Most church-goers know the Old Testament stories that they were taught in Sunday School, but many don’t understand or are unaware of the significance of these accounts for the church today. Some Christians have gone to the extreme of rejecting the Old Testament (OT) because of its “Jewishness” and exclusively focus on the “Christian” New… Continue reading How should Christians read the Old Testament?
Category: Bible
Why you should not listen to prophets
Last weekend my wife and I went shopping and we noticed a new children’s game called, “Fortune Telling Fun”. The makers of the game probably think it’s just a bit of fun, but it’s really not. The Bible prohibits all unauthorised or illegitimate communication with the supernatural, spiritual world; whether through fortune tellers, the occult… Continue reading Why you should not listen to prophets
Do you like God, but dislike the Bible?
I’m sure you have many friends who claim to be very spiritual, who love connecting with “God”, enjoy “feeling” his universal love, and even go on “spiritual” retreats and meditations. God is viewed as the life-giving force we all need to connect to, he is the Universe that empowers all life. These friends just love… Continue reading Do you like God, but dislike the Bible?
Why trust the Bible?
Psalm 12:6 says “The words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace of clay, purified seven times.” God’s words (the text of the Bible), is like silver refined seven times Why not just refined once once? “Seven” in the Bible is the number for completeness and wholeness. What Psalm 12:6 is… Continue reading Why trust the Bible?
Lessons from stone tablets (Why God didn’t use YouTube)
God commanded Moses in Exodus 34v1 to make two more tablets of stone on which he (God) would write his law on. The Ten Commandments engraved on the stone tablets give us some helpful insights into the nature of God’s whole revelation to us contained in the Bible. a. Human mediators are involved … Continue reading Lessons from stone tablets (Why God didn’t use YouTube)