a Veil? 1 Cor 11
- Is it Wrong for Today's Women to Cut Their Hair Short? 1 Cor 11
- This Is a Universal Principle and there Is a Cultural Element 1 Cor 11
- What Should Respect for Authority Look Like in Our Culture? 1 Cor 11
- The Context of 1 Corinthians Chapter 14
- Where Did the Law Say Women Are to Be Subordinate? 1 Cor 14
- The Idea of "Realms” 1 Cor 14
- Why Did Paul Restrict Women from Speaking in the Assembly? 1 Cor 14
- Consequences Are the Bottom Line 1 Cor 14
- Paul Knew there Was Opposition to These Ancient Principles 1 Cor 14
- A Summary of What Paul Wanted Men to Do 1 Tim 2
- Prayer Meeting, General Church Meeting, or in Public Life? 1 Tim 2
- Authority 1 Tim 2
- The Great Deception 1 Tim 2
- Rescued Through Bearing Children? Are You Kidding Me? 1 Tim 2
THE ROLES OF MEN AND WOMEN TODAY
- The Starting Point and Ending Point Regarding a Woman's Authority
- A Summary of the Biblical Roles of Men and Women
- The Foundations for the Two Major Views on the Authority of Men and Women
- Ways Males and Females Are Equal and Ways They Are Not Equal
- Every Team Has a Captain
- Insecurity is the Reason Some Women Take Over Without Realizing it
- What about Women Holding Authority Over Men in a Work Setting?
- What about Women Holding Authority Over Men in an "Organized Church"?
- Can a Christian Mother Work Outside the Home?
- WHAT ABOUT SINGLE, DIVORCED OR WIDOWED WOMEN TODAY?
- Is Our Society More Advanced than That of Ancient Israel?
- WHAT ABOUT HOUSEHOLD CHORES?
- INSECURITY IS TO A WOMAN WHAT LUST IS TO A MAN
- WHEN JESUS LEADS A HOME
- WHAT IF A WOMAN WERE TO FOLLOW THE BIBLE'S TEACHING ABOUT A WOMAN'S ROLE IN THE HOME?
- Resources I Recommend on the Roles of Men and Women
LUST
GAIN VICTORY OVER LUST
HELPFUL WORD PICTURES
PRINCIPLES FROM GOD'S COVENANTS THAT RELATE TO LUST
- THE MOST CRUCIAL POSITION IN THIS SPIRITUAL BATTLEFIELD IS THE HOME
- My Favorite Place
- Association with the Impure Makes Me Impure
- Sin Is a Serious Thing
- Let God Teach You a New Normal
- A Dwelling Place for God
- Love What God Loves and Hate What He Hates
- We Cannot Fight What We Constantly Absorb
- Does This Make Me More Like God?
- We Always Learn Something
- All Areas of Your Life Are Closely Connected
DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE
- MISSING PUZZLE PIECES AND SOME GUIDING PRINCIPLES ABOUT DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE
- DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE IN THE LAW - DEUT 24
- GOD DID NOT CONDONE DIVORCE AS A LOOPHOLE FOR ADULTERY - MALACHI 2
- JESUS WAS ASKED ABOUT DIVORCE MT 19
- HOW SHOULD WE TREAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DIVORCED AND REMARRIED?
- WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS
- OPTION #1 FOLLOW THE PRINCIPLES AND THE TEACHING METHODS
- OPTION #2 FOLLOW THE PRINCIPLES
- WHERE DO THE WORDS OF JESUS LEAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DIVORCED AND REMARRIED?
- STAY AS YOU ARE
- MY ADVICE FOR THOSE THAT ARE REMARRIED WITH CHILDREN
- CONSIDER HOMESCHOOLING
- I CHALLENGE EVERYONE TO THINK DIFFERENTLY AND SEEK GOD FIRST
- CONCLUSION TO THE TOPIC OF DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BIRTH OF JESUS
- WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE BLESSED?
- DID MARY STAY FOR THE BIRTH OF JOHN?
- HOW CLOSE DID MARY COME TO GETTING STONED?
- WHAT WAS THE PROCEDURE FOR STONING SOMEONE?
- WHAT WERE JOSEPH'S OPTIONS?
- WHAT WAS THAT PLACE WE USUALLY CALL AN "INN"?
- WHAT ABOUT THE TOWER OF THE FLOCK?
