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Learning Greek and Hebrew
Introduction For the many of you who are not using Bible study software I suggest you first read this and then check out the Logos website. Thanks to Logos I have lived a spoiled Christian Bible study life. I’ve never had to have dozens of books lying around me struggling to keep enough bookmarks around [...]
Reader Response vs Authorial Intent
There were a couple of different posts I could have started this series with but I think this is probably the best bet. Let’s get on with the show! Ways to Interpret Through pretty much any artistic medium you have essentially 2 ways to interpret the message conveyed. The medium could be anything like music, [...]
Hermeneutics
Hey guys, this next couple weeks we’ll be looking at Hermeneutics. What is Hermeneutics you may ask? Well, it’s basically a study of methods used to interpreting the Bible. Essentially what we’re looking to do in this next series of posts is to get an overview of not only what is Hermeneutics but how to [...]
Victorious Believer
This post is the fourth of a 4 part series. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 My first three posts in this series as one could tell all focused on the truth of the gospel; from the sinfulness of man to his need of redemption to Jesus Christ who redeems man through His blood. [...]
Slain Redeemer
This post is the third of a 4 part series. Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 So far we have seen the depravity of man, his inability to save himself and his need of Jesus Christ to save him from his damnation. This week we’ll briefly look at the cost paid to secure our [...]
Forgiven Sinner
This post is the second of a 4 part series. Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 There is a lot of different ways man can put himself in a situation where he can feel there is no hope, no way of breaking free. Sometimes it’s financial debt, he may have spent and spent and [...]
Sacrificial Service
I’m afraid this week’s scheduled follow up post will have to be postponed until next week. Up until recently I was co-teaching the men’s Sunday school at church. For our term we went through the book of Philippians and it was indeed a time of stretching in both the preparation of lessons and the application [...]
Habitual Offender
This post is the first of a 4 part series. Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 In modern society we can recognize the depravity of one who breaks the law continually. We therefore take precautions to appropriately punish the offender so as to protect society and serve as a warning to others who are [...]
NBF Adelaide: Thursday Evening
Thursday evening was quite interesting and it was almost saddening to have the meetings come to a close. The fellowship was sweet and the car ride home exhausting, but overall it was a great experience. Thursday evening was just the main speaker James Alley. Final Session: James Alley preached from Mark 14 with a sermon [...]
NBF Adelaide: Wednesday Evening
It’s Alen again :) I do apologize about the lateness of these blog posts, but here they are for the Wednesday evening service! In the evening there was 2 speakers, Missionary David Crowe and main speaker James Alley. Session One: David Crowe preached from II Chronicles 18. He preached on the life of King Jehoshaphat [...]
NBF Adelaide: Tuesday Morning
Hey everyone! We’ll be reporting again on the NBF this year down in Adelaide. The drive down was intense and long, but well worth it. This is my first time to Adelaide so it is kind of exciting. Our venue is quite splendid. The church is quite amazing from an architectural point of view. This [...]
AFBC Bible Conference 2008: Thursday Night
AFBC 2008: Pentecost Power The evening started off with the Mayo family doing an item. They sang “This is The Day the Lord Hath Made” which was quite beautifully done. We then sang through several songs before the Kwok brothers did their special (Ben Kwok the Pastor of Rouse Hill Church, Mike Kwok one of [...]
