The word of the week this week is gentile... that means soft and kind, right? Nope - that’s gentle! This weeks’ word is gentile, which refers to a group of people. Are you a gentile? Maybe - keep reading to find out!The word gentile itself is from the Latin gentilis, which means a member...
Jesus Christ knows your pain & suffering. I’m sure I heard this week’s word at some point when I was a young child and the story of the crucifixion was being read in church. But if that is the case, I certainly don’t remember much about it. The earliest time I can remember hearing...
Old Earth Creationism is not Biblical. I said it and I am not taking it back. Sure there have been great theologians that have believed in an old earth and even some ancient Jewish rabbis. But is that justification for saying that the Bible teaches that the earth is billions of years...
How carefully do you read your Bible? If the answer is not so much, then you may have missed this week’s word, since it only occurs 3 times in our English Bible. The word is Golgotha, and it occurs in Matthew 27:33, Mark 15:22, and John 19:17. What do all of those passages have in common?...
In Monday's blog, Katie did an excellent job of explaining what the word "genesis" means and why the first book of the Bible is titled as such. It is certainly the beginning of history, as in there was nothing before it. You may certainly choose to believe something existed before God,...
When I hear the word “genesis,” I immediately think of the first book of the Bible. Perhaps that’s because I’ve been around the Bible my entire life and am pretty familiar with it. But have you ever wondered why that book’s name is Genesis?In the Hebrew Old Testament, the first book of...
A few weeks ago, a friend and co-worker of mine was talking with me about the problems that she and her husband have "with the Christian religion". Her claim that the religion itself is what bothers them made me instantly skeptical because I've spoken to many people in the past who have...
My grandma is a storyteller. Not just a person who enjoys telling an occasional story, but she really loves telling them and is very good at it! She tells silly stories, sad stories, happy stories, funny stories, and all types of stories you can imagine. She even tells stories on the...
About a year ago, I heard my best friend and closest brother in Christ put our word for this week and its relationship to human beings in a context that I had never heard it put before. It changed the way I view our responsibility in "bringing glory to God". What my friend said and...
To start off, I’m going to come right out and state that this topic will not prevent a person from being saved. This is simply an issue in establishing truth and defining the true nature of the Biblical God. Why should a Christian not believe in an old earth? First of all, the simplest...
A few years ago I was in a women’s group at the church I attend, and we were blessed to have some “newer” Christians there with us. As we were discussing, those of us more experienced Christians kept using various Christian-ese sort of words, and the leader could tell that the newer ladies...