- WHY ARE SOME DETAILS OF THE STORY LEFT OUT?
- WHAT IS MEANT BY "NO ROOM"?
- WHAT WAS THE PROCLAMATION OF THE ANGEL INTENDED TO COMMUNICATE?
- HOW DID THE WISE MEN KNOW WHAT THE STAR MEANT?
- IN WHAT WAY WAS THIS THE STAR THEY HAD SEEN IN THE EAST?
- HOW MANY GIFTS DID THE WISE MEN BRING?
- HOW MANY WISE MEN WERE THERE?
TOUGH STUFF JESUS SAID
SOME SPECIFIC SAYINGS OF JESUS
REGARDING BLASPHEMY
REGARDING DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE
- MISSING PUZZLE PIECES AND SOME GUIDING PRINCIPLES ABOUT DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE
- DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE IN THE LAW - DEUT 24
- GOD DID NOT CONDONE DIVORCE AS A LOOPHOLE FOR ADULTERY - MALACHI 2
- JESUS WAS ASKED ABOUT DIVORCE MT 19
- HOW SHOULD WE TREAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DIVORCED AND REMARRIED?
- WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS
- OPTION #1 FOLLOW THE PRINCIPLES AND THE TEACHING METHODS
- OPTION #2 FOLLOW THE PRINCIPLES
- WHERE DO THE WORDS OF JESUS LEAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DIVORCED AND REMARRIED?
- STAY AS YOU ARE
- MY ADVICE FOR THOSE THAT ARE REMARRIED WITH CHILDREN
- CONSIDER HOMESCHOOLING
- I CHALLENGE EVERYONE TO THINK DIFFERENTLY AND SEEK GOD FIRST
- CONCLUSION TO THE TOPIC OF DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE
THE EARLY CHURCH
HOUSE CHURCHES
THE PRIORITIES OF THE HOUSE CHURCHES OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
- THE PRIORITIES OF THE EARLY CHURCH
- THE NEED FOR DISCIPLESHIP
- WHAT ABOUT PROTECTING SOUND DOCTRINE?
- HELPING THE NEEDY MADE THE EARLY CHURCH VERY ATTRACTIVE
- HOW DID THEY HAVE TIME TO MEET AT THE TEMPLE EVERY DAY?
- THERE WERE LARGE MEETINGS AND THERE WERE SMALL MEETINGS
- THEY ATE TWO TYPES OF MEALS IN THEIR HOMES
- THEY WERE WINSOME WITHOUT EVANGELISTIC STRATEGIES
LEADERSHIP IN THE HOUSE CHURCHES OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
- How Was the Leadership of These Meetings Determined?
- Leaders in the Early Church
- LEADERSHIP WAS BASED ON FAMILIAL AND SPIRITUAL QUALIFICATIONS
- AUTHORITY IN A HOUSE CHURCH WAS AN EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY IN THE HOME
- A WITNESS FROM THOSE OUTSIDE AND A SNARE OF THE DEVIL
- WHAT SHALL WE CALL LEADERS-IN-TRAINING? LET'S CALL THEM SERVANTS!
MY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOUSE CHURCHES
ROLES OF MEN AND WOMEN
ROLES OF MEN AND WOMEN IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
- Why Did God Make the Woman? Gen ch 2
- Passive Men and Dominant Women
- Malachi 4 and Luke 1 on the Importance of Fathers
- A Good Household Manager Proverbs 31
- Lessons to Be Learned from Proverbs 31
- BIBLICAL MASCULINITY PART 1 SONG OF SOLOMON CH 2 & CH 5
- BIBLICAL MASCULINITY PART 2 SONG OF SOLOMON CH 5 VS 10
- FEMININE BEAUTY PART 1 SONG OF SOLOMON CH 2 & CH 7
- FEMININE BEAUTY PART 2 SONG OF SOLOMON CH 4 & CH 6
- WITH DELIGHT I SIT IN HIS SHADE - SONG OF SOLOMON CH 2 VS 3
- HOW DOES HE ENCOURAGE HER? SONG OF SOLOMON CH 6 & CH 2
- HOW DOES SHE ENCOURAGE HIM? SONG OF SOLOMON CH 2 & CH 8
- OUR USE OF KNOWLEDGE - SONG OF SOLOMON CH 1 & CH 5
ROLES OF MEN AND WOMEN IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
GENERAL - NOT SPECIFIC TO A HOUSE CHURCH MEETING
- This Is Not Optional Eph 5
- A High Standard Eph 5
- Love and Respect are the Foundation Eph 5
- The Need for Authority Not the Person Holding It Rom 13
- Don't Step Outside of God's Lines of Authority Rom 13
- What if there Really Is a Vacuum of Leadership? 1 Peter 3
- Don't Be a Fake 1 Peter 3
- The Examples of Sara 1 Peter 3
- Do Not Fear Anything Frightening 1 Peter 3
- How Is a Wife a Weaker Vessel? 1 Peter 3
- What Is the Connection to a Husband's Prayers? 1 Peter 3
SPECIFIC TO A HOUSE CHURCH MEETING
- No One Is Without an Authority Figure Over Them 1 Cor 11
- The Greek Way or the Hebrew Way? 1 Cor 11
- When Could a Woman Pray and Prophecy in a Meeting? 1 Cor 11
- Everyone Must Show Respect for Authority 1 Cor 11
- Different Signs of Respect for Different Recipients 1 Cor 11
- The Method of Formation Shows the Intended Purpose 1 Cor 11
- Why Were the Angels Brought into This? 1 Cor 11
- A Word of Balance 1 Cor 11
- What is Our Culture's Sign of Respect? 1 Cor 11
- How Did Nature Teach Short Hair for Men? 1 Cor 11
- Did Jesus Have Long Hair? 1 Cor 11
- Was the Hair the Same as a Veil? 1 Cor 11
- Is it Wrong for Today's Women to Cut Their Hair Short? 1 Cor 11
- This Is a Universal Principle and there Is a Cultural Element 1 Cor 11
- What Should Respect for Authority Look Like in Our Culture? 1 Cor 11
- The Context of 1 Corinthians Chapter 14
- Where Did the Law Say Women Are to Be Subordinate? 1 Cor 14
- The Idea of "Realms” 1 Cor 14
- Why Did Paul Restrict Women from Speaking in the Assembly? 1 Cor 14
- Consequences Are the Bottom Line 1 Cor 14
- Paul Knew there Was Opposition to These Ancient Principles 1 Cor 14
- A Summary of What Paul Wanted Men to Do 1 Tim 2
- Prayer Meeting, General Church Meeting, or in Public Life? 1 Tim 2
- Authority 1 Tim 2
- The Great Deception 1 Tim 2
- Rescued Through Bearing Children? Are You Kidding Me? 1 Tim 2
ROLES OF MEN AND WOMEN TODAY
- The Starting Point and Ending Point Regarding a Woman's Authority
- A Summary of the Biblical Roles of Men and Women
- The Foundations for the Two Major Views on the Authority of Men and Women
- Ways Males and Females Are Equal and Ways They Are Not Equal
- Every Team Has a Captain
- Insecurity is the Reason Some Women Take Over Without Realizing it
- What about Women Holding Authority Over Men in a Work Setting?
- What about Women Holding Authority Over Men in an "Organized Church"?
- Can a Christian Mother Work Outside the Home?
- WHAT ABOUT SINGLE, DIVORCED OR WIDOWED WOMEN TODAY?
- Is Our Society More Advanced than That of Ancient Israel?
- WHAT ABOUT HOUSEHOLD CHORES?
- INSECURITY IS TO A WOMAN WHAT LUST IS TO A MAN
- WHEN JESUS LEADS A HOME
- WHAT IF A WOMAN WERE TO FOLLOW THE BIBLE'S TEACHING ABOUT A WOMAN'S ROLE IN THE HOME?
- Resources I Recommend on the Roles of Men and Women
TONGUES IN THE EARLY CHURCH AND TODAY (Full, Medium and Short Series)
TONGUES (Full Series)
TONGUES IN ACTS (Full Series)
- FULL LIST OF COMMENTS ON TONGUES BY VERSE
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 2:1-2
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 2:3
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 2:4-8
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 2:9-15
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 2:37 & 41
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 10:30-31
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 10:44-47
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 19:1-5
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 19:6-7
TONGUES IN I CORINTHIANS (Full Series)
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM 1 CORINTHIANS 1:4-7
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:1-7
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:8-11
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:21-26
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:27-30
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:31 & 13:1
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 13:2, 8-13
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:1
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:2
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:3-5
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:6-10
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:11-17
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:18-21
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:22-25
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:26-28
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:29-31
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:32-33A
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:33B -35
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:36-38
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:39 & 40
Additional Subtopics about Tongues
TONGUES (Mid length series)
TONGUES IN ACTS (Mid Length Series)
- MID LENGTH LIST OF COMMENTS ON TONGUES BY VERSE
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 2:2
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 2:3
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 2:4-8
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 2:41
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 10:30-31
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 10:44-47
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 19:1-5
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 19:6-7
TONGUES IN I CORINTHIANS (Mid Length Series)
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM 1 CORINTHIANS 1:4-7
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:7,22,25
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:28-30
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:31 & 13:1
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 13:2,8,10
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:1
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:2
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:3-5
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:6-10
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:12-15
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:18-19
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:22 & 23
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:26-28
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:33
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:33B -35
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:36-38
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:39 & 40
TONGUES (Short series)
TONGUES IN ACTS (Short Series)
TONGUES IN I CORINTHIANS (Short Series)
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 1:5&7
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:7,22,25,30
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:31 & 13:1
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:1
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:2
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:4 & 5
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:6 & 10
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:13 & 15
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:22 & 23
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:26-28
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:33
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:39 & 40
THE BOOK OF HEBREWS HAD MORE THAN ONE CONTRIBUTOR
CONNECTING WITH GOD - Prayer, Sabbathing, Tongues, the Psalms
HOW TO HEAR GOD'S VOICE
WHY SOME PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED AND SOME ARE NOT
- WHAT TRUE PRAYER IS AND WHAT IT ISN'T
- THREE WAYS PRAYER CAN CHANGE THE ACTIONS OF GOD
- HEBREW AND GREEK WORDS FOR PRAYER
- GOD IS FAITHFUL TO HIMSELF, NOT TO US
- WHAT HAS GOD BOUND HIMSELF TO?
- WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO PRAY "IN THE NAME OF JESUS"?
- IS PRAYER FOR HEALING TRUE PRAYER?
- ARE MOST OF OUR PRAYER REQUESTS TRUE PRAYER?
- WHAT ABOUT PRAYER BEFORE MEALS?
- WHAT ABOUT THE PRAYER OF JABEZ?
YOU NEED REST (Sabbathing)
HOW THIS STUDY ON REST IS ORGANIZED
CONNECTING PRODUCES A PARADIGM SHIFT
PRIORITIES PRODUCE SIMPLICITY
- PUT THE BIG STUFF IN FIRST
- HUNGER-DRIVEN BIBLE READING
- CONSTANT PERSONAL WORSHIP
- GOD-GLORIFYING PRAYER
- WHAT TRUE PRAYER IS AND WHAT IT ISN'T
- THREE WAYS PRAYER CAN CHANGE THE ACTIONS OF GOD
- GOD IS FAITHFUL TO HIMSELF, NOT TO US
- WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO PRAY “IN THE NAME OF JESUS?”
- QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT PRAYER
- ADMONITIONS ABOUT PRAYER
- CONSIDER SOME HEROES OF PRAYER
- SIMPLICITY
- ROADBLOCKS TO SIMPLICITY
SELFLESSNESS PRODUCES HEALING
CELEBRATING PRODUCES INTIMACY
PREPARING PRODUCES DISCIPLINE
STAYING HOME PRODUCES CLOSENESS
RESTING IN CYCLES PRODUCES OVERFLOW
CONNECTING FULLY PRODUCES ANTICIPATION OF HEAVEN
NOT WORKING PRODUCES A DAY THAT IS SET APART - HOLY
WRAPPING UP THE TOPIC OF REST
TONGUES (my Full, Mid Length, and Short Series)
TONGUES (my full series)
TONGUES IN ACTS (my Full Series)
- FULL LIST OF COMMENTS ON TONGUES BY VERSE
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 2:1-2
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 2:3
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 2:4-8
