Bible

Christians Unite

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Are you a Christ follower? Do you have a worldview that reflects the teachings of Jesus and the teachings from other biblical authors? Do you believe that the God of the Bible is Creator of man and woman, two genders, clearly stated? Will you stand up for the right to vote your Christian beliefs?

In this video sermon, Gary Hamrick urges Christians to vote. And to vote your biblical beliefs. We should unite as Christ followers who want God’s will to be done so that worldly values do not prevail in our America.

            “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” 1 John 2:15

Some comments from this video:

“One of the best sermons I have ever heard! Thank you, Pastor Hamrick. I wish my pastor would be as bold and brave as you.”

“I wish more Christ proclaiming pastors were this bold and honest about what the Bible says!!! God bless you, Pastor Gary!!!”

“All I can say is WOW! My prayer for God to continue to use you. O’how I wish everyone would hear this message.”

“Straight to the point sermon that packs a real punch of truth straight through all the noise. With thanks from a listener in Norway.”

The Bible–Trustworthy or…

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Robert Watson presents “Can We Trust the Bible?” and delivers a moving and informational sermon on the many reasons we can know the Bible is worthy of our trust.

If any of you like facts, you will be pleased to know Robert gives the listener some solid numbers and examples to prove his point. He tells us that one of the reasons to trust the Bible is the number of manuscripts we’ve found of the Bible as compared to the number of other ancient manuscripts found from archaeological sources.

According to Robert’s numbers:

–Plato’s, “The Republic” only has seven copies, with 1,300 years between the original and the oldest copy.

–Caesar’s “Gallic Wars” has ten copies and 1,000 years between the original and the oldest copy.

–Homer’s “Iliad” has some better numbers at 400 years between original and the oldest copy with 643 copies found.  

Now, astonishingly—the New Testament of the Bible has 28,000 manuscripts found with only 25 years between the original and the oldest copy. Yet, the secular world will believe the truth of these other ancient works and question the reliability of our Bible.

Click on the video to hear Robert give other reasons to believe why we can completely trust the Bible and that God has preserved it generation after generation.  

Reading Through the Bible in a Year…Why??

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I came across this article by Sean McDowell (that I’ve linked below) and had to say, “Thank you, Sean!” This goal of reading through the Bible in a year has been a pet peeve of mine, and I was excited to see that a theologian and scholar addressed it.

Why are we trying to get through the Bible in a year? What’s the point?

Like Sean says, there can be some value in that. Yes, it definitely does not hurt to make a commitment to read each book of the Bible in a systematic way. But I think there is tremendously more value in taking the time to let Scripture seep into you as you meditate on it and process each sentence written by the Lord’s inspiration. There should be no speed-reading through the Bible to meet some time limit.

Sean says, “The Bible doesn’t teach merely to read it for the sake of reading it, but to study it for deeper understanding (e.g., 2 Timothy 2:15; Acts 17:11).

After reading Sean’s article, you might like to follow some of his ideas on how to better use your time reading the Bible.

https://seanmcdowell.org/blog/christians-dont-read-the-bible-for-the-year-2020

Do You Question the Bible?

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Have you heard or thought it yourself that the Bible has errors? According to Norman Geisler and Thomas Howe, the problem may be ours and not God’s Spirit-breathed text. In their book, The Big Book of Bible Difficulties, they take a trip from Genesis to Revelation and stop along the way to help us understand some of the most difficult or misunderstood verses in the Bible. Perhaps you will find that the difficulty in a particular passage was not so problematic after all.  

Feeling Embarrassed Because You Stumble Over Biblical Names and Places?

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On his YouTube Channel, Pastor Josh helps us to understand the Bible by clarifying Scripture and using tips and tools to make Bible reading easier. In this short, helpful video, Pastor Josh assures us there is no reason to feel guilty when we don’t know how to pronounce those tricky names and places in the Bible. And, he shows us an easy way to learn how to pronounce those unfamiliar-looking mish-mash of letters that are supposed to be names or places.