Posted in Bible Teaching, Doctrine / Theology, Misc Books, Misc Topics, The Living Church, tagged Calvary Chapel, church growth, Church Planting, Emergent Church, Emerging Christianity, Evangelism, John Stott, missional, Modernism, Postmodernism, Purpose Driven, The Living Church on July 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Every good book describing a healthy church covers at least Acts 2:42-47 and this one is no different.
Here in Chapter 1 John Stott covers what he calls the essential marks of a living church hence the title Essentials.
On the outset he describes a 3 – fold commitment.
We are committed to the church
We are committed to [...]
Posted in Bible Teaching, Discipleship, Doctrine / Theology, tagged Bible, bible interpretation, bible study, Bible Teaching, Daniel, dispensational hermeneutics, hermeneutics, Revelation, self-study, seminary, tony garland on July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Every now and again I find a site that is worth sharing.
This site is headed up by Tony Garland Th.M, Th.D. and features university/seminary level information from himself and others for self-study.
The neat thing about this site is the in depth nature of the tools and resources. The free 2 Volume commentary on Revelation, lessons [...]
Posted in Bible Teaching, Doctrine / Theology, Misc Books, Misc Topics, tagged Bible Teaching, Codex-Sinaiticus on July 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I saw this on the news this morning – the oldest known compiled Bible over 1600 years old. For you scholarly types this is a pretty cool website with the image of the text with translation.
The key reminder is to remember that there are older fragments and manuscripts that well pre-date the Codex-Sinaiticus. The liberal [...]
Posted in Bible Teaching, Discipleship, Doctrine / Theology, tagged bible study, Bible Teaching, Calvary Chapel, Church Planting, Discipleship, doctrine, fundamentals, Jim Goodman, new believers, theology on June 19, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I drafted a series for the new believers we had that would explain the foundations of the faith. These outlines became core cirriculum in our discipleship groups. Recently I was contacted for the electronic copy of those outlines and rolled them up into a single pdf which is free for downloading here
http://faithandinches.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/bbd_outline_book.pdf
They are written from [...]
Posted in Bible Teaching, Last Days, tagged antichrist, apostasy, end times, Last Days, mark of the beast, prophecy, Revelation, the great tribulation, the rapture on March 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The Final Part to the overview and fitting it is the Final Curtain…
The Great Tribulation is when God pours out His wrath upon the world. It has 3 purposes:
1. To try men – Rev 3:10
2. God vents His wrath – Rev 15:17
3. To destroy those who destroy the Earth – Rev 11:18
It is described as a [...]
Posted in Bible Teaching, Last Days, tagged antichrist, apostasy, end times, Last Days, mark of the beast, prophecy, Revelation, the great tribulation, the rapture on March 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Antichrist is a man who will bring peace and security to the Middle East. He makes a treaty with Israel and solves the whole Palestinian and Israeli issue. He will make provision for the 3rd temple to be rebuilt and for the sacrifices to resume. The Jews will return from all corners of the [...]
Posted in Bible Teaching, Last Days, tagged apostasy, end times, Last Days, mark of the beast, prophecy, Revelation, the great tribulation, the rapture on January 30, 2009 | 29 Comments »
CNN, Fox News, Global Satellite Communications, and the Internet make live on demand reporting available simultaneously around the planet! ON Sept 11th the whole world watched as the 2nd plane hit the World Trade Center and watched in horror as the towers collapsed. The emotions of that moment hit millions of people around the world [...]
Posted in Bible Teaching, Last Days, tagged apostasy, end times, Last Days, prophecy, Revelation, the great tribulation, the rapture on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ezekiel 37: 1-14, is a prophecy of the Dry Bones and is significant to understand. Some have taken to a position of the church being the new ‘Israel’ and that Israel of today is not God’s people and have no prophetic significance. When you consider this prophecy concerning Israel it is hard to say God [...]
Posted in Bible Teaching, Last Days, tagged apostasy, end times, Last Days, prophecy, Revelation, the great tribulation, the rapture on January 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Concerning the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple, this was fulfilled exactly as Jesus said, by the Armies of Titus in 70 AD.
There are many conflicting accounts about what had happened, but it seems that Titus did not want the temple destroyed for a variety of reasons. But it has been said that in the [...]
Posted in Bible Teaching, Last Days, tagged apostasy, end times, Last Days, prophecy, Revelation, the great tribulation, the rapture on January 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The song Eve of Destruction became a hit that spanned an entire generation and launched Barry McGuire into music history. Barry had a vision of the times, Vietnam was heating up and the Cuban missile crisis was fresh in the minds of the young people, Soviet aggression, the threat of nuclear attack by the Communists [...]