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 2:9-15
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 2:37 & 41
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 10:30-31
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 10:44-47
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 19:1-5
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 19:6-7
TONGUES IN I CORINTHIANS (My Full Series)
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM 1 CORINTHIANS 1:4-7
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:1-7
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:8-11
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:21-26
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:27-30
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:31 & 13:1
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 13:2, 8-13
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:1
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:2
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:3-5
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:6-10
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:11-17
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:18-21
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:22-25
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:26-28
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:29-31
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:32-33A
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:33B -35
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:36-38
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:39 & 40
MY ADDITIONAL SUBTOPICS ABOUT TONGUES
TONGUES (My Mid Length Series)
TONGUES IN ACTS (My Mid Length Series)
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 2:2
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 2:3
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 2:4-8
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 2:41
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 10:30-31
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 10:44-47
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 19:1-5
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM ACTS 19:6-7
- MID LENGTH LIST OF COMMENTS ON TONGUES BY VERSE
TONGUES IN I CORINTHIANS (My Mid Length Series)
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM 1 CORINTHIANS 1:4-7
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:7,22,25
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:28-30
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:31 & 13:1
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 13:2,8,10
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:1
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:2
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:3-5
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:6-10
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:12-15
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:18-19
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:22 & 23
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:26-28
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:33
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:33B -35
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:36-38
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:39 & 40
TONGUES (My Short Series)
TONGUES IN ACTS (My Short Series)
TONGUES IN I CORINTHIANS (My Short Series)
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 1:5&7
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:7,22,25,30
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 12:31 & 13:1
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:1
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:2
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:4 & 5
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:6 & 10
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:13 & 15
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:22 & 23
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:26-28
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:33
- PRECEPTS ABOUT TONGUES FROM I CORINTHIANS 14:39 & 40
THE PSALMS AND HOW TO UNDERSTAND THEM
EMOTIONAL HEALING GOD'S WAY
EMOTIONAL HEALING FROM A BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE
KEY BIBLICAL TRUTHS ABOUT EMOTIONAL HEALING
A BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE ON AFFIRMATION STATEMENTS
HOW VARIOUS EMOTIONAL ISSUES RELATE TO SELF-CENTEREDNESS
AUDRY
DON'T HELP SATAN BY BEATING UP ON YOURSELF
INTRODUCTORY STUFF FOR "DON'T BEAT UP ON YOURSELF"
SATAN USES OUR FAILURES AGAINST US
SATAN USES OUR PAIN AGAINST US
SATAN USES OUR EMOTIONS AGAINST US
SATAN USES OUR CONSCIENCE AGAINST US
SATAN USES A VARIETY OF TOOLS AGAINST US
SATAN USES OUR BRAIN STRUCTURE AGAINST US
WRAP US FOR "DON'T BEAT UP ON YOURSELF"
PROPHECY
PROPHECY AND REVELATION
PRELIMINARY INFO ON REVELATION
THE KEYS THAT OPEN UP REVELATION
- KEY # 1 Learn the Rules of Interpretation
- Key #2 Maintain a Balance Between Perseverance and Imminence
- KEY #3 Understand the Purpose of Apocalyptic Literature in Scripture
- KEY #4 Use Biblical Terminology Properly
- KEY #5 Don't Try to Figure it Out
- KEY #6 Be Willing to Consider a New Method
- KEY #7 Interpret the Symbols as the Original Audience Did
- Revelation Is Symbolism Not Geopolitical Predictions
- THE POWER OF IMAGES
- Interpret Apocalyptic Images in Light of Bible History
- Symbolism Is for Interpreting What Is, Not for Predicting What Will Be
- The Spiritual Admonition Comes from the Symbolism Not from a Literal Interpretation
- Revelation is Not an Allegory
- Types of Symbols Used in Revelation
THE REASON THOSE 7 CHURCHES WERE CHOSEN
- THE SEVEN CITIES CAN REPRESENT DIFFERING TYPES OF OPPOSITION
- The Possible Symbolism of Ephesus
- The Possible Symbolism of Smyrna
- The Possible Symbolism of Pergamum
- The Possible Symbolism of Thyatira
- The Possible Symbolism of Sardis
- The Possible Symbolism of Philadelphia
- The Possible Symbolism of Laodicea
A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON POPULAR TOPICS IN REVELATION
- How Christ and the Church Conquer Satan
- There Is No 7-Year Tribulation in Revelation
- 666
- Is “Harvesting” the Same as the “Rapture”?
- The 144,000 Who Are Sealed
- The Seven Bowls Have a Common Theme
- The Significance of a 1000 Year Reign
- Armageddon
- What Brings A “New Heaven and a New Earth?” Is it Destruction or Renewal?
- An Army of 200 Million
- Babylon
- Gog and Magog in Revelation 20
- The Horses and Their Riders
- Locusts from the Abyss
- Streets of Gold
- The Holy City, Jerusalem
- The City as a Picture of the Church Rather than Heaven
- The Great White Throne
- The Seal Of God
- The Sixth Trumpet Depicts Acts of God Not Satan
- What Does “Come” Mean?
- Additional Topics in Revelation
THE MOST IMPORTANT STUFF FROM REVELATION
PROPHECY IN THE GOSPELS
THE TEACHING OF MATTHEW 24
- The Themes Covered in the Discourse of Matthew 24 and 25
- The End of Which Age?
- Evangelization Marked the Completion of an Age, but Which Age?
- The Stench of Desolation Spoken of by Daniel
- "If Those Days Had Not Been Cut Short"
- "In the Barren Wastelands" and " In the Inner Room"
- Will Jesus' Return Be Visible or Secret?
- What Was Meant by the Title "Son of Man"?
- Powerful Signs
- "Coming on the Clouds"
- "Gathered the Chosen Ones"
- The Illustration of the Fig Tree
- What Is Meant Here by "This Generation"?
- This Is Strong Assurance
THE EXAMPLES OF MATTHEW 24
THE PARABLES OF MATTHEW 25
JOHN 14
PROPHECY IN THE EPISTLES
PROPHECY IN THE OLD TESTAMENT PROPHETS
- A SUMMARY OF ALL THE VISIONS GIVEN TO DANIEL
- DANIEL'S REACTIONS TO THE VISIONS GIVEN TO HIM
- Daniel Needed Encouragement
- GOD PLACED ISRAEL AT THE CENTER OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
- WHAT DO THE SEVENS OF DANIEL'S VISION REFER TO?
- WHAT IS THE GOAL OF THESE SEVENS?
- WAS DANIEL REFERRING TO ANTIOCHUS OR TITUS?
- SUMMARY OF THE SEVENTY SEVENS OF DANIEL'S VISION
- THIS WAS A POWERFUL OATH AND A TREMENDOUS ENCOURAGEMENT
- THE ANSWER TO DANIEL'S QUESTION
- WHAT'S UP WITH 1290 DAYS AND 1335 DAYS?
- GOG AND MAGOG IN EZEKIEL 38 AND 39
- ALL PROPHECIES HAVE A SPIRITUAL PURPOSE AND A SPIRITUAL FULFILLMENT
PROPHECY AND PERSECUTION IN OUR TIMES
WHY IS THAT IN THE BIBLE?
SPIRITUAL LESSONS FROM SCIENCE AND THE BIBLE TOGETHER
HOW DOES THE PROGRESSION OF THE FLOOD TEACH US GOD'S CHARACTER?
- PHASE 0.1 THE ROCK LAYERS SPEAK
- PHASE 0.2 THE SITUATION BEFORE THE WORLD-WIDE FLOOD
- PHASE 7.1 SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS ON THE ARK
- PHASE 0.3 WHERE DID THE WATER COME FROM FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE FLOOD?
- PHASE 0.4 JUST BEFORE THE FLOOD STARTED
- PHASE 1.1 THE INITIAL SHOCK OF THE FLOOD EVENT
- PHASE 1.2 WHEN DID PEOPLE FEEL THAT FIRST SET OF EARTHQUAKES?
- PHASE 2 THE FIRST THREE MEGASEQUENCES LOOKED MUCH THE SAME
- PHASE 3 THE WATER LEVEL BEGAN TO RISE FASTER
- PHASE 4.1 THE WATER LEVEL ROSE EVEN FASTER
- PHASE 4.2 THE ARK FLOATED
- PHASE 4.3 PROBLEMS FOR THE HUMANS OUTSIDE OF THE ARK DURING THE FIRST 40 DAYS
- PHASE 5.1 THE WATERS ROSE TO THEIR HIGHEST POINT
- PHASE 5.2 METAL SHIPS, OR A WOODEN CONTAINER?
- PHASE 5.3 DEATH CAME TO EVERYONE ON LAND BEFORE DAY 150
- PHASE 5.4 WHAT ABOUT MATTHEW 24:38 -39?
- PHASE 6.1 THE WATERS RECEDED
- PHASE 6.2 MOUNTAINS WERE UPLIFTED
- PHASE 7.2 AFTER THE FLOOD
- SPIRITUAL TAKE-AWAYS FROM THE PROGRESSION OF THE FLOOD